Vernon BX area residents fear logging will impact well water

Vernon BX area residents fear logging will impact well water

More concerns are being raised about a proposed logging operation above Hartnell Road on the Vernon's North BX area. As of April 1, more than 2,700 people had signed an online petition opposing the proposed 24-hectare logging operation. The impacted area (KV8RF) is along and over Brookside Creek. &q...

Proposed B.C. logging operation threatens groundwater availability, residents claim

Vernon, B.C. – A proposed logging operation has raised concerns about how it might impact groundwater and potentially run wells dry in the area. The affected area is along and over Brookside Creek in Vernon’s north BX area. All homes in the area are on well water. An online petition opposing the operation has garnered more than 2,700 signatures, and residents whose sole source of water is from groundwater wells worry that stripping the forest wi…