James Steidle

PRINCE GEORGE – A protest was held outside of the Prince George Ministry of Forests Office, demanding the province stops sparing forests with glyphosate, which is a herbicide. “We are utterly destroying our forests. And the issue is that people think about forests, and all they’re thinking about is the two by fours that the forest produces. They don’t think about any of the other things, so then they’re managed in terms of making more two by fours, literally at the expense of every other value,” said Gerd Erasmus, one of several who attended the protest. Organized by the “Stop the Spray BC,” group, this group has been protesting against glyphosate in forests for years. And according to the group’s founder James Steidle, one of the biggest concerns is that this practice actually creates more fire risks.