The Six Mountains Community Forest

Tzouhalem, Prevost, Richards, Maple, Sicker, Stoney Hill. Learn more about the Community Forest.

Current Logging Practices

North Cowichan patch clear-cuts approx. 44 hectares (83 football fields) per year. In 2019, after a severe wind storm, the Municipality began a program to log the blowdown trees.

Carbon Sales Alternative

Can we generate as much revenue not logging as logging with a carbon sales program?

Changes enacted since the Forest Campaign started:

• Municipal logging contracts are now publicly tendered
• The Forest Advisory Committee has been expanded to include a more diverse group of stakeholders
• Individual clearcut plans are now discussed and approved at Council Meetings
• Clearcut plans are now available to the public
• University of British Columbia (UBC), the Coastal Douglas Fir Partnership, and 3GreenTreeConsulting are assisting in developing a forest management plan
• Lees & Associates are assisting in the development of the public engagement portion of the forest management strategy

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