VICTORIA — British Columbia's independent forest-practices watchdog says there's a risk that a coastal island won't have enough old-growth trees in the future due to inadequate monitoring of harvesting.
VICTORIA — British Columbia's independent forest-practices watchdog says there's a risk that a coastal island won't have enough old-growth trees in the future due to inadequate monitoring of harvesting.
Board chair Keith Atkinson says in a release that the review found"no one is responsible for monitoring or ensuring that Quadra Island's old forests are conserved, or that enough mature forests are protected from logging." The protection is needed, the board says, in order for Quadra Island to meet provincial targets for the amount of old forest and biodiversity in B.C.
"The report includes a recommendation that TimberWest amend its forest stewardship plan to include a strategy for the recruitment of old forest that describes how it will ensure the full target amount of old forest is achieved," Atkinson says in the statement.
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