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If you missed it, we’ve been collecting news, letters, and webinars on forests, logging, and water. Here are the highlights: Society urges pointed public comment on pending plan for forest landscape, by Timothy Schafer for Castanet “The truth about forest…
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New study finds clear-cut logging can dramatically increase flood risk
This newest research, co-authored by Spencer Pearson-Atkins, Younes Alila, and Xu Jian Yu, supports longstanding claims that commercial forestry intensifies negative hydrology; it especially mentions droughts and floods in the Okanagan. Journal article via ScienceDirect. News story via The Conversation. “We…
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Balancing nature’s needs with fire protection: Protecting trees, dispelling myths (Creatively United for the Planet)
This webinar was published by Creatively United for the Planet on April 28, 2026. The webinar features perspectives from Herb Hammond, forest ecologist, professional forester and author; Rachel Holt, independent ecologist and professional biologist; and Dave Daust, forester and landscape…
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Climate change can’t be stopped without ‘sane’ forest policy (Castanet op-ed)
This op-ed, written by Eli Pivnick, was originally published in Castanet on May 12, 2026. Forests are the lungs of our planet. Global greenhouse gas emissions have risen each year since the beginning of the industrial revolution. However, they peak…
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Planted trees do not make a forest (Castanet op-ed)
Eli Pivnick’s op-ed for Castanet, June 9, 2026.
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How forestry has changed since the 80s, problems with BC’s new Forest Landscape Plan, and protecting caribou
A roundup of resources shared by IWTF members this week.
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IWTF meets with the Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship
On May 2, 2026, IWTF members met with Minister Randene Neill (Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship (WLRS)) and Harwinder Sandhu, MLA for Vernon-Lumby. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss water and forestry legislation that recognizes water’s…
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Eli Pivnick responds to COFI comments on CBC Radio (letter)
Dear Daybreak South (CBC Radio) team, I listened with interest to this morning’s interview (January 27, 2026) that Chris Walker did with Council of Forest Industries CEO, Kim Haakstad. I take exception with many of the remarks she made. Here…
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BC community sounds the alarm on salvage logging – Kelowna Now
This important article, reported by Luke Faulks, focuses on the community of Gun Lake and residents’ concerns about the threat of salvage logging proposed in an area that experienced wildfire in 2023. “a meta review of research into the ecological impacts of…
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Logging’s Final Frontier? How ‘Active Management’ imperils forest resilience – a video from Conservation North
If you missed the live webinar from Conservation North in September on the realities of ‘active management’ of forests, check out the recording below. Speakers