A group of Shuswap farmers are suing BC Timber Sales (BCTS) to prevent a planned timber sale they say threatens their drinking water sources. The Upper Chum Creek Water Users Association, along with impacted farmers, filed legal action to halt the auction of four cut blocks in the Skimikin and Ptarmigan Hills. They argue that the proposed clearcutting, just 450 meters uphill from their farms, could have severe impacts on water quality and quantity. The farmers have been pushing for a hydrologic assessment of the logging's potential effects but say BCTS has refused. They are also concerned about wildlife, fire hazards, and cultural impacts on the Secwépemc people.
A group of Shuswap farmers in Turtle Valley near Chase have filed lawsuits against BC Timber Sales in an effort to protect their drinking water .
"We are calling on the province of B.C. to halt the planned timber sale," the group's lawyer Ben Isitt said in a media release."BC TImber Sales is recklessly proposing large-scale clearcut logging 450 metres uphill from the Adderson and McNolty farms and drinking water sources. The Minister of Forests and the court need to step in, do the right thing, and protect these licensed water sources.
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