Campbell River, B.C., area will be first to test new proposed forest management model
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VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s Forests Ministry has chosen a stretch of land near Campbell River to be the first candidate for a proposed new model of how forests and timber are managed in the province.
Under what the province has dubbed the “working forest landscape model,” the area north of and adjacent to Campbell River would be divided into three zones that dictate how and where trees can be logged.
Forests Minister Ravi Parmar says the goal is to end “cut-block-by-cut-block permitting” and move to “operational plan forestry,” while environmental groups have pushed back, saying the plan would create guaranteed logging zones and obstruct the public’s ability to protect and conserve forests.
Randene Neill, B.C.’s minister of water, land and resource stewardship, told a news conference Tuesday that the working forest landscape model, which includes partnerships with First Nations, is a good test of what needs to be done to transform forestry in a sustainable way.
