ONTARIO — In response to an opinion piece on Feb. 14 entitled The case for protections for Catchacoma old-growth woods. The opinion piece claims that the hemlock forest north of Catchacoma Lake in Trent Lakes is an endangered old growth forest, one that reaches maturity in “undisturbed conditions.” An important detail missing from this article is the fact that this hemlock grove is part of a working forest and was recently logged in 1988. This hemlock grove is managed under license by certified professional foresters, specifically the Bancroft Minden Forest Company (a Forest Stewardship Council Certified company) in partnership with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. The statement in the opinion piece that “in these parts of highly developed southern Ontario, old-growth forests are few and far-between” is true, but the Catchacoma hemlock grove is not one of them.