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Ryder Lake Tag

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.

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.