Calls to defer Elphinstone Highlands cutblock auction supported June 19
Elphinstone and West Howe Sound community associations’ efforts to have B.C. Timber Sales (BCTS) defer the 35.2 hectare Elphinstone Highlands cutblock (TA0519) […]
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“The Elphinstone Community Association Remains Strongly Opposed to Logging of TA0519 Located in our Aquifer Recharge Area”
At the 2025 ECA Annual General Meeting held May 21, members elected to send the letter linked below to BC Timber Sales. […]
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ECA and SCCA Call on Province for Moratorium on Logging in Mt. Elphinstone Watershed
“We urge the Province to immediately defer logging in Mt. Elphinstone’s critical aquifer recharge
area and support a collaborative Water Sustainability Plan (WSP) for this area. This action is
essential to safeguarding drinking water for thousands of Sunshine Coast residents, protecting
private wells, and mitigating downstream flood risk. Without intervention, BC Timber Sales
(BCTS) will proceed with its logging plans, which present irreversible harm to this watershed.”
ECA questions Mt. Elphinstone cutblock
From Donna McMahon’s newsletter (subscribe here): I’d like to extend a big thank you to the volunteers with the Elphinstone Community Association […]
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TA0519 Response from BC Timber Sales, with Background
BC Timber Sales is the scheduled speaker at ECA’s next General Meeting, March 19. If you will attend and wish to prepare […]
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Planned logging of cut block TA0519 on Mt. Elphinstone South
The ECA has sent the following letter, per approval of membership at the October General Meeting, to BC Timber Sales, BC Ministry […]
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Vancouver Sun article on watershed science cites Mount Elphinstone logging crisis
“Logging on the slopes of Mount Elphinstone represents a case study on the effects of the practice on forest hydrology and flooding, […]
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Response to flawed BCTS Watershed Assessment report
The ECA is a signatory to these letters responding to the July Watershed Assessment report by BC Timber Sales, produced by the […]
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Response to BC Timber Sales Mt. Elphinstone South Watershed Assessment
ECA is a signatory to the following letter in response to the BC Timber Sales proposal for more logging in the upper […]
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Mt Elphinstone logging recommendation not a good news story
‘It is incomprehensible why, in this time of climate change, anyone would seriously propose clear-cutting in our watershed. Mature forests are what stabilize the slopes, reduce the risk of flooding, and regulate the recharge of water into the aquifer that supplies drinking water to more than 10,000 people.’
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Chaster Creek Watershed and BCTS Logging
On March 11, BC Timber Sales released a 198 page Draft Elphinstone South Watershed Assessment report, indicating renewed interest in logging our watershed. Members of ECA’s Forestry/Watershed Committee and other concerned community members met with BCTS on March 22 regarding the assessment. Remarks by ECA President Rod Moorcroft:
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