Forestry Land Use

Reed Road Forest in Elphinstone Not on the Chopping Block this Year

Community Forest, Forestry Land Use, News and Events, Old Growth and the Marbled Murrelet
"As of June 2023, and for the first time in almost a decade, the Elphinstone parcel known as District Lot 1313 is NOT slated for logging in BC Timber Sales’ five year operating plan. This is good news, but we have yet to secure permanent protection for this valuable and biodiverse forest." Donna McMahon, SCRD Director, Elphinstone

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SCCA and ECA Respond to BCTS Mt. Elphinstone South Hydrology Study

Forestry Land Use, West Howe Sound Watershed

A large portion of BC Timber Sales (BCTS) tenure area on Mt. Elphinstone is in the Mountain Block recharge area of two prolific aquifers (560 & 552). 

These aquifers supplement Sunshine Coast’s primary drinking water system. As climate … Read More “SCCA and ECA Respond to BCTS Mt. Elphinstone South Hydrology Study”

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Sunshine Coast Timber Supply Review – Old Paradigm. No Shift.

Chapman Creek Watershed, Community Forest, Forestry Land Use, News and Events

BC’s Chief Forester will soon decide an Annual Allowable Cut (AAC) for the Sunshine Coast Natural Resource District (SCNRD). The AAC determines how much logging can occur in the Timber Harvest Land Base (THLB) on the Sunshine Coast over the … Read More “Sunshine Coast Timber Supply Review – Old Paradigm. No Shift.”

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