LOCAL WEEKLY: Loggers cut trees with hearts
Logging in the Mt. Elphinstone Park expansion area has begun with road clearing in “The Forest with a 1,000 Hearts”, aka the Clack Creek Forest. This BC Timber Sales Blk A93884 has been deferred for over six years, as the original engineering of the block contained several problems admitted by BCTS. However, on a quiet Sunday morning, Jan. 12, a falling crew employed by Black Mount Logging, arrived under the cover of snowfall and began dropping trees. They were stopped after a few hours work by members of Elphinstone Logging Focus (ELF), and prevented again on Jan. 13 from destroying more of this much-loved
forest.