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Squamish-based Black Mount Logging has been granted an injunction against Elphinstone Logging Focus (ELF), which has been preventing the company from cutting timber on cutblock A93884, known as the Clack Creek Forest, since Jan. 12. The granting of the injunction followed a protest on Friday, Jan. 24 at the intersection of Highway 101 and the B&K logging road that drew more than 100 people.
Read MoreA colourful protest on the side of Hwy. 101 in Roberts Creek on Jan. 24 drew attention to the imminent logging of the so-called Clack Creek Forest on Mount Elphinstone. About 125 people waved printed heart signs saying they “stand with Clack Creek”. The heart theme is based on the fact that protesters back in October attached a thousand felt hearts to the trees, which loggers began cutting on Jan. 12.
Read MoreThis week on Coast Reporter Radio: Elphinstone Logging Focus and its supporters rally in Roberts Creek in an effort to get the province to step in and stop the harvest of a cutblock on the slopes of Mt Elphinstone and Sophie Woodrooffe gets a tour of the dump.
Read MoreBlack Mount Logging of Sqaumish is going to court to seek an injunction against Elphinstone Logging Focus (ELF), its two principal members and “John Doe, Jane Doe and Persons Unknown” after its crews were prevented from logging in the Clack Creek area…
Read MoreLogging 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…
Read MoreElphinstone Logging Focus (ELF) says it has turned back logging crews heading to work in the area known as the Clack Creek Forest.
ELF has been trying to stop the harvest of cutblock A93884, but a BC Supreme Court judge rejected the group’s petition, filed last April with support from West Coast Environmental Law, against the sale of the cutting rights.
Read MoreBright spots of colour dot Clack Creek Forest on the Sunshine Coast in B.C. The felt hearts affixed to the trees are visually striking symbols of protest as the area awaits the axe—quite literally. Logging rights to the forest were auctioned off to Squamish, B.C.-based Black Mount Logging in May 2019…
Read MoreA BC Supreme Court judge has rejected Elphinstone Logging Focus’s (ELF) petition against the sale of cutting rights in an area known as the Clack Creek Forest.
ELF filed the petition in April, with a West Coast Environment Law grant to cover legal fees.
Read MoreIf you were to take a walk through the Clack Creek forest, a 24-hectare hotbed of biodiversity criss-crossed by well-used trails, you’d find more than 1,000 felted hearts stapled to the bark of towering trees. The hearts are meant to symbolize the hope of the local community that Clack Creek will remain…
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