Colleen McCrory


Colleen McCrory was a Canadian environmental activist.
She was born in New Denver, British Columbia. McCrory founded the Valhalla Wilderness Society, a British Columbia environmental group, in 1975.
McCrory funded her campaign at first through a small clothing store in New Denver. However, a three-year boycott by loggers forced her out of business in 1985 and forced her deep into debt.
She was awarded the Governor-General's Conservation Award in 1983 and the IUCN's Fred M. Packard Award in 1988. In 1992, she was named to the United Nations' Global 500 Roll of Honour and awarded a Goldman Environmental Prize.
She ran as a candidate for the Green Party in the 2001 British Columbia provincial elections.
McCrory's efforts helped lead to the creation of:
McCrory died of a brain tumor at home in Silverton, British Columbia in 2007, aged 57.