Poor logging practices! High-lead clearcut logging across Cardinal Creek near the High Rim section of Okanagan Highlands Trail. Photo credit: Ian Pooley
End bad logging practices
An unsustainable high Annual Allowable Cut (AAC) in the Okanagan allows local mills to clearcut on both sides of the valley.
Fragile creek corridors and stream beds are frequently damaged in the push to find easily harvestable timber. If the present rate of logging continues, most of the Okanagan’s remaining oldgrowth will be cut down within the next 20 years.
LRMP gives local citizens a voice in land use decisions
The B.C. provincial government has established a Land Resource Management Plan (LRMP) process for the Okanagan-Shuswap region. Local interest groups will be able to meet at the negotiating table to help design the kind of a parks system local people want for the Okanagan. The process started in February 1995 and is scheduled to take about two years. WCWC's Okanagan Chapter is actively involved, advocating an ecologically viable wilderness parks system as outlined in this paper.
