Scott Tours Island Timberlands Cut

Scott Fraser MLA for Alberni Qualicum inspects the cutting of the Buffer zone around Englishman River Falls Park with members of the community, Councillor Barry Avis, Councillor Chris Burger and Scott Tanner past Councillor for Qualicum Beach

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• Island Timberlands
• TimberWest
• clear cut
• Scott Fraser MLA
• Parksville
• logging
• Libera
• l Cantalon
• Qualicum
• environment

[MooseMovies]

Yes there is lots of silt, and I note your comments have been published. By the way it is there land to forest not denude and sell off for realestate. That was not the terms with which they got the land. They should be replanting and growing trees for future logging (read jobs) not paving it.

[MooseMovies]

Hey Ganges you need to get in the 21st century. The government removed anything to do with zoning etc. Private land or not, up until this government became spectators in the industry (read dereulgated everything) no one was allowed to cut logs in our drinking water. OUR drinking water.

[gangesexcavating]

and I relish the fact you block out my comments now pending approval, which completely shows you only post comments that you agree with, yet screening out folks like me that you hate to see comment. Whatever you want, man. I dont think you'll do much to stop the operation anyway, ah forget it, why do i bother anyway

[gangesexcavating]

Never forget Victoria's Sooke lake watershed was logged for decades without issue. Its recovered great and you know this. The point is is I.T. is harvesting with single-stem helilogging, a very low-impact method, along the river. I can see no problem in this. Traditional cutblocks are further inland, with no deleterious silt or debris entering your watercourse or drinking. Its on private land, not a park, this has gone on next to virtually every other coastal park only now your making a big deal

[gangesexcavating]

sure, anysilting in the drinking water? nope. Sooke lake watershed was logged for decades with no issues by the Victoria waterboard. No man YOU need to get in the 21st century. Island Timberlands is logging their own land with low-impact single stem tree helilogging taking all measures to mitigate any silt or debris in the Englishman. They arent in the park nor in the river. So whats your point? Your mad its in NEXT to your park and river, point taken but its on their land and harvested properly

[gangesexcavating]

last time I checked this is forestry zoned property which is entirely within current zoning bylaws

[54321Wakeup]

If you own a small city lot, your cannot do things on your property that harm your neighbour, but the amount of harm you can do and the number of neighbours you can harm is small. It you are Island Timberlands and own perhaps 40,000 hectares in the region, you can harm the drinking water protection for 14,000+ people. This problem is much greater than simply saying "I own it". I think Gangesexcavating needs to enter the 21st century. Things have changed!

[gangesexcavating]

to my knowledge its privately owned land which is owned by Island Timberlands. A person can do whatever they see fit on their land. Which means that it doesn't matter what parks, tree huggers, or any other special interest have for input. They have just as much to log as a person has to build on their property. By the way they are harvesting with the least disturbance. I underline the fact that this is private land, and the owner can do what they see fit with their privately owned property.

[gerfour]

Outragious business and Government behavior