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'No More Band-aids:' Province Chooses Campbell River Areas for Working Forest Landscape Model
The province will study a three-zone model there as forestry groups press for a higher annual harvest target of 45 million cubic metres.
- On Tuesday, British Columbia's Forests Ministry announced that land north of Campbell River is the first candidate for its Working Forest Landscape Model, which divides the area into three zones to dictate logging practices.
- Last week, a coalition of forestry groups warned Premier David Eby that the sector had reached a "breaking point" due to mill closures and declining timber access, calling for annual harvest increases to 45 million cubic metres from 29 million.
- The project involves the Nanwakolas Council and four member First Nations—Tlowitsis, We Wai Kai, Wei Wai Kum and Komoks—with Forests Minister Ravi Parmar emphasizing that zone decisions must involve First Nations, local government, industry and environmental groups.
- Environmental groups have pushed back, arguing the plan would create guaranteed logging zones and obstruct public conservation efforts; however, Minister of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship Randene Neill called the model a good test of sustainable forestry transformation.
- Officials will now conduct technical, environmental and socio-economic analysis to determine how the three-zone approach applies and whether new legislation is needed, positioning the model as one tool toward the province's 45-million-cubic-metre harvest target.
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Campbell River, B.C., area will be first to test new proposed forest management model
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Forests Ministry has chosen a stretch of land near Campbell River to be the first candidate for a proposed new model of how forests and timber
·Toronto, Canada
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Campbell RIver area selected as first test site for B.C.'s new 'working forest' model
An area near Campbell River has been chosen to be the first place in B.C. where the province will explore a new approach aimed at balancing commercial logging with conservation and other land uses.
·Victoria, Canada
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