An expert panel called for the end of salvage logging, the practice of logging areas after a fire or insect outbreak, earlier in the month. The panel, hosted virtually by Conservation North and attended virtually by around 200 people from across western Canada, said salvage logging “usually causes more damage to a forest than the fire itself… reducing biodiversity, contributing to climate change, increasing the vulnerability of the forest to further fires, and often causes soil degradation and erosion.” Michelle Connolly, the Director of Conservation North, said 200 attendees from across BC tuned in for the discussion held on July 15th. …She said the general panel consensus was that “salvage logging has negative impacts on carbon and wildlife population.” “It is mostly for economic reasons, never for reasons of protecting nature, improving wildlife habitat, or helping the climate somehow.”