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The Peachland Watershed Protection Alliance is asking for your support and consideration in assisting the 5,600 Peachland community stakeholders in our efforts to protect the many non-timber values of this land, most notably the critical watershed that supports our entire community and the many residents solely reliant upon the health and productivity of our watershed.
When British Columbians, even Peachlanders, visualize old growth, places like Walbran, Carmanah, Clayoquot and Fairy Creek come to mind; towering trees, mossy floors, thick canopies, various species, a shady under-story, on the rugged west coast. Did you know, the Peachland watershed holds some of the very same, rarest, at-risk old growth and primary forests left in the BC interior, and the stands that BC TIMBER SALES, our own government logging company, wants to log many of the the last certified old growth in the entire Okanagan that has not been clearcut?
Logging Plan for 2026 in Peachland’s Watershed near Glen Lake
These Interior Douglas Fir rich forests are known for their fire-resistant qualities, carbon storage abilities, flooding dampening and rich biodiversity.
Water, however, is their prime value in our community watershed; the water collecting, storing and releasing properties is what makes these intact, primary forests so valuable, and its these forest that makes life in the Okanagan liveable, our water plentiful and drinkable. And did you know it is our own government that wants to permanently remove them with partial clearcut logging after already paying for the report that earmarked them as at-risk and most valuable for deferrals.?
Recent aerial photo of Peachland’s watershed 2023
To be clear, the facts indicate that logging in the Community Watershed poses an unacceptable risk to both the volume and quality of the waters available to our community during this time of Climate Change and the disruption of historical weather patterns and precipitation (both the amount of precipitation and when it falls).
We look forward to working with you, stakeholders and land-users to ensure prudent stewardship in keeping with our values for this land that is so critical to the welfare and continued functionality of our lives here in Peachland.
Thank you for your attention to this important matter, the PWPA Board of Directors
https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/protect-peachland-s-old-growth-primary-forests-from-clearcuts
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