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Why Was 'Incredible' Giant Cedar Cut Down, Despite B.C.'s Big-Tree Protection Law?
A giant yellow cedar exceeding protection size was cut during provincially approved logging, triggering an investigation amid concerns over funding and enforcement of conservation rules.
- Joshua Wright, the photographer and advocate, documented a yellow cedar south of Gold River clearly above the 2.65-metre protection threshold that was later felled under a provincially approved logging operation, prompting a Forests Ministry investigation.
- Forests Minister Ravi Parmar acknowledged B.C. faces fibre supply constraints and industry pressures, while limited funding left First Nations without meaningful financial alternatives for deferrals and logging operators must report qualifying trees within 30 days.
- On the ground, Wright found the yellow cedar measured 2.79 metres, exceeding the threshold for yellow cedars at 2.65 metres, while provincial 'big-treed' old-growth mapping shows the site and marbled murrelets were present.
- The Forests Ministry said it is investigating the felling after Joshua Wright's complaint but declined further comment, while Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation did not respond to inquiries about the logging.
- Critics including Rachel Holt argue the system is failing, citing an analysis by two former advisory-panel members that found higher logging rates in big-treed old growth since 2021, while Joshua Wright accused the government of 'greenwashing'.
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Why was ‘incredible’ giant cedar cut down, despite B.C.’s big-tree protection law?
Joshua Wright says a yellow cedar tree he photographed last year was "incredible," the largest he'd ever seen in a decade of hiking around Vancouver Island.
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Joshua Wright says a yellow cedar tree he photographed last year was "incredible," the largest he'd ever seen in a decade of hiking around Vancouver Island.
·Waterloo, Canada
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