VICTORIA - An investigation by British Columbia's forest practices watchdog has found the provincial agency responsible for auctioning timber sale licenses did not adequately protect old forest in an area of Vancouver Island.
Board chair Kevin Kriese says the findings show BC Timber Sales forest stewardship plan is not consistent with specific biodiversity objectives that are legally required under the Vancouver Island land use plan established two decades ago.
Kriese says more detailed landscape planning was supposed to provide clear direction on how much and where to conserve old and mature forest, but that planning was never completed and the forest stewardship plan should not have been approved.
He says BC Timber Sales was left with a complicated set of legal objectives to interpret, and the board found it missed important details required to manage for biodiversity in the Nahmint.
Investigation finds biodiversity of old growth forests at risk in Port Alberni
An investigation into B.C. Timber Sales’ logging plans in the Nahmint Valley in Port Alberni found they failed to comply with laws protecting old growth forest and biodiversity values in some ecosystems.
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Conservationists with the Ancient Forest Alliance say old-growth forests like this one are crucial to the overall health of ecosystems.(Submitted by TJ Watt)
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A pioneering forest researcher s memoir describes Finding the Mother Tree
Suzanne Simard has found that forest trees are connected with an underground circulatory system that allows them to communicate and share resources, and that Mother trees are the most connected of all.
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Professor Suzanne Simard s new book is Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest. (Bill Heath)