B.C. Opens Logging

Sun., Sept. 28, 1997

Associated Press

Ancient forests

The British Columbia Forests Ministry has overridden environmental concerns and approved logging the Klaskish watershed, one of the last remaining pristine valleys on northern Vancouver Island.

The Interfor Co. started road building last week. By spring, the plan is to begin logging 18 percent of the old growth forest in the 27,170-acre valley on the northwest coast of the Island, said Interfor area forester Eric Ralph.

Jack Dryburgh, Port McNeill forest district manager, approved the plan despite objections from the Environment Ministry and the Sierra Club. The Environment Ministry noted Interfor’s plan relies on clearcutting and does not look at alternative logging methods.

The area is home to endangered marbled murrelet, Roosevelt elk and many other wildlife species.

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