A salvage harvesting operation for beetle-impacted trees around Salmon Arm is proposed to begin this winter. Canoe Forest Products will be conducting the operation, with four cutblock openings totalling 107.8 hectares in the East Canoe watershed. Approximately 3.5 kilometres of new road will be required for the operation, which has a tentative start date of Nov. 1, 2025, and is expected to continue into the spring of 2026. The winter harvesting is intentional, in part to have the least impact on recreational activities in the South Canoe trail system. Council received this information at its July 28 meeting, during a presentation by Canoe Forest Products planning forester Ray Mills. Mills began by explaining how this was his third time before council to talk about planned harvest operations, including one that occurred in 2020. He explained how the Douglas fir beetle infestation continues to spread across the slopes of Larch Hills and into the East Canoe Creek watershed.