Citizens Against Clearcutting maintains that plans allowing clearcutting in and around Port Blandford would jeopardize the area's thriving eco-tourism industry hurt residents’ quality of life and threaten local ecosystems and wildlife. nlpoli
Protesters express opposition to clearcutting around Port Blandford in 2018. - ContributedPORT BLANDFORD, N.L. — A community group is taking the provincial government to court over plans to clearcut Crown land in eastern Newfoundland.
The project is part of the province's five-year forestry plan for Crown land in the area, which Ecojustice said was released fromCAC said the plan would negatively impact the economy by jeopardizing the area's thriving eco-tourism industry, hurting residents’ quality of life and threatening local ecosystems and wildlife.
In early March, CAC and the Town of Port Blandford, represented by Ecojustice, submitted an appeal to Davis, arguing he was legally required to order an environmental impact statement for the plan due to public concern.
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