The issue of logging in watersheds is once again making headlines locally, mostly around plans to harvest timber in the Ymir watershed. As local businesses in the local forest industry, we appreciate and are listening to the concerns of the public on this issue. We agree that dialogue and conversation are needed, and we are hoping that this can be done with respectful conversation. We think it might be helpful for your readers to hear about the broader perspective on harvesting in watersheds generally. …Logging in watersheds has been carried out successfully and respectfully in our region for decades. As technical harvesting practices evolved, our companies (and the logging contractors who actually do the harvesting) evolved too. … This is our home, and we care deeply about doing the work we do — including harvesting in watersheds — carefully, sustainably, and to the high environmental standards we have in this province.