Write Wild - Cortes Island

Island Timeberlands, owned by its parent company Brookfield Asset Management have secured the timber rights to a large portion of old growth on Cortes Island. The cutting has been stalled for now but we need to make sure that the sensitive ecosystems are protected.

Islanders have managed to protect the island from logging for decades but this time Timberland looks like they are serious about cutting down some of the last old growth Douglas Fir left anywhere. If this proceeds, it would be a huge blow to the ecosystem and watersheds of the island.

Write to the CEO of Island Timberland Darshan Sihota and their parent company Brookfield Asset Management CEO Bruce Flatt, the Minister of Forests Steve Thomson and local MLA Claire Trevena now to ask for the protection of the forests and watersheds on Cortes Island.