Dozens of Sproat Lake residents came out to walk what remains of their neighbourhood trail yesterday, as MOSAIC Forest Management prepares to log it.
Called the Holy Cow trail, it was built and maintained by locals over the years and includes bridges for mountain bikes.
Jennifer Holland says she understands it’s private land, but believes their should be processes to include community and recreational values in harvest plans.
“We’re hoping that the provincial or regional governments are going to be able to take more control of these interface logging issues that are on private lands but impact residents and locals, and that there will be more insight and controls about how it impacts communities,” she said.
Holland says they offered to purchase the 5 hectare area to preserve it.
The trees are along a popular trail network built by generations of local hikers, that is now part of a MOSAIC Forest Management cutblock.
Holland says neighbours along Stirling Arm Drive have offered to buy the 5 hectare lot to protect it.
“There is an organization with a long-term objective of fundraising to purchase the land from MOSAIC,” she said. “We need time to be able to get that fundraising mecghanism in place, so what we’re hoping for is a deferral of logging plans for two years.”
In an e-mail response from MOSAIC Media, the company says they intend to continue logging the area.
Sproat Lake residents wrapped trees in blankets yesterday, hoping to save them from being cut down.
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