Timber committee calls for scientific approach

…According to Cariboo North Independent MLA Bob Simpson, more needs to be done. “These recommendations will not support sustainable change,” he said in a release. “What I see in this report are politicians on both sides passing the buck to local communities with no long-term strategy for success.” He went on to say the recommendations allow communities to log their own forests, “but what happens when they are gone?”

Sep 06, 2012
Merritt Herald

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