Island Timberlands
Island Timberlands LP, a private timberlands business in British Columbia, Canada, was created in 2005 by the purchase of lands from Weyerhaeuser's coastal BC timber estate, which had originally been purchased in 1999 from MacMillan Bloedel. The private managed forest lands comprise approximately 254,000 hectares of forests, both mature and regenerating. The majority of timber harvested from these lands is shipped to overseas clients as unprocessed logs.
Island Timberlands' (IT) corporate office is located in
Island Timberlands provides limited recreational opportunities for residents and visitors to south, central and east Vancouver Island, including Cortes Island. Access to these lands is limited to weekends between 8am-4pm for licensed, registered vehicles only. IT blocks access by way of gates. IT do not allow quads, ATVs or dirt bikes access. IT routinely block access to lakes (the east side of Boomerang Lake in their Northwest Bay logging division being one example) and lands by trenching or indiscriminately felling trees across trails. More access is sought by residents, user groups and hunters.
The proposed logging actions for the Fall of 2012 on Cortes Island have brought them under scrutiny and public petition by Wildstands, a Community group focusing on public awareness of realities and options in the BC forestry industry.
IT is managed by
References
- ^ Stoymenoff, Alexis (January 14, 2012). "Ancient Forest Alliance confirms vital old growth in threatened Cortes Island woods". Vancouver Observer. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
- ^ Koehn, Chris. "Occupy protesters stage vigil outside Island Timberlands Nanaimo office". Nanaimo Daily News. Archived from the original on January 19, 2013. Retrieved February 26, 2012.