The decision on whether to list, further delay or forego the auction of logging rights for TA0521 (Joe Smith Creek cutblock) “will be coming in the next few weeks” according to an April 24 email from the Ministry of Forests to Coast Reporter. Documents posted on BC Timber Sales’s (BCTS) website had the auction listed to occur by March 31. In the email the Ministry stated “initial timelines for cutblock decisions were estimates only. The Ministry will take as long as is necessary to ensure the proper reviews are conducted before decisions are released.”  On April 25, Elphinstone Logging Focus (ELF) ended an over three-week protest presence in opposition to logging the site at road access to the cutblock, just off the B & K logging road in the Roberts Creek area. Spokesperson Hans Penner told Coast Reporter the group would stand down “for now,” while it would be “keeping a close eye on BCTS’s sales list.