A British Columbia company that wants to avoid logging sections of at\u002Drisk old growth was told by the Crown corporation that manages B.C.’s public forests to…
Or, the company could declare the harvest over, remove already felled trees and apply for waste relief for those left standing, the ministry statement said.Cutting around the old-growth deferral areas would not address concerns about caribou habitat raised by First Nations and conservation organizations, he said.Downie’s contracts to log the two areas expire later next year, he said, so there’s time to find a way to leave the trees standing while avoiding significant costs.
They’re part of the inland temperate rainforest, a globally significant ecosystem that was the subject of a peer-reviewed study published in 2021 by an international team of researchers, including several from B.C. They warned the ecosystem is at risk of collapse within two decades in some areas, largely due to clear-cut logging.
The Forests Ministry would not confirm whether First Nations have approved the deferrals in the areas Downie wants to avoid, saying the province is not disclosing their responses to respect confidentiality. Another nation, Splatsin te Secwepemc, has also voiced support for deferrals around Argonaut Creek, the same area where one of Downie’s cut blocks is located.
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