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Regional District of Central Kootenay moves to protect old-growth forests

By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson Daily, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

The remains of old growth forests in the region are protected, for now. 

With the province announcing its intention recently to work in partnership with First Nations to defer harvest of ancient, rare and priority large stands of old growth — within 2.6 million hectares of B.C.’s most at-risk old-growth forests — the central Kootenay desire to save its old-growth forests could be realized.

In August the Regional District of Central Kootenay passed a resolution requesting the remaining old-growth forests and significant old trees in the central Kootenay region be preserved.

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