A second wave of harvesting in the West Bragg Creek area has again sparked the flame of debate between stakeholders involved.
Spray Lake Sawmills (SLS), which recently completed a logging operation this past winter in the Bragg Creek area, will hold an open house May 8 to address what Gord Lehn, woodlands manager for SLS, said is an area just to the west of the Cochrane company’s last operation.
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Harvesting is well underway in West Bragg Creek, and an area of contention — Block 13 — is causing some in the region to cry foul.
Initially removed from Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development’s (ESRD) FireSmart plan, Block 13 was put back on the chopping block at a reduced scale, according to Spray Lake Sawmills (SLS) woodlands manager Gord Lehn.
“Block 13 was reduced in size by 45 per cent to address concerns over recreation trails and visual concerns by the community,” Lehn said in an email.
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If Spray Lakes Sawmills has its way, more than 3,750 truckloads of timber will be removed from the Castle area by 2014.
But phases two and three of the company’s proposed plan have been put on hold by the Alberta government – a move applauded by a group of concerned local residents.
If they have their way, the logging will cease for good.
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Close to 300 angry Bragg Creek residents let the Alberta Environment minister know in no uncertain terms how they view a proposed logging project.
Diana McQueen, minister of Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development, and her deputy minister, Bryan Mayer, faced an onslaught of rage from residents at a Sept. 25 meeting to discuss logging options for a proposed FireSmart program.
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