A forest assessment determined that 75 per cent of old\u002Dgrowth forests in an area co\u002Dmanaged by the Huu\u002Day\u002Daht First Nation are protected.
The Huu-ay-aht outlined their position this week in a commissioned assessment of old-growth forests in Tree Farm License 44, the long-term forest tenure around Port Alberni that the First Nation holds an interest in. And it isn’t out of sync with the province’s mapping of old-growth areas it hopes to temporarily take off the table.
Last fall, the province listed about 26,000 square kilometres of what it considered to be B.C.’s most endangered remaining old-growth stands where it intends to defer logging for two years to consider areas for permanent conservation. “Except for a small of deferrals related to this year, because there were already openings that were approved, had cutting permits approved,” Dennis said.
“For far too long we’ve had people interfering in how we should or shouldn’t be living,” Dennis said. “We are able to look after ourselves. We don’t need colonial practices to tell us what to do.” Sierra Club of B.C. senior campaigner Jens Wieting said it was good to see additional information about old-growth forests on Vancouver Island, which have become increasingly rare.
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