Dear Editor,

Old-growth trees are the biodiversity for our living forest.

No matter how you look at it, the old growth keeps our forest alive.

It does not matter if is the provincial government, municipal government or a large logging company. Once the old-growth trees are cut, they are gone.

To replace the old-growth forest with new trees does not allow the same function/functions, for example: homes for the birds, animals, plants insects that live in our forest.

Also, what is very important about old growth is the filtration system of the groundwater that runs into our lakes.

If our municipality spends $60,000 for carbon offsets to improve air quality, they should examine how old growth deals with the greenhouse gases and what this natural amenity has to offer.

Can we as a municipality not have other options to keep our forest and put it to more productive uses?

There are better forest practice methods and solutions out there.

Please save our old-growth forest! Our children and future generations will appreciate your efforts.
Sonya McCarthy
Whistler