Keep the promise : Protect the Great Bear Rainforest
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The Great Bear Rainforest is the world's largest temperate rainforest and home to the "Spirit Bear," the rarely seen white form of the black bear. The Great Bear is also home to the forest-nesting marbled murrelet sea bird and salmon-eating coastal wolves.

A couple of years ago, Premier Campbell made a very specific commitment to preserve this precious rainforest. The final countdown is on for the BC government to make their promise a reality by the March 31, 2009 deadline. Premier Campbell... (read more)
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Keep the promise : Protect the Great Bear Rainforest
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Common Interest - Beliefs & Causes
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The Great Bear Rainforest is the world's largest temperate rainforest and home to the "Spirit Bear," the rarely seen white form of the black bear. The Great Bear is also home to the forest-nesting marbled murrelet sea bird and salmon-eating coastal wolves.

A couple of years ago, Premier Campbell made a very specific commitment to preserve this precious rainforest. The final countdown is on for the BC government to make their promise a reality by the March 31, 2009 deadline. Premier Campbell... (read more)
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Donate Your Status to Save the Great Bear

This Friday, February 20, we're asking supporters of the Great Bear Rain Forest to donate their Facebook status to the cause.

What does that mean? On Friday, update your status to read:

I'm saving the Great Bear Rain Forest. Are you? http://tinyurl.com/greatbear

That link goes to the petition page where you can email the provincial government and ask them to keep their promise by fully implementing the Great Bear Rain Forest Agreement by March 31, 2009.

We're concerned, because the deadline is only six weeks away, and we still need the BC government to:

* Fund collaborative planning and management into the future
* Ensure this precious region isn't threatened by inappropriate development
* Enable conditions to create a thriving, conservation-based economy

We'll send a short message on Friday reminding you to donate your status. Thanks in advance!

--The SaveTheGreatBear.org Team

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KEEP THE PROMISE CAMPAIGN UPDATE

100 days left – one step closer to saving the Great Bear Rainforest

December 21, 2008

Thanks to your support, the BC government has followed through with a proposal for a new set of logging regulations! So far more than 6000 emails have been sent to B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell.

The proposal increases protection for old growth forest in the Great Bear Rainforest and provides better protection for Grizzly Bear and Spirit Bear habitat.

The proposed draft regulations were posted for public comment today on the government website:

http://ilmbwww.gov.bc.ca/slrp/lrmp/nanaimo/cencoast/plan/objectives/index.html.

After incorporating public input, the draft regulations will be made legal by March 31, 2009.

One of the world's great rainforests still depends on your continued support. By the March 31, 2009 deadline, the BC government has a lot of work still to do, including:

Enable conditions to create a thriving conservation-based economy;

Fund collaborative planning and adaptive management into the future; and,

Ensure the world-class protected areas are not threatened by inappropriate developments.

Please ask your friends to send an email to Premier Campbell http://www.savethegreatbear.org/keepthepromise to remind him to Keep the Promise!

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Campaign Giveaway!

For the last few weeks we have been building numbers here on Facebook to try and encourage as many people as possible to go to our campaign page and sign the letter to BC Premier Campbell saying you want The Great Bear Rainforest protected.

As an incentive to all of you, we are giving away 30 iTunes gift vouchers. When we reach 1000 signatures, we will draw names from those that have signed on, and send the lucky people their prize. The sooner we get to 1000 signatures, the sooner you could be receiving your gift as a thank you for your support.

Send a message to all of your friends on Facebook and invite them to sign their message to the Premier today!