Logging Starting - Winter 2023

We will be logging in our Upper Donald Woodlot this winter to manage this past year's fir beetle starting this week. Please be cautious and adhere to signage if accessing this area during active harvest.

The GDRGC manages Woodlot 452 with goals of enhancing and maintaining ungulate winter range habitats and funding our conservation work. Regionally we are experiencing Douglas fir beetle infestation that are attacking and killing mature trees.

We are managing these infestations through selective logging that removes the impacted trees and other unhealthy trees along the way. The aim of this type of harvesting is to retain habitat quality and mitigate the spread of fir beetles while meeting our obligations to harvest trees.

This portion of the woodlot is important ungulate winter range habitat. If you are accessing this area in the winter and care to limit your impact in this critical time of the year, please either leave your dog at home or ensure that it is well under control and not chasing deer.