Editor:

Don Hudson, acting timber sales manager for BC Timber Sales, says he understands the concerns [of residents] over water but must fundamentally misunderstand the effects of clearcut logging to state: “Generally, when you cut timber down, you end up creating more water for the systems so it’s rare that harvesting trees results in less water being available for people” (Coast Reporter, Aug. 13, “Crow Road residents seek logging changes”).

If you pause to think about it, clearcut logging destroys an ecosystem. There is too little thought about watershed damage, habitat destruction and the deaths of nestlings and other creatures unable to flee.

The forests near Crow Road are spectacular, containing some old growth and mostly mature second growth trees. World-class destination mountain bike and walking trails meander through them. While we focus on the immediate tasks at hand and our busy private lives, these forests are coming down, not to return for 100 years, if ever — how very, very sad.

If these forests must be logged, any select cutting alternative would reduce the damage and increase the employment per tree.

James Graham

Gibsons