BC Unveils Plans to Defer Logging of Old-Growth Forests
Green Leader Furstenau calls it ‘an essential and overdue first step.’ And more reaction on the announcement.
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Green Leader Furstenau calls it ‘an essential and overdue first step.’ And more reaction on the announcement.
Greens and environmental groups criticize lack of progress, but others defend efforts to make big changes. Andrew MacLeod is The Tyee's Legislative Bureau Chief in Victoria and the author of All Together Healthy (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018). Find him on Twitter or reach him at . SHARES Logged old-growth red cedar in Kwagu’ł First Nation territory in northern Vancouver Island. Photo by TJ Watt, Ancient Forest Alliance. Six months after releasing a major report on managing and protecting old-growth forests, British Columbia is either at a turning point, a standst...