A citizen scientist studying threatened bird species in a vast Vancouver Island forest has encountered another hurdle in her efforts.
The B.C. Forest Practices Board has found that both the Forest Ministry and Teal Cedar Products Ltd. acted lawfully in restricting her access to areas in Tree Farm Licence 46 on Vancouver Island, near Port Renfrew.
Royann Petrell, an associate professor emerita of chemical and biological engineering at the University of B.C.,
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