Nakusp and Area Community Forest

Faces challenges to harvesting in toad habitat

Forest faces off with toad populations in Summit Lake

Arrow Lakes News

During the last two council meetings, Councillor Hughes requested an official Village response to swelling public concerns about the proposed logging by Nakusp and Area Community Forest (NACFOR) in the blue-listed western toads’ habitat. He was shot down by his colleagues, with the mayor requesting additional information from NACFOR itself. According to B.C.’s Ministry of Environment, a blue listed species is “particularly sensitive to human activities or natural events. Blue-listed elements are at risk, but are not Extirpated, Endangered or Threatened.” According to published numbers, fewer than half of the amount were carried to safety during this year’s Toadfest compared to previous years.

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