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Open letter to Mosaic Forest Management 

” … When asked about volumes, the answer was ‘approximately 6,000 to 8,000 m3 per year.’ That’s a potential of 18,000m3 to 24,000m3 total over the 3 yr plan and that would amount to approx. 500 to 700 logging truck loads. One logging truck at approx 35m3. So one truck load some say is approx 6500bft of milled lumber and approx enough lumber for a 1,000 ft2 home. Not sure ? I would like to hear island miller’s comment on that.”  

Originally published on the Cortes Tideline

By Sonya Friesen

Attention: Colin Koszman, RPF, RBTech

I live within the forest community of Squirrel Cove on the unceded territories of the Klahoose, Tla’amin and Homalco First Nation. I honor their history of 10,000 years of knowledge learnt from time in place, and their respect for all natural systems kept in balance.

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Where did Cortes Island’s property tax dollars go in 2021?

How our local government worksPart 1 of 5 from the Feb 5 SRD Board Meeting

The proposed budget for 2022 was one of the principle topics at the Strathcona Regional District (SRD) Board Meeting on Wednesday, February 9th. Part of this process involved looking into the finances for 2021. So in the first of a five part series arising from that meeting, Cortes Currents is looking into how the SRD is spending the portion of our tax dollars under their control. 

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Indigenous-owned wilderness resort poised for a strong second year

CKTZ News, through an LJI grant from Canada-info.ca

Klahoose Wilderness Resort in Homfray Channel, BC, is in the process of converting to fully sustainable energy along with other improvements, among high demand for its tourism packages.

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Hugh’s huge yew: the largest native yew tree on Cortes Island?

CKTZ News, through an LJI grant from Canada-info.ca

Shortly after buying his property decades ago, local carpenter Hugh Barton found what might be the largest Western Yew on the Cortes Island. Hugh doesn’t know how old the tree is, but it appears to be more than 10 feet around at the trunk, at least 200 years old, and likely avoided the first round of logging on Cortes Island in the early 1900s.

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Klahoose First Nation economic development thriving under committed leadership

CKTZ News, through an LJI grant from Canada-info.ca

Qathen Xwegus Management Corporation (QXMC), which oversees sustainably-focused economic development for the Klahoose First Nation, is a busy beehive of activity, thanks to its innovative team.

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