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Logging debris in Gabriola’s 707 acre park

on 22 Mar 2011

If you’ve hiked in Gabriola’s 707 Acre Wood, you’ll have seen them: piles of logging debris like this. They’re all over the place. What should be done with them, or should they just be left to slowly rot away? I seem to remember hearing that these piles might be removed, possibly so that there’d be [...]

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Gabriola logging puzzle

on 06 Mar 2010

Most of Gabriola has been logged at least once. I understand the whole idea of cutting down trees and selling the wood for profit. What I don’t understand is why there are so many massive logs like this rotting away in the Gabriola woods. This tree didn’t just fall over: it was cut down. And [...]

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