Our Watershed

The picture above was used in this blog's banner. It was taken around 2001 from the mountains on the other side of Skookumchuck Narrows when TimberWest owned the lands there. You can just make out the village in front and behind lies Waugh Lake and its watershed. It really is quite dramatic and having to reduce the picture for this blog does not due it justice.

Below is the same picture without the cropping. The logging road and debris piles are a nice touch, don't you think?

Here is another shot taken that same day. This one above Killam Bay and shows Captain Island out there in all its glory. And there is your clear cut, folks. It ain't a pretty way of doing things but, boy, is it efficient. Of course, if you use "faller-bunchers" you really make your shareholders happy because then you don't have to hire human beings to do the falling.

Photos Needed

There was a great turnout at the May23rd Tsain-Ko Information Meeting. Approximately 75 area residents arrived to learn how the logging company plans to enact its five year plan for our area. Tsain-Ko says, "No" to any thought of pursuing a sustainable logging approach along the lines of Vanvouver Island's Merve Wilkinson and, therefore, the community says "NO" to Tsain-Ko's FSP.

As you can see, pictures can be posted to the blog and we are putting out a call to one and all for pictures both historical and recent showing the proposed logging areas. They can be delivered to any member of the FOE Blog Team and will be returned safely to you.