An old growth forest home to towering cedars, hemlock, and balsam fir, along with at-risk species like marbled murrelets and specklebelly lichen, was sold for logging by BC Timber Sales in March 2026.
This ancient forest near Tsitika Mountain on Northern Vancouver Island (known by the BC government as Cutblock TA1375) was sold despite months of demands from First Nations leaders, scientists, environmental groups, and grassroots organizers to protect this area for its cultural and ecological importance. While they were successful in decreasing the size of the overall area under threat of logging, this is not enough – all of it should be protected.
In 2023, the Province quietly walked back its decision to put in place deferrals, or emergency logging bans, in at-risk old growth forests controlled by BC Timber Sales sales. This government decision has put integral ecosystems like this one back on the market to be logged.
The B.C. government has the power to cancel this sale, but we need even more people like you to create a groundswell of public pressure they can’t ignore.
Send an email to your MLA and the B.C. government, urging them to pull back the sale of cutblock TA1375 and stop BCTS sales in all at-risk old growth forests that the government promised to protect.
You can learn more about the proposed logging on Tsitika Mountain here.
Photo credit: Joshua Wright
