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Wildflower families of the Discovery Islands
Forest-related journalism
Ocean-related reporting
Primary forest survey: Quadra Island
Plant species of the Discovery Islands (white-coloured wildflowers)
Loss of forest cover on Quadra Island
Plant species of the Discovery Islands (yellow-coloured wildflowers)
Plant species of the Discovery Islands (pink-coloured wildflowers)
Plant species of the Discovery Islands (Blue-flowered wildflowers)
Plant species of the Discovery Islands (Red-orange-flowered wildflowers)
Plant species of the Discovery Islands (brown-coloured wildflowers)
Plant species of the Discovery Islands (purple-coloured wildflowers)
Animal species of the Discovery Islands: Marine mammals
Animal species of the Discovery Islands: Land mammals
Animal species of the Discovery Islands: Marine birds
Animal species of the Discovery Islands: Forest birds
Animal species of the Discovery Islands: Amphibians
Animal species of the Discovery Islands: Reptiles
Animal species of the Discovery Islands: Marine Invertebrates
Animal species of the Discovery Islands: Fish
Plant species of the Discovery Islands (Green-flowered wildflowers)
Logging in the watersheds of Quadra Island
Plant species observed on the Discovery Islands that are endangered, threatened or species of concern
Animal species observed on the Discovery Islands that are endangered, threatened or species of concern
Plant species of the Discovery Islands (Trees and Shrubs)
Lichen species of the Discovery Islands
Primary forest survey: Read Island
Primary forest survey: Cortes Island
Primary forest survey: Maurelle Island
Primary forest survey: Sonora Island
Primary forest survey: West Redonda Island
Primary forest survey: smaller islands
Primary forest survey: East Redonda Island
Place names: Quadra Island
Place names: Cortes Island
Place names: Read Island
Place names: Maurelle Island
Place names: Sonora Island
Place names: West Redonda Island
Place names: East Redonda Island
Place names: smaller islands
Plant species of the Discovery Islands (Grasses, sedges & rushes)
Plant species of the Discovery Islands (Aquatics)
Plant species of the Discovery Islands (Ferns)
Plant species of the Discovery Islands (Lichens)
Plant species of the Discovery Islands (Fungi)
Plant species of the Discovery Islands (Mosses and Liverworts)
Animal species of the Discovery Islands: Butterflies, Skippers and Moths
Animal species of the Discovery Islands: Dragonflies and Damselflies
Animal species of the Discovery Islands: Bees, Ants and Wasps
Animal species of the Discovery Islands: Beetles
Animal species of the Discovery Islands: Slugs and Snails
Loss of forest cover on Read Island
Loss of forest cover on Cortes Island
Loss of forest cover on Maurelle Island
Loss of forest cover on Sonora Island
Loss of forest cover on West Redonda Island
Loss of forest cover on East Redonda Island
Solutions
Photographic survey
Forest carbon release by logging on the Discovery Islands
Portal: Public subsidization of logging on the Discovery Islands
Loss of forest cover on the Discovery Islands
The cost of the public subsidy of clearcut logging on the Discovery Islands
Impact of clearcut logging on forest-related employment
Loss of forest carbon sequestration capacity due to logging
Forest stewardship plans for area-based forest tenures on the Discovery Islands
History of forest loss on the Discovery Islands
Portal: A paradigm shift in how Discovery Islands forests are managed is urgently needed
Portal: Over-exploitation of BC forests
Portal: Imagining a new relationship with forests
Portal: Loss of primary forest
Portal: Destruction of wildlife habitat and loss of biodiversity
Portal: Loss of the hydrological functions of forests
Portal: Increase in forest fire hazard
Portal: Loss of carbon sequestration capacity
Portal: Increase in forest carbon emissions
Portal: Plantation failure
Portal: Use of ecologically damaging practices
Portal: Permanent loss of forest to logging roads, landings and quarries
Portal: Soil loss and damage
Portal: Loss of forest-related employment
Portal: Loss of employment resulting from the export of raw logs
Portal: Costs of floods, fires and clearcutting of community watersheds
Portal: The economic impact on communities of boom and bust cycles
Portal: The instability of communities dependent on forest extraction
Portal: Psychological unease caused by forest destruction
Portal: Loss of trust in institutions as a result of over-exploitation of forests
Portal: Social division caused by over-exploitation of BC forests
Portal: Loss of economic potential of other forest-related sectors
Portal: The economic cost of converting forests into sawdust and wood chips
