Stop Cut Blocks in xwesam/Stelk’aya (Roberts Creek) Watershed – Public Comments accepted now – RESOURCES HERE!

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Comments can be submitted directly through to email BCTS.SunshineCoast@gov.bc.ca.

COMMENTS ARE STILL ACCEPTED VIA EMAIL.

Forest Operations Map #1214 provides locations of road construction and forest harvesting operations currently planned and proposed by BCTS-Chinook Business Area within the Forest Development Units of the Sunshine Coast FSP #672. The shapes shown on this map are gross shapes that include reserve areas. TA0520 is a preliminary shape and has not had any field work done at this point.

If you have any questions regarding the submission process, contact:

Jocelyn Ciarniello, RPF Woodlands Supervisor BC Timber Sales, Chinook Business Area (Jocelyn.Ciarniello@gov.bc.ca)

If you would like any assistance or have questions, please send us an email!

Helpful resources:

BCTS 5-year Operating Plan Map of Sunshine Coast Natural Resource District

BCTS Chinook Business Area Watershed Assessment Report

Mt. Elphinstone South Watershed Assessment April 6, 2023

Peer Review of Mt. Elphinstone South Watershed Assessment August 23, 2023

Ministry of Environment – Fisheries Sensitive Watersheds

How Crown laws and policy normalize cumulative harm to salmon watersheds in British Columbia: A Case Study

State of the Canadian Pacific salmon: Responses to changing climate and habitats

E-book: State of the Canadian Pacific salmon: Responses to changing climate and habitats

State of Canadian Pacific Salmon 2019

Changes recommended for Mt. Elphinstone watershed logging – Coast Reporter March 13, 2023

Letter: Mt Elphinstone logging recommendation not a good news story March 26, 2023

PRESSURE: Warming Temperatures Are Altering Salmon Streams

Effects of riparian forest harvest on streams: a meta-analysis

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