A resident of Anderson Lake wrote to the Board with concerns that logging south of McGillivray Creek would harm mule deer winter habitat and a local water supply. The Board investigated whether management of mule deer winter habitat south of McGillivray Creek represented sound stewardship of forest resources.

A resident of Anderson Lake wrote to the Board with concerns that logging south of McGillivray Creek would harm mule deer winter habitat and a local water supply. The complainant stated that he did not have an adequate opportunity to review a watershed assessment report describing the risk to water, and that the logging may compromise the area’s potential designation as a community watershed.

Five forestry licensees in the Sunshine Coast Forest District—International Forest Products Ltd., Terminal Forest Products Ltd., Northwest Hardwoods, 9096 Investments Ltd., and F.A.B. Logging Co. Ltd. complied with legislative requirements for timber harvesting and road construction, maintenance and deactivation. Licensees also followed land-use plan directives such as protecting goat ranges and maintaining visual quality standards.

A resident in the Fraser Valley complained that a local woodlot owner was allowing motorized and non‐motorized recreational vehicles to damage the habitat of cutthroat trout, coastal tailed frogs and red-legged frogs. The complaintant felt strongly that the habitat for theses non-threatened, but sensitive, species should be protected from such damage.