Portal: The need to reform BC forest legislation
Portal: The need to expedite treaties with First Nations
Portal: The need to get informed, organized and ready for change
Portal: Surveys
Portal: The case for much greater conservation of forests on the Discovery Islands
Portal: Greater conservation of forests is needed to mitigate climate change
Portal: Retention of old and mature forest is necessary to protect biodiversity
Portal: Compared with old and mature forest, logged areas have a higher fire hazard
Portal: The extraordinary beauty of the Discovery Islands needs to be protected
Portal: We support Indigenous title and rights on the Discovery Islands
Portal: Logging on the Discovery Islands is heavily subsidized by the public
Species at risk on the Discovery Islands
Historical record of forest fires on the Discovery Islands
Lakes and wetlands of the Discovery Islands
Recreation Resources: Morte Lake-Chinese Mountain area
Recreation Resources: Nugedzi Lake-Mount Seymour area
Recreation Resources: Newton Lake-Small Inlet-Waiatt Bay area
Recreation Resources: Mud Lake-Nighthawk Lake area
Recreation Resources: Eagle Ridge-Blindman's Bluff area
Recreation Resources: Heriot Ridge area
Recreation Resources: Shellalligan Pass area
Recreation Resources: Two-Mile Lake-Clear Lake-Hummingbird Lake area
Recreation Resources: Maud Island-Saltwater Lagoon
Recreation Resources: Hyacinthe Point area
Recreation Resources: Raven Lake-Raven Ridge area
Recreation Resources: Main Lake Provincial Park
Recreation Resources: Octopus Islands Provincial Park
Recreation Resources: Darkwater Lake-Darkwater Mountain
Salmon bearing streams
Portal map: Salmon bearing streams of the Discovery Islands
Library: Logging and plantations create higher forest fire hazard
Libary: Conservation of forests needed to protect biodiversity
Library: Conservation of forests is needed to mitigate climate change
Library: Supporting Indigenous title and rights
Central library
Portal: Discovery Islands' place names
Export of raw logs from the Discovery Islands
Log exports from the Discovery Islands
Discovery Islands forest tenures and logging plans
Discovery Islands Protected Areas
Place names of the Discovery Islands
Portal: Calculation of direct local employment
Watersheds of Quadra Island
Watersheds of Read Island
Watersheds of Cortes Island
Watersheds of Maurelle Island
Watersheds of Sonora Island
Portal: Watersheds of the Discovery Islands
Engaging the mindustry
Species at risk of local extirpation
Artistic Expression
Volunteer
Discussion
Project calculations
Definitions
Fisheries surveys of Discovery Islands creeks
Portal: Resolution of forest-use conflicts
Vancouver Island Land Use Plan
About the Discovery Islands Conservation Project
Recent satellite imagery of forest cover loss on the Discovery Islands
Forest planning documents
Sources for April 2023 complaint to Forest Practices Board
Woodlot 2031 (Okisollo Resources)
Herbicide use
DI Forest Bulletin
Sources for 2024 submission on TFL 47 Johnstone Strait FSP
Comments on proposed cutblocks and roads
Blogs
Events
Downloads
Everything posted by Project Staff
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Our summary for each forest tenure includes estimates of full-time equivalent jobs created by that tenure for each year since 2010. At this time we are estimating the number of jobs each tenure generates based on BC Stats’ most recent account of direct employment in the “Logging, forestry and support activities” category of the forestry industry combined with Ministry of Forests’ information about the total volume logged on publicly owned and privately owned land. For example, in 2020, BC Stats’ found that “Forestry and Logging with support activities” generated 17,200 direct jobs in BC. In that year, the Ministry of Forests’ Harvest Billing System found that the total volume of logs taken from Crown and private land in BC amounted to 52.58 million cubic metres. Dividing the total volume cut by the total number of direct jobs in forestry, logging with support activities, we calculate there were, on average, 0.33 jobs in this employment category per thousand cubic metres harvested. We then apply that number to the volume each tenure holder cut in 2020, as recorded by that tenure’s Harvest Billing System reports. For example, the Harvest Billing System reported that TimberWest harvested 17,480 cubic metres on Quadra Island in 2020. That volume, at 0.33 jobs per cubic metre, equates to 5.77 full-time jobs. So, for our estimate of jobs provided by TimberWest’s forestry, logging with support activities on Quadra Island in 2020, we entered 5.77. We welcome documentary evidence from tenure holders that indicates a higher or lower level of employment than our estimates show.
