Public concern about BC Timber Sales operations on Mount Elphinstone has reached an acute stage in recent months as logging and planned logging proceeds in second growth stands adjacent to residential areas, and in upper elevation old growth. On February 7, the SCCA published a paper commenting on this proposed logging, in particular
- biodiversity protection
- environmental concerns in the Coastal Western Hemlock very moist maritime ecosystem
- environmental concerns in the Coastal Western Hemlock very dry maritime ecosystem
- concerns about cut blocks in the Wilson Creek Watershed
Comments on BCTS Elphinstone Operational Plan 2011
Protest signs on Dakota Ridge, Cutblock 189. Photo courtesy of Michael Maser