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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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East Redonda Island Ecological Reserve
Project Staff posted a record in Discovery Islands Protected Areas
BC provincial government description of why East Redonda Island Ecological Reserve was created: -
Rebecca Spit Marine Provincial Park
Project Staff posted a record in Discovery Islands Protected Areas
BC provincial government description of why Rebecca Spit Marine Provincial Park was created: -
Thurston Bay Marine Provincial Park
Project Staff posted a record in Discovery Islands Protected Areas
BC provincial government description of why Thurston Bay Marine Provincial Park was created: -
BC provincial government description of why Read Island Provincial Park was created: -
BC provincial government description of why Surge Narrows Provincial Park was created: Looking north through Surge Narrows with The Dome of Maurelle Island in the centre background -
Small Inlet Marine Provincial Park
Project Staff posted a record in Discovery Islands Protected Areas
BC provincial government description of why Small Inlet Marine Provincial Park was created: -
Forest Stewardship Plan
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Forest Stewardship Plan
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Forest Stewardship Plan
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Woodlot Licence Plan
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Draft (January 2023) Woodlot Plan for Woodlot 2032 2011 Woodlot Plan for Woodlot 2032 Estimate of employment provided by tenure (See this page for how this was estimated) Subsidization (The estimate of this tenure’s subsidization is based on its share of the total provincial subsidy. That share is based on the volume the tenure logged in a given year compared with the total volume logged in BC that year. To see how the total provincial subsidy was estimated, see this page. Discovery Island tenure holders pay a much lower rate of stumpage than the provincial average, but that has not been reflected in the estimates below.) Conservation of biodiversity NOTE: The chart below does not reflect proposed (2023) changes to WL 2032’s mapped old forest reserves, which would be half of what was proposed in its 2011 Woodlot Plan, shown below.
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Draft Woodlot Plan (April 2023) for Woodlot 2031 Woodlot Plan for Woodlot 2031 (July 2011) Management Plan for Woodlot 2031 Forest Practices Board investigations into Okisollo Resource's operations in the Discovery Islands area: Logging old forest on Quadra Island (2022): FPB-investigation-of-Government-Enforcement-of-old-tree-harvesting-on-a-Quadra-Island-Woodlot.pdf Estimate of employment provided by tenure (See this page for how this was estimated) Subsidization (The estimate of this tenure’s subsidization is based on its share of the total provincial subsidy. That share is based on the volume the tenure logged in a given year compared with the total volume logged in BC that year. To see how the total provincial subsidy was estimated, see this page. Discovery Island tenure holders pay a much lower rate of stumpage than the provincial average, but that has not been reflected in the estimates below.) Protection of biodiversity This tenure has the least forested land where logging will be avoided to preserve biodiversity of any of Quadra Island's Woodlot Licence tenures that are located entirely in Special Management Zone 19.
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Woodlot Plan for Woodlot 1970 Proposed Woodlot Plan for Woodlot 1970 (August 2023): W1970 WLP_Draft.pdf Estimate of employment provided by tenure (See this page for how this was estimated) Subsidization (The estimate of this tenure’s subsidization is based on its share of the total provincial subsidy. That share is based on the volume the tenure logged in a given year compared with the total volume logged in BC that year. To see how the total provincial subsidy was estimated, see this page. Discovery Island tenure holders pay a much lower rate of stumpage than the provincial average, but that has not been reflected in the estimates below.) Conservation of biodiversity
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Woodlot Plan for Woodlot 1969 Proposed Woodlot Plan for Woodlot 1969 (August 2023): WL 1969 WLP_Draft.pdf Estimate of employment provided by tenure (See this page for how this was estimated) Subsidization (The estimate of this tenure’s subsidization is based on its share of the total provincial subsidy. That share is based on the volume the tenure logged in a given year compared with the total volume logged in BC that year. To see how the total provincial subsidy was estimated, see this page. Discovery Island tenure holders pay a much lower rate of stumpage than the provincial average, but that has not been reflected in the estimates below.) Conservation of biodiversity
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Woodlot Plan for Woodlot 1899 Estimate of employment provided by tenure (See this page for how this was estimated) Subsidization (The estimate of this tenure’s subsidization is based on its share of the total provincial subsidy. That share is based on the volume the tenure logged in a given year compared with the total volume logged in BC that year. To see how the total provincial subsidy was estimated, see this page. Discovery Island tenure holders pay a much lower rate of stumpage than the provincial average, but that has not been reflected in the estimates below.) Conservation of biodiversity
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Buttle Lake Resources
Project Staff posted a record in Discovery Islands forest tenures and logging plans
Woodlot Plan for Woodlot 1898 Estimate of employment provided by tenure (See this page for how this was estimated) Subsidization (The estimate of this tenure’s subsidization is based on its share of the total provincial subsidy. That share is based on the volume the tenure logged in a given year compared with the total volume logged in BC that year. To see how the total provincial subsidy was estimated, see this page. Discovery Island tenure holders pay a much lower rate of stumpage than the provincial average, but that has not been reflected in the estimates below.) Conservation of biodiversity -
Woodlot Plan for Woodlot 1897 Estimate of employment provided by tenure (See this page for how this was estimated) Subsidization (The estimate of this tenure’s subsidization is based on its share of the total provincial subsidy. That share is based on the volume the tenure logged in a given year compared with the total volume logged in BC that year. To see how the total provincial subsidy was estimated, see this page. Discovery Island tenure holders pay a much lower rate of stumpage than the provincial average, but that has not been reflected in the estimates below.)
