Where do we stand

An estimated 141 species at risk are found in North Cowichan’s 5,000-hectare Municipal Forest Reserve, according to a consultant’s draft report released after a freedom-of-information request by sixmountains.ca. The 141 species include 64 vascular plants, 16 insects, 21 breeding birds, 14 molluscs, 10 mammals, eight mosses, three each of amphibians and fishes, and two reptiles. Click on the link below for the full article at SixMountains.ca.... https://www.sixmountains.ca/staggering-number-of-species-at

A complaint alleging there is too much secrecy in North Cowichan’s public consultation process into the future of its municipal forest reserve has led to an investigation by the provincial Office of the Ombudsperson. https://www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com//ombudsperson-inves/

North Cowichan is ‘home’ to rare, beautiful mushroom associated with arbutus. Christmas Tubaria (Tubaria punicea) https://www.sixmountains.ca/north-cowichan-is-home-to-rare-

Ask North Cowichan residents to name their favourite tree, and arbutus would be right up there. The Six Mountains are blessed with an abundance of them and I believe we also boast some of the biggest specimens in BC. Maple Mountain has a couple of especially large arbutus including the one depicted in this photograph that are begging to be officially measured and compared against other coastal giants of the same species. So far, I’ve found nothing that compares with them ...in the 5,000-hectare Municipal Forest Reserve. click on link below to read full article https://www.sixmountains.ca/monumental-arbutus-another-reas

North Cowichan council on Tuesday received an outpouring of citizen support for conservation not logging in the Municipal Forest Reserve. Council started a three-hour-plus budget meeting by acknowledging it had received 33 emails related to the forestry issue. Among the comments:...Continue reading