Read in the Coast Reporter “One example of our many local trails is the ‘Reed Road Forest Trail,’ which is within walking distance of our community. It was developed a few years ago by Elphinstone Logging Focus (ELF) in collaboration with the Elphinstone community. It is also called “the forest Read more…
Read in the Coast Reporter Six protestors were at an established barricade on Forest Service Road 7375 Branch 3 off the B and K Road in Roberts Creek on April 3. For a second consecutive day, the blockade, organized by Elphinstone Logging Focus (ELF) barred vehicle access to BC Timber Read more…
Read in the Coast Reporter Elphinstone Logging Focus (ELF) says that about 10 individuals have blockaded vehicle access on the spur road leading to BC Timber Sales (BCTS) TA0521 area, which is also known as the Joe Smith Creek cutblock. According to ELF spokesperson Hans Penner, the blockade was in Read more…
Read in the Coast Reporter In all my years as a campaigner for the protection of B.C.’s biodiversity and old-growth forest ecosystems, starting in 1980 with the Wilderness Committee, I have never seen so much local opposition to logging be disregarded by the provincial government. The provincial NDP must not Read more…
Read in the Coast Reporter Ross Muirhead stood at the edge of a forestry cut block filled with stumps, rain pelting down as he watched water rushing over the barren ground. The environmental advocate was storm watching during the atmospheric river disaster that swamped southwestern British Columbia in November 2021. Read more…
Read in the Coast Reporter In a March 10 email shared with Coast Reporter, Ross Muirhead of Elphinstone Logging Focus expressed the opinion that “If BCTS carries ahead with logging TA0521 they will be contradicting the government’s own statement of accepting all of the recommendations made by the OG [Old Read more…