Cheakamus Community Forest

“Ambitious” goal set for community forest harvest: Mayor

Not-for-profit management society aims to cut 6,000 cubic metres

Officials are crossing their fingers in the hopes of harvesting less than half of their allowable cut from the Cheakamus Community Forest this spring. …The organization is allowed to harvest 20,000 cubic metres of wood per year, however previous weak lumber markets and hot weather leading to the threat of wildfires have prevented the society from reaching that number, Whistler Mayor Nancy Wilhelm-Morden said. “Last year because we had such a long, hot, dry summer, we didn’t harvest very much,” she said. “There has only been a couple of years where we have harvested 20,000 cubic metres.” The community forest society aims to cut 6,000 cubic metres of wood from Cheakamus 16 block — a swath of land southwest of Cheakamus

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