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The general methodology used for our estimates of forest carbon release associated with each cubic metre of volume cut (as recorded by the Ministry of Forests’ Harvest Billing System) is described here. That methodology provides us with a simple multiplier for converting the volume of logs taken from a clearcut into an estimate of the total biomass that was killed in that clearcut, which we can then convert to a carbon dioxide-equivalent weight (in metric tonnes). In short, we multiply the volume harvested as recorded by the Harvest Billing System by 1.64 to determine the carbon-dioxide-equivalent release of emissions. To determine the emissions associated with a specific clearcut, we determine the volume harvested from that clearcut and multiply by 1.64. In many cases, however, the volume taken from a specific clearcut is not differentiated from volumes taken from other nearby clearcuts; they are lumped together. In those cases, to estimate the volume removed from a specific clearcut in a specific tenure requires reference to the Ministry of Forests’ RESULTS database, which provides many points of information about a given clearcut (ID number, area, timber mark) or a group of clearcuts. That information is then correlated with volume information about that clearcut or group of clearcuts in the Harvest Billing System and an average volume per hectare is estimated. Associated emissions are then based on that average. Since the density of forest biomass varies from stand to stand, these averages may overestimate emissions from the cutting of lower density stands and underestimate emissions from higher density stands.
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Nymphalis antiopa (Mourning Cloak) Observed by Luna Loiseau on May 20, 2021 near North Gowlland Harbour. BC List: Yellow (S5) For more information see: https://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/efauna/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Nymphalis antiopa Photo by Luna Loiseau. -
Opening ID: 1754009 Gross block area: 3.5 hectares Estimated volume of wood removed: 4966 cubic metres Estimated forest carbon released: 8144 tonnes CO2-equivalent (See this page for how this is estimated) -
Opening ID: 1393790 Gross block area: 2.1 hectares Estimated volume of wood removed: xxxx cubic metres Estimated forest carbon released: xxxx tonnes CO2-equivalent (See this page for how this is estimated) -
Opening ID: 1485731 Gross block area: 12.7 hectares Estimated volume of wood removed: xxxx cubic metres Estimated forest carbon released: xxxx tonnes CO2-equivalent (See this page for how this is estimated) -
Opening ID: 1534253 Gross block area: 17.7 hectares Estimated volume of wood removed: xxxx cubic metres Estimated forest carbon released: xxxx tonnes CO2-equivalent (See this page for how this is estimated) -
Opening ID: 1356690 Gross block area: 17.1 hectares Estimated volume of wood removed: xxxx cubic metres Estimated forest carbon released: xxxx tonnes CO2-equivalent (See this page for how this is estimated) -
Opening ID: 1438452 & 1472110 Gross block area: 14.9 hectares Estimated volume of wood removed: xxx cubic metres Estimated forest carbon released: xxxx tonnes CO2-equivalent (See this page for how this is estimated) -
Observed by David Broadland in June 2021 at Hyacinthe Bay. According to E-fauna BC, wolves on Quadra Island are Grey Wolves. In BC, subspecies of the Grey Wolf "are presently unresolved; two subspecies are recognized in BC, pending further research: 1. Canis lupus nubulis (coastal and southern BC), and 2. Canis lupus occidentalis (eastern and northern parts of BC." E-fauna BC attributes that information to Hatler et al. (2008). Please help us map the wolf's distribution on the Discovery Islands. Although they are rarely seen, they are somewhat more frequently heard singing in the middle of the night. If you hear wolves, please record them if you can and send us the recording and we will post it here.
