Plans to log a rare old-growth forest in critical caribou habitat are on hold following public outcry. Now, conservation groups are calling on the province to finish the job and remove the remaining cutblocks in the Argonaut Valley from auction.
The B.C. government has backed away from plans to log critical habitat for an endangered caribou herd in an old-growth valley north of Revelstoke, following a backlash from conservation groups, scientists and the public.
Charlotte Dawe, conservation and policy campaigner for the Wilderness Committee, said the government agreed to halt most proposed logging in the Argonaut Valley until the planning process for the deep-snow Columbia North caribou herd, the largest herd left in the Kootenays, is complete.
‘A huge win’: B.C. government suspends logging in endangered caribou habitat near Revelstoke | The Narwhal
The B.C. government has backed away from plans to log critical habitat for an endangered caribou herd in an old-growth valley north of Revelstoke, following a backlash from conservation groups, scientists and the public.
Charlotte Dawe, conservation and policy campaigner for the Wilderness Committee, said the government agreed to halt most proposed logging in the Argonaut Valley until the planning process for the deep-snow Columbia North caribou herd, the largest herd left in the Kootenays, is complete.
‘A huge win’: B.C. government suspends logging in endangered caribou habitat near Revelstoke | The Narwhal