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Intact watershed near Castlegar should not be logged, advocates say

Lawyer for Save What's Left Society has sent a cease-and-desist letter to BC Timber Sales

The lawyer for a West Kootenay environmental organization has sent a formal cease-and-desist letter to BC Timber Sales, requesting that the agency drop its plans to log a piece of forest near Castlegar.

The contested cutblock is located in the Cai Creek drainage near the Bombi Summit.

“Cai Creek should be protected," says Joe Karthein of the Save What's Left Conservation Society. "It is a biodiverse forest full of old growth trees, and B.C.

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Bill Metcalfe

About the Author: Bill Metcalfe

I have lived in Nelson since 1994 and worked as a reporter at the Nelson Star since 2015.
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