Argonaut Creek is part of the inland temperate rainforest ecosystem, which is the last large scale inland temperate rainforest left on earth. The valley is also habitat for mountain caribou, an endangered species. (Photo credit Echo Creek Conservation Society)

The area that was slated for logging overlapped with federally designated critical habitat for the Columbia North caribou herd, the largest herd remaining in the Kootenays. Photo: David Moskowitz

PHOTO David Moskowitz

End of BCTS logging road leading to federally mapped critical caribou habitat (photo credit: Casey Dubois Media and Echo Conservation Society)