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Sunshine Coast, British Columbia • www.thelocalweekly.ca • Thursday, April 25, 2019 Training For The Tour Page 3
Age-Friendly Trail Guide Page 3
Police Cleared In Death
Clack Creek Crunch
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School Energy Contest Page 8
Dog Park Etiquette Page 9
Spring Car Care Pages 10 & 11
When “Ladies” Are Not Ladies Page 12
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It is crunch time for people campaigning to save the “Clack Creek Forest”, a 27-hectare patch on Mount Elphinstone above Roberts Creek. The end of April is the deadline for logging contractors to submit bids to BC Timber Sales, and after that the area could be logged any time. While the province has agreed, with the shíshálh Nation, to create a Modern Land Use Plan in the area, the Clack Creek Forest has been excluded from that process because it was already mapped as a timber block. Elphinstone Logging Focus (ELF) says it would be tragic to log this area on the eve of a land use planning process, particularly since the Clack Creek Forest connects two of the three existing “islands” in Mt. Elphinstone Provincial Park. ELF has filed for a judicial review of the importance of this area. That legal action could take months to get a court date, and ELF spokesman Ross Muirhead said if a judge granted a review, that could force a stop to any logging that had started. In the meantime, ELF has built a trail into the Clack Creek Forest and has been leading hikes so people can see what is at stake. On April 14 (above) about 60 people walked the area. See letters page 4. ROSS MUIRHEAD PHOTO
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