Protesters gather for Anti-glyphosate rally
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PRINCE GEORGE – Despite the brisk wind, about fifty people came out in support of Stop the Spray, which is hoping to bring a forestry practice to an end. Canfor has applied to renew a new five-year Pest Management Plan which includes spraying an herbicide called “glyphosate” to get rid of what are deemed “pest trees.” That would include aspen, birch and cottonwood trees.
Stop the Spray says glyphosate kills the biodiversity of the forests and the wildlife in them.
“These are our forests and companies are given the right to broadcast spray every last recent cutblock with no requirement to leave patches of deciduous for wildlife or wildfire resilience,” explains James Steidle, a spokesperson for Stop the Spray. “They can spray 100% of their cutblocks with only minimal buffers around fish-bearing waterways and they can spray even if it doesn’t need to be sprayed according to government standards. We do not approve of this and neither should the government.”
