- May 05 8:22 am
#63749
An interesting situation has come up on the Sunshine Coast, that relates directly to bird conservation. A Vancouver Island logging company has announced that they are going to log publicly owned property, right in the middle of town in Powell River, which has been used for decades as a city park. Through some arcane and antiquated agreements, the company does own the cutting rights to the trees, while the City owns the land. We are talking about 100+ year old fir forest with maintained trails throughout. To say that the people of Powell river are shocked is a major understatement. Imagine the people of Vancouver discovering that a private company was going to log Stanley Park!
At the request of a local conservation group, I was asked to look for options that might halt or at least slow the logging. That was a pretty simple question to answer. The BC Wildlife Act and the Migratory Birds Convention Act prohibit the destruction of active nests. Period.
And as this just happens to be nesting season, and nests are being identified ever day now, it looks like this is going to be a very interesting case to pay attention to.
I'll attach a link to a story in the Powell River paper. I also heard this morning that this story is now appearing in national papers as well.
http://m.prpeak.com/articles/2015/05/04 ... 868379.txt
Guy L. Monty
Nanoose bay, Vancouver Island, BC
At the request of a local conservation group, I was asked to look for options that might halt or at least slow the logging. That was a pretty simple question to answer. The BC Wildlife Act and the Migratory Birds Convention Act prohibit the destruction of active nests. Period.
And as this just happens to be nesting season, and nests are being identified ever day now, it looks like this is going to be a very interesting case to pay attention to.
I'll attach a link to a story in the Powell River paper. I also heard this morning that this story is now appearing in national papers as well.
http://m.prpeak.com/articles/2015/05/04 ... 868379.txt
Guy L. Monty
Nanoose bay, Vancouver Island, BC