January 25, 2016
in Updates
What does it take to save a species? A people-powered movement, and an endangered species law
By Jennifer Deol, BC Species at Risk Project Assistant
Community members in Ryder Lake, BC have taken amphibian health into their own hands. Photo: Isabelle Groc.
There is no debate anymore – wild species around the globe are drastically declining. And caring citizens across the globe are tired of being bystanders to the sixth mass extinction, while decision-makers dither on policies and politics.
With British Columbia’s own provincial government failing to pull its weight in this biodiversity crisis, a local community in Ryder Lake, Chilliwack BC has stepped up to the plate to protect BC’s only resident toad – the western toad.