A permit issued by the province allowing a company in Abbotsford to work in and around vulnerable birds at an active quarry has been suspended. Activity at Abbotsford quarry threatens peregrine falcon breeding, advocates say CBC News BC 0:16 Work being done at a quarry on Quadling Road in Abbotsford has advocates for nesting peregrine falcons concerned. 0:16On Thursday the province announced it had suspended the wildlife permit, part of requirements needed to mine aggregate at the site, because of non-compliance. The approximate location of a pair of peregrine falcons nesting in a quarry in Abbotsford. Although this is not a permit requirement, the province says the biologist hired by the company has recommended it.

Source: CBC News May 23, 2021 22:41 UTC