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Woodlot Plan for Woodlot 1611 Estimate of employment provided by tenure (See this page for how this was estimated) Subsidization (The estimate of this tenure’s subsidization is based on its share of the total provincial subsidy. That share is based on the volume the tenure logged in a given year compared with the total volume logged in BC that year. To see how the total provincial subsidy was estimated, see this page. Discovery Island tenure holders pay a much lower rate of stumpage than the provincial average, but that has not been reflected in the estimates below.) Conservation of biodiversity
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Woodlot Plan for Woodlot 1610 Estimate of employment provided by tenure (See this page for how this was estimated) Subsidization (The estimate of this tenure’s subsidization is based on its share of the total provincial subsidy. That share is based on the volume the tenure logged in a given year compared with the total volume logged in BC that year. To see how the total provincial subsidy was estimated, see this page. Discovery Island tenure holders pay a much lower rate of stumpage than the provincial average, but that has not been reflected in the estimates below.) Conservation of biodiversity
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Woodlot Plan for Woodlot 0042 Estimate of employment provided by tenure (See this page for how this was estimated) Subsidization (The estimate of this tenure’s subsidization is based on its share of the total provincial subsidy. That share is based on the volume the tenure logged in a given year compared with the total volume logged in BC that year. To see how the total provincial subsidy was estimated, see this page. Discovery Island tenure holders pay a much lower rate of stumpage than the provincial average, but that has not been reflected in the estimates below.) Conservation of biodiversity
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Woodlot Plan for Woodlot 0025 Estimate of employment provided by tenure (See this page for how this was estimated) Subsidization (The estimate of this tenure’s subsidization is based on its share of the total provincial subsidy. That share is based on the volume the tenure logged in a given year compared with the total volume logged in BC that year. To see how the total provincial subsidy was estimated, see this page. Discovery Island tenure holders pay a much lower rate of stumpage than the provincial average, but that has not been reflected in the estimates below.) Conservation of biodiversity
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2022 Forest Stewardship Plan for TFL 47 on Quadra Island 2017 Forest Stewardship Plan for TFL 47 on south Quadra Island Forest Practices Board investigations into TimberWest's operations in the Discovery Islands area: Logging old forest on Sonora Island (2015): FPB-Complaint-Investigation-about-logging-old-forest-on-Sonora-Island.pdf (This complaint was covered in two stories in Focus Magazine by Briony Penn: In 2014 and in 2015) Planning for old forest on East Thurlow Island (2020): FPB-Complaint-Investigation-about-planning-for-old-forest-on-East-Thurlow-Island.pdf Estimate of employment provided by Quadra Island part of tenure (See this page for how this was estimated) Subsidization (The estimate of this tenure’s subsidization is based on its share of the total provincial subsidy. That share is based on the volume the tenure logged in a given year compared with the total volume logged in BC that year. To see how the total provincial subsidy was estimated, see this page. Discovery Island tenure holders pay a much lower rate of stumpage than the provincial average, but that has not been reflected in the estimates below.) Conservation of biodiversity
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Quadra Island Cortes Island Read Island Sonora Island Maurelle Island West Redonda Island East Redonda Island
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Deepwater Valley (northeastern end)
Project Staff posted a record in Primary forest survey: Quadra Island
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These areas of primary forest are just northwest of the gravel pit on Granite Bay Road. The areas of primary forest are visible in the image above in the centre foreground and the left of centre middle ground. Mount Seymour is in the background, the gravel pit on the left. Logging has recently occurred in the north end of the more northern area. The old forest is likely greater than 250 years of age. A surviving Douglas fir vet is very tall. The views from the east end of Raven Ridge, above the northern area of old forest, have spectacular views, including of Main Lake to the east. -
Satellite imagery and a drone flight nearby suggest there is a small (~3hectare) grove of old forest just north and up the slope from the Small Inlet-Waiatt Bay portage trail. The project has not confirmed this grove on the ground. A drone video of Waiatt Bay identified a grove of old forest towards Small Inlet (see green dot)
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