(have posted in AB Poli thread, but quickly buried)
If you walk, hike, bike, ride horses, Nordic ski, drive through, bring friends/family, care about local businesses (from Bragg Creek through to bike and outdoor stores in yyc and area), pick mushrooms, snowshoe then this should be of interest.
The
GROW Kananaskis website is best resource on how to help:
https://growkananaskis.com/#how-to-help
- petition
- template letter to email politicians
- spread the word
The Issue:
"We are not opposed to logging.
Alberta has 22.5 Million hectares of
harvestable forest.
West Fraser Timber Company (Formerly SLS) hold FMAs (the right to log) on 475,000 hectares from Waterton to Sundre.
The planned clear cut is 738 hectares in 2026, 362 hectares in West Bragg Creek and 376 hectares of Moose Mountain’s networks. 738 hectares is 0.15% of West Fraser Timber Company’s FMAs, or what they could be logging..
This clear cut will remove the majority of remaining older growth in the West Bragg and Moose Mountain area and will have an irreversible effect on the experience of outdoor recreation in the area."
A recent Twitter thread by @GROWkananaskis
To each & every one of the 620 registered and likely 750+ attendees at the Bragg Creek/Moose Mtn logging Open House, THANK-YOU! It wasn’t a fun event but it was a critical one.
A quick reminder to email feedback to
COS-WoodsNews@westfraser.com
Further recommendations:
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1...811421552.html
[I'm sure there will be the: "but we need houses" and "we can't have wildfires if we mow down the trees" type posts -- If you're for cutting down the forests in these particular areas, at the very least back up your arguments for...]