Forests need help

Article by Vicky Husband The unanimous decision of the special committee on timber sup-ply to support an increase of logging in “marginally economic forests” and in old-growth reserves previously ruled off limits to logging is outrageous. If acted upon, the committee’s recommendations will worsen the current ecological crisis, perpetuate an unsustainable rate of logging and increase milling capacity when there are simply too many mills and not enough wood.

Aug 23, 2012
The Province

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