UBC researchers say ending clear-cut logging could reduce flood risks
“If you do really destructive logging such as clear-cutting, which is the norm for B.C., it significantly increases flood risk and flood severity,’ explained Henry Pham, a UBC PhD student.
Report highlights risks of clear-cutting - Global News
Dr. Younes Alila and his graduate student Henry Pham found that the “severely and consistently underestimated” impact of forest cover greatly affects B.C. flood risks.
UBC researchers advocate for sustainable logging to safeguard against global flood risks
It’s time to recognize the power of healthy forests in managing global growing flood risk, and to shift towards more sustainable forestry practices and policy.
This call is emphasized by UBC researchers in a peer-reviewed article published recently in the journal Science of the Total Environment.
B.C.'s Fraser Valley in November 2021. Credit: UBC Applied Science
The impacts of clearcut logging on Goshawks in BC
The large breeding territories of these apex birds, once common throughout BC, require Old Growth forests to survive, raise their chicks and teach them to forage. Large scale clear-cut harvesting, over time, removes the Old Growth structure needed for the birds to forage for their own and their chick's survival
Clearcuts – there is a better way to do forestry!
Professor Cindy Prescott, