Careless, Ric

CARELESS, Ric, environmental activist (b 1951, Toronto). As a student attending the UNIV OF VICTORIA in 1970, he launched a public campaign to halt LOGGING in the Nitinat Triangle, an area of ancient RAIN FOREST located inland from the WEST COAST TRAIL on southwestern VANCOUVER ISLAND. The success of that campaign led ultimately to the inclusion of the Triangle in PACIFIC RIM NATIONAL PARK RESERVE and launched Careless on a career of full-time ENVIRONMENTAL activism. As an early activist with...

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