Canwel’s recent logging in a sub-alpine bowl south of Fernie included endangered whitebark pine trees.

If you live in the Elk Valley, you most likely have observed the extensive clear-cut logging that has been occurring throughout the valley.

There is no legal requirement for logging practices on private land to be sustainable over time. This allows landowners to remove most or all of the forest cover in a short time period despite major impacts on wildlife, water and communities