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2024-03-03 TimberWest's proposed cutblocks and roads south of Two-Mile Lake
Project Staff commented on David Broadland's record in Records
Observed by David Broadland in June 2021 at Hyacinthe Bay. According to E-fauna BC, wolves on Quadra Island are Grey Wolves. In BC, subspecies of the Grey Wolf "are presently unresolved; two subspecies are recognized in BC, pending further research: 1. Canis lupus nubulis (coastal and southern BC), and 2. Canis lupus occidentalis (eastern and northern parts of BC." E-fauna BC attributes that information to Hatler et al. (2008). Please help us map the wolf's distribution on the Discovery Islands. Although they are rarely seen, they are somewhat more frequently heard singing in the middle of the night. If you hear wolves, please record them if you can and send us the recording and we will post it here. -
Observed by David Broadland in June 2021 at Hyacinthe Bay. According to E-fauna BC, wolves on Quadra Island are Grey Wolves. In BC, subspecies of the Grey Wolf "are presently unresolved; two subspecies are recognized in BC, pending further research: 1. Canis lupus nubulis (coastal and southern BC), and 2. Canis lupus occidentalis (eastern and northern parts of BC." E-fauna BC attributes that information to Hatler et al. (2008). Please help us map the wolf's distribution on the Discovery Islands. Although they are rarely seen, they are somewhat more frequently heard singing in the middle of the night. If you hear wolves, please record them if you can and send us the recording and we will post it here.
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Observed by David Broadland in June 2021 at Hyacinthe Bay. According to E-fauna BC, wolves on Quadra Island are Grey Wolves. In BC, subspecies of the Grey Wolf "are presently unresolved; two subspecies are recognized in BC, pending further research: 1. Canis lupus nubulis (coastal and southern BC), and 2. Canis lupus occidentalis (eastern and northern parts of BC." E-fauna BC attributes that information to Hatler et al. (2008). Please help us map the wolf's distribution on the Discovery Islands. Although they are rarely seen, they are somewhat more frequently heard singing in the middle of the night. If you hear wolves, please record them if you can and send us the recording and we will post it here.
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Wolf on the beach at Hyacinthe Bay in June 2021 (Photo by David Broadland)
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Opening ID: 1605567 Gross block area: 0.5 hectares Estimated volume of wood removed: xxx cubic metres Estimated forest carbon released: xxxx tonnes CO2-equivalent (See this page for how this is estimated) -
Opening ID: 1454493 & unidentified Gross block area: 1.7 hectares Estimated volume of wood removed: 2840 cubic metres Estimated forest carbon released: 4700 tonnes CO2-equivalent (See this page for how this is estimated) -
Opening ID: 1454690Gross block area: 1.9 haEstimated volume of wood removed: xxxx cubic metresEstimated forest carbon released: xxxx tonnes CO2- equivalent -
Opening ID: 1454655 Gross block area: 0.9 hectares Estimated volume of wood removed: xxx cubic metres Estimated forest carbon released: xxxx tonnes CO2-equivalent (See this page for how this is estimated) -
Opening ID: 1454680 & 1454673 Gross block area: 2.8 hectares Estimated volume of wood removed: 2590 cubic metres Estimated forest carbon released: 4200 tonnes CO2-equivalent (See this page for how this is estimated) -
Opening ID: 1605836, 1605849, 1605625, 1602997, 1603055 & 1602998 Gross area: 13 hectares Estimated volume of wood removed: 7650 cubic metres Estimated forest carbon released: 12,500 tonnes CO2-equivalent (See this page for how this is estimated) -
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Pheucticus melanocephalus (Black-headed Grosbeak) Observed by Robyn Budd near Hyacinthe Bay on May 25, 2022. BC List: Yellow (S5B) For more information see: http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/efauna/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Pheucticus melanocephalus Photographs by Robyn Budd. Male Female -
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Adela septrionella (Ocean Spray Fairy Moth) Observed by Luna Loiseau near Gowlland Harbour on May 24, 2022. BC List: SNR (No status) For more information see: https://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/efauna/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Adela septentrionella Photograph by Luna Loiseau. -
This project created tiled images from 2016 satellite imagery for three of the Discovery Islands. These images create a high resolution record of the the forest that has been removed by clearcut logging since 2016. Quadra Island Cortes Island Read Island
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Lysimachia latifolia (Broad-leaved Starflower) Observed in the Hyacinthe Bay Stewardship Area. BC List: S4S5 (Yellow) For more information see http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Lysimachia+latifolia The flower of the Broad-leaved Starflower can also be white. Photo by David Broadland
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