A group of forest protectors and Sinixt land defenders are calling for an immediate halt to active logging of Old Growth in the Enterprise Creek watershed in the Slocan Valley. Interfor’s cutblocks at the end of road in the Timber Creek drainage are in Englemann Spruce-Subalpine Fir (ESSFwc4) forest. Marilyn James, Sinixt Matriarch, laid down tobacco for the snowy,
by Lone Sheep Publishing on Tuesday February 09 2021
A bull mountain caribou in fall, photographed in the Hart Ranges of British Columbia. Photo courtesy David Moskowitz.
Severely endangered Central Selkirk mountain caribou are taking refuge in the proposed Selkirk Mountain Caribou Park this winter, while BC Timber Sales (BCTS) advertises plans that would push clear cuts into the park proposal and within 220 metres of known aninmal locations said the Valhalla Wilderness Society in a recent media release.
Craig Pettitt, a director and field person for the Valhalla Wilderness Society, said BC Timber Sales is helping to push these caribou off the face of the planet, adding the proposed Selkirk Mountain Caribou Park was designed to protect the caribou.