Read in the Coast Reporter I’m commenting on a statement attributed to me in last week’s paper resulting in Sunshine Coast Community Forest (SCCF) deciding to cancel the information-sharing meetings with Elphinstone Logging Focus (ELF). I can categorically state that I did not make any negative personal comments against SCCF’s Read more…
Read in the Coast Reporter This year’s apocalypse of fires, floods, droughts and storms should drive everyone to work together to prevent climate hell on Earth. That means rapidly reducing our use of fossil fuels and conserving Earth’s natural carbon-sequestering ecosystems and biodiversity like on Mt. Elphinstone. I was disheartened Read more…
Read in the Coast Reporter Sunshine Coast Community Forest (SCCF) has halted regular meetings with Elphinstone Logging Focus (ELF) because of interpersonal dynamics as planning continues for fall logging of an Angus Creek area cutblock. An alleged statement by ELF spokesperson Ross Muirhead during an Aug. 6 public tour of Read more…
Read in the Coast Reporter In the June 30 edition of the paper under the headline: “Deep-rooted artworks go from grove to gallery,” there’s reference to an exhibition on view at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre that draws its inspiration from an area referred to as “The Tuwanek Springs Forest.” Read more…
Read in the Coast Reporter Cutblock DL1313, locally known as the Reed Road Forest, won’t see any logging this year. The BC Timber Sales (BCTS) 2023-2027 operating plan for the area, released June 22, shows timber sale A91376 removed from the DL 1313 and no indication of a date when Read more…
Read in the Coast Reporter We’re in Stage One water restrictions. If you’re not concerned yet, I’m about to put a bee in your bonnet, because our watershed is about to be logged. If you think we’re having problems with drought, flooding, salmon runs and water sources now, logging the Read more…