Parksville, BC – “
The island’s oldgrowth Coastal Douglas-fir forest was one of the best examples of the most endangered forest ecosystem in the province,” continues Tanner. “Only 110 hectares of this oldgrowth forest ecosystem type, which occurs along the east coast of Vancouver Island, Gulf Islands and the Sunshine Coast, have been protected in the entire province.”
“Past generations of logging companies have respected this rare island ecosystem and surrounding river riparian zone by not harvesting within these buffer zones. Island Timberlands clearly has little or no respect for community values such as community drinking watersheds or fishery habitat protection,” concludes Tanner.
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Press Release - Monday, February 16, 2008 - for immediate release -- for more information, photos, or video footage, contact Annette Tanner 250 752-6585 or cell 250 240-7470 –
Boyce was able to capture Island Timberlands’ helicopter logging video footage while trying to escape
and can be contacted at Island Bound Media Works, 250 248-3682
To view background video of the Island before Sunday’s helicopter incident, please see
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxddTtoXxrs
Backgrounder: see attached press release from Arrowsmith Parks and Land-Use Council
Parksville City Councillor, Chris Burger, his eight-year old son and two local filmmakers had to run for their lives and dive under logs in the thick waste-high understory of what was once a pristine oldgrowth forest on a small island in the Englishman River upstream of Rathtrevor Provincial Park. 
