On May 7 #BCgovernment #MinistryOfForests announced the launch of a new #Forest Operations #Map (FOM) portal where #BritishColumbians can now access & comment on proposed operations, including #cutblocks & #roads, after amendments to Forest & Range Practices Act #FRPA.

Though the majority of #forestry companies in #BritishColumbia have committed to presenting their proposed operations in the #FOMportal, the project is currently #voluntary, the press release stated.

https://www.cheknews.ca/new-forestry-app-aims-for-transparency-with-proposed-operations-1204857/?amp

Less than 1/3 of British Columbia’s Old Growth Forest Management areas are old growth: watchdog

CPAWS found active cutblocks the size of 68 Stanley Parks in areas claimed by BC to be protected

https://www.vicnews.com/news/less-than-13-of-bcs-old-growth-management-areas-are-old-growth-watchdog-7312857

#hypocrisy #deception #lies #TalkAndLog #cutblocks #OldGrowth #AncientTrees #ClimateCrisis #Carbon #forestry #bcpoli #conservation #30x30 #ecosystem

#TransMountain #pipeline owned by #FederalCovernment is a #culprit in the #destruction of #endangered SpottedOwl #habitat #TheNarwhal learned of #NewTwist to 11th-hr #efforts to #save the #owl from #extinction in #Canada .
#BCNDP elected in 2017 on a platform that included using “every tool in [the] toolbox” to stop #TMX - #approved 24 new #cutblocks for TMX in #habitat federal #scientists deemed #necessary for owl’s #survival & #recovery, including #OldGrowth #forests

https://thenarwhal.ca/trans-mountain-spotted-owls/