Residents of the Joe Rich area near Kelowna were stunned to learn that hectares of land near their homes appeared to have been mostly clear-cut by a logging company.In recent years, the area has struggled with washouts and mudslides, and locals are concerned that logging will just make it worse.Legislative changes urged after logging proposed near key North Okanagan drinking water source
“The highway washout a couple years ago was part of it, and there’s been all kinds of issues with water and washouts because there’s no ground stability with no trees,” she added.In an email, Tolko said it’s trying to help reduce the wildfire risk in the area and that some trees have to be harvested because of the killer Douglas fir beetle.
“If they take away the trees right up to this property line, it no longer has any stability,” Smith said, pointing to where trees had been flagged above a house.
That’s how logging works. Then you plant New ones. Do they not mow their lawns in Kelowna either?