These are the spectacular cedar groves of Looper Creek cut block #774428 Looper Creek is a tributary to the Caycuse River and contains the largest most extensive old growth forest in the entire watershed. Cut block #774428, which has been approved by the provincial government despite being a deferral candidate, will take a massive chunk out of the richest section of this forest. The last five images in this gallery are of trees in the contiguous forest outside of the cut block.

As of October 2022 roads have not yet been built to this cut block, however western forest products is clear cutting just upslope in a neighboring old growth Heli block.

These are images of cut block #4559 near Sad Lake in the Central Walbran Valley. The cut block is made up of three separate units totaling only a few hectares. I visited this forest back in 2018 and found that even though the area Teal Jones is targeting was small it contains a spectacular cedar forest with trees exceeding 10 feet in diameter. Despite being located in the central Walbran, the deferral affecting the central valley did not protect this cut block. Teal Jones has plans to build a 5 km road on the ridge line above this cut block as well as to the northeast in the area referred to as the “camper bowl.”

This cut block was approved in 2018, however, it still hasn’t been logged.

Looper Creek #774428

Walbran Valley (Sad Lake) #4559