The Cowichan Valley Citizen has published two letters to the editor referencing the North Cowichan Municipal Forest Reserve

Taxpayers expect community plan to be followed, By Peter Rusland: Active conservation is council’s only moral, smart option outlined in the Harvesting Considerations Summary of our Growth Strategy plan — set for debate Aug. 20, 2025. Any thoughts about resuming logging in our ecologically and culturally rare municipal forest reserve would be egregious at the very least. Profits from destroying our forests with inane harvesting would apparently total chump change compared to potential revenues from carbon-credit programs.

Council must reject the idea of resuming logging, By Larry Pynn: Council must reject the idea of resuming logging in the Municipal Forest Reserve. A lengthy and detail public consultation process showed strong support for conservation. Just over six years ago, North Cowichan council responded to a massive outpouring of public concern by voting to suspend new logging in the Municipal Forest Reserve. …I strongly urge council to do the right thing by its citizens and stand for protection of our imperilled forests.