Consultation on Six Mountains
Jared Qwustenuxun Williams urges public to write council on his 43rd birthday
CAO Swabey suggests logging might not be possible before 2026 municipal election
Just 2.5 years after the public voted overwhelmingly to support conservation of the 5,000-hectare Municipal Forest Reserve — BC’s most at-risk forest type —North Cowichan’s right-of-centre councillors are seeking a resumption of logging
I see that once again Glen Ridgway is urging council to fire up the chainsaws in the Six Mountains.
North Cowichan is in the process of hiring a consultant to help the municipality and Quw’utsun Nation reach a co-management agreement on the 5,000-hectare Municipal Forest Reserve.
KPMG report confirms ‘high-level feasibility of potential carbon projects’ in forest reserve
Carbon credits one of seven ongoing topics of discussion in Working Group
North Cowichan releases report only after freedom-of-information request
The estimated $100,000 cost of developing a new management plan for the Municipal Forest Reserve will be covered by a $500,000 provincial grant, Mayor Rob Douglas said Thursday.
Consultations with First Nations on the Municipal Forest Reserve will be a “long-term project” based on a “new reality,” Chief Administrative Officer Ted Swabey has told North Cowichan council.
It has now been well over 1.5 years since North Cowichan signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with “Cowichan Nation” on August 17, 2021, regarding the Municipal Forest Reserve.
‘You’re in a really great position. It just needs leadership to pull it all together.’
Evi Mustel provides a simple analogy for the seemingly complex field of statistically valid surveys.
Pro-logging group side-steps quorum rule to lobby councillors separately on Municipal Forest Reserve
For a council meeting to take place in North Cowichan, a quorum, or majority, is required. That means at least four of the seven council members must be present.
The consultants’ report on the final phase of public consultation on North Cowichan’s Municipal Forest Reserve is chock-full of interesting stats and numbers — notably, 76-per-cent support for conservation management.
On-line survey shows 76 percent of respondents back two ‘conservation’ options
Homes on the slopes of Mt. Prevost, Maple Mountain and Mt. Richards ‘might become quite desirable’
We’ve come to identify North Cowichan’s 5,000-hectare Municipal Forest Reserve as the Six Mountains — Prevost, Sicker, Richards, Maple, Tzouhalem, and Stoney Hill.
Beware of false information spread by a few pro-logging advocates
Decision goes against more-open policies of other Vancouver Island municipalities
Do you have any photos that depict historic logging operations in North Cowichan’s Municipal Forest Reserve?
North Cowichan has published an article ostensibly to encourage public participation in a consultation process on the Municipal Forest Reserve — but which comes off as a plug for status-quo logging.
Transition from clearcutting to partial harvests, thinning, wildfire interface predicted
On-line survey with four scenarios must be completed by Dec. 31
Public can now weigh in on future of Municipal Forest Reserve in on-line survey
Its name is a handful — the Coastal Douglas-fir (& Associated Ecosystems) Conservation Partnership.
That would be the outcome of one of four management scenarios posed by UBC
The choice could not be more obvious — or pressing.
North Cowichan income from carbon credits would overtake revenues from timber harvesting
Carbon credits: ‘a lot of buyers would be willing to pay higher prices’
Have you wondered what’s happened to the consultation process into the future of North Cowichan’s Municipal Forest Reserve?
‘Many community members expressed concern about harvesting practices’
On-line survey, Zoom workshops available now for Six Mountains
North Cowichan council on Wednesday defeated a motion from Councillor Tek Manhas to specifically invite Resource Works — an industry mouthpiece — to provide input into a review of the 5,000-hectare Municipal Forest Reserve.
First Nations at risk of taking the blame
Almost three decades ago, North Cowichan’s Forest Advisory Committee retained a consultant to review municipal logging on Maple Mountain and to ask people and organizations to fill out a questionnaire on what they value in our forests.
PlaceSpeak will continue to be used for the public consultation process into interim management of North Cowichan’s 5,000-hectare Municipal Forest Reserve despite several members of council raising concerns about the on-line platform.
For the second time, I've had to resort to a freedom-of-information request to the Municipality of North Cowichan to find out more about the consultation process for the 5,000-hectare Municipal Forest Reserve.
The Municipality of North Cowichan announced today that the public consultation process into future management of the 5,000-hectare Municipal Forest Reserve — also known as the Six Mountains — has been suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak.
North Cowichan’s launch of its much-anticipated public engagement on the future of the 5,000-hectare Municipal Forest Reserve stumbled badly out of the blocks this week, leaving citizens understandably confused and suspicious about the process.
Citizens of North Cowichan will soon have an opportunity to apply to join a public working group as part of the engagement process for future management of the 5,000-hectare Municipal Forest Reserve, also known as the Six Mountains.
A draft plan for public consultation on future management of the 5,000-hectare Municipal Forest Reserve — also known as the Six Mountains — has highlighted several “challenges” with the process being undertaken by North Cowichan council.
In a few weeks, North Cowichan residents will get their first peek at plans for a public consultation process into the future of the Six Mountains/Municipal Forest Reserve.
North Cowichan CAO Ted Swabey: “We do not clear-cut as a harvesting practice:"