Esther Dyck - Field Technician DFO

It is time for the logging company Island Timberlands to give back to our community.
The once beautiful Horseshoe River area has been devastated by Island Timberland’s lust for the almighty dollar.

This paradise was honoured and enjoyed by local Powell River Citizens. Horseshoe River was where I have personally taken my guests from Germany who were total awe of the beauty there, as I was.

Eagle River is known for its breathtaking raw beauty as a healthy destination for our young people here in Powell River, as well as tourists. This unique river is home to wild salmon, rainbow trout, cutthroat and more.

Water temperature increases when trees and native plants alongside rivers, streams and creeks are destroyed or removed, which means fish species then cannot survive. Natural habitat when removed or disturbed leaves that river, creek or stream open to flash floods. These flash floods rip up salmon redds and brings destructive silt which suffocates all fish species as well as their food source.

After the majority of trees are ripped down alongside rivers, creeks and streams, the logging companies give themselves credit for leaving a so called buffer zone. The stronger winds we now experience leave the remaining trees (the buffer zone) vulnerable and unprotected. The buffer zone is only a false front and is morally wrong.

Myrtle Creek is the only full “indicator creek” on this side of the coast that is monitoring the ocean- and fresh-water survival of the wild diverse run of Coho salmon.

There is really something wrong with us to allow our resources to be destroyed and then shipped in raw form out of our community for the almighty dollar.