The Heart of Clayoquot Sound's
Old-growth Forest is at risk
from logging!
by
Wilderness Committee
Hi; shortly
before the
holidays
we wrote
you to let you know about plans that threaten the old-growth forests of Flores Island
in the heart of
Clayoquot
Sound. Hundreds of you responded by writing letters calling for this sacred
place to be protected.
Thank you for
taking action!
Now a
rare opportunity for official public input regarding Clayoquot Sound clear-cut
logging plans has been announced by the BC government and we need you to take
action once again.
The
public comment period lasts from January 10 until February 18, 2011. Specifically,
the public input process is focused on an oceanic “helicopter drop zones”,
where old-growth trees are dropped by helicopter into fragile near-shore waters
for sorting and barging to sawmills.
For over
a decade the pristine and globally rare ancient forests of Clayoquot Sound have
not faced the threat of the chainsaw, thanks to a written agreement between the
principal logging company operating in Clayoquot Sound, Iisaak Forest
Resources, and a number of environmental groups, including the Wilderness
Committee. The agreement, known as the Memorandum
of Understanding (MOU), states that the unlogged watersheds of Clayoquot
Sound are off limits to logging.
But we
have recently learned that Iisaak is planning to break the MOU agreement by
proposing 86 clear-cuts on Flores
Island, 73 of which are
in pristine old-growth areas right in the heart of Clayoquot Sound.
Submit
your input here and we will copy your letter to the Minister of Natural
Resource Operations, Steve Thomson. Let them
know how strongly you feel that no helicopter oceanic drop zones should be
issued for the waters adjacent to Flores Island, and that no road or cut
permits should be issued on Flores Island nor in any other intact areas in
Clayoquot Sound's rare, ancient temperate rainforest.
Together
we can save this special place
Andy
Miller | Staff Scientist
Wilderness Committee
