B.C.’s forestry minister made clear a moratorium on old-growth logging is off the table as she responded to critics of the government’s progress on a promise to overhaul its approach to forestry. BC Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau pressed Minister Katrine Conroy… suggesting instead that the NDP was employing the “old strategy of talk and log.” …Government intends to implement the old-growth panel recommendations to develop new holistic approaches to old-growth forests, Conroy said. “Those who are calling for a return to the status quo are putting B.C.’s majestic old-growth at risk, and those who are calling for an immediate moratorium are ignoring the needs of thousands of workers and families in forest-dependent communities,” she said “We want old-growth forests to be appreciated by people today, and in years to come,” Conroy said. “It’s also a priority for our government to support good jobs in B.C.’s forestry sector.”