This summer, the Revelstoke Community Forest Corporation (RCFC) published a Forest Operations Map for public review of a series of cutblock and logging road proposals… The map remained available Aug. 15 until Saturday, Sept. 13, with RCFC pursuing three years of cutting and road-building 70 kilometres north of Revelstoke near Downie Arm. …But community members having the chance to submit comments and concerns directly to a licensee … was part of a “relatively new process” implemented last year by the B.C. government, Wildsight conservation specialist Eddie Petryshen explained. Effective since April 2024, the province has amended its Forest and Range Practices Act to require that licensees provide a Forest Operations Map for public comment as part of the review and approval process. Petryshen said B.C.’s forestry management has spun in cycles, rather than evolve, and “who knows what cycle we’re in now.” But looking ahead, he’s hopeful RCFC will take the feedback it gathered to heart.