Keep Our Forests Herbicide Free

Every year the British Columbian government continues to authorize the widespread, broadcast spraying of our public forests with the toxic glyphosate herbicide VisionMax.

This chemical, similar to RoundUp, kills almost every leafed plant it touches, leaving insects, frogs, possibly fish if it enters waterways, and a long list of berries, shrubs, and trees dead.

This chemical:

-Kills food for wildlife and people
-Kills beneficial tree species
-Is a known toxin to frogs and fish
-Has negligible forest productivity benefits
-Is used out of routine not sound science or forward thinking

In any given year, 4000 hectares of young forests will be sprayed by BC Timber Sales in the Prince George District alone. This does not include the annual contribution of spraying provided by Canfor or other forestry companies.

A long-standing practice, we’ve sprayed or manually brushed over 1.3 million hectares of forest across the Province since 1980, an area a third the size of Vancouver Island. We still spray around 15,000 hectares a year today, mostly in the Central Interior.