In response to the article, “North Island ‘one mill closure’ away from collapse. Campbell River Mayor”: The “harvests” in recent years have declined in part due to over-cutting of existing forests. Jobs available in the logging industry has shrunk in part due to mechanization, where one person with a big machine can do the work of several people before the feller-buncher was brought in. Blame is put on the permitting processes of various levels of government being labelled as prioritizing “ideology over common sense”… The implication is that going through environmental assessments before cutting is a complete waste of time. It is disturbing to hear of our trees referred to as “fibre” – as if their sole value is in whatever can be turned into… The Boundary Forest Watershed Stewardship Society proposal, “New Forest Act: Protecting Communities and Nature” offers ideas on how to reconfigure forestry in BC for long-term gain.