Conservation North hosting a webinar on salvage lodge
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PRINCEGEORGE – What are the effects of salvage logging on wildlife, communities and the climate? These questions and more will be answered by a panel of five experts from BC and the US at a free webinar next week called Gaming the ecosystem: the truth about salvage logging.
The event will feature Dakelh strategic advisor Seraphine Munroe of the Maiyoo Keyoh Society, and Drs. Karen Price, Diana Six, Phil Burton and Dominick DellaSala. Salvage logging is the practice of industrially logging forests that have undergone fire or insect disturbances. It is usually done in primary, or never-logged, forests.
The BC government streamlined the process of salvage logging this spring, which has alarmed members of the public and groups concerned about watershed health and nature.
“Salvage logging is a controversial practice and we are quite proud of having pulled together a panel of this caliber, all of whom have direct experience with and knowledge of the impacts of salvage logging primary forests explains Conservation North spokesperson Michelle Connolly. ”The webinar is hosted by four interior-based groups: the Interior Watershed Task Force, the Fraser Headwaters Alliance, Conservation North (all volunteer-based community groups) and Wildsight (an environmental non-governmental organization).
