There was unanimous committee level support for the Sunshine Coast Regional District’s (SCRD) response to B.C. Timber Sales’ (BCTS) 2025 – 2029 operating plan review. That recommendation, approved at the July 17 electoral services committee meeting, is to be considered by the board at an upcoming meeting. The committee call was to state “the SCRD does not support logging of MCNR006 block that is designated as community drinking watershed.” In addition the recommendation stated it “does not support the logging of blocks ELPH008, G043B4NN, G043B4SG, G043C3ZP, ELPH010, MCNR006 that are upslope and in the same watershed as SCRD assets, without mitigation and monitoring plans.” Also, recommended for inclusion in the region’s response was the statement “as a water license holder and in view of our responsibility to provide safe, clean drinking water, (it) does not support logging blocks ELPH011, G043B4NV, G052B4R8 that are proposed in groundwater recharge areas of aquifers used for community drinking water.