West Fraser adjusts logging plans for West Bragg Creek

By Howard May
The Cochrane Eagle
November 12, 2024
Category: Forestry
Region: Canada, Canada West

ALBERTA — West Fraser Timber released a report this week, entitled “What We Heard,” summarizing public feedback from an open house in Cochrane last May and also what adjustments they’re contemplating to logging plans for West Bragg Creek and Moose Mountain. Opponents of any logging activity in the recreational area were not placated by the report. West Fraser has revised the planned 2026-27 cut downward by 37%. …West Fraser’s Chief Forester for Alberta, Richard Briand, told the crowd at the Cochrane meeting, that “Input from folks like you can really be helpful.” West Fraser (formerly Spray Lake Sawmills) had planned to clearcut 900 hectares, near West Bragg Creek and another 450 ha. in the Moose Mountain Trail Networks. The total harvest planned for both areas, slated to start in October 2026 is now 556 ha. …“Bragg Creek Wild believes that the West Bragg Creek/Moose Mountain area should be designated as a provincial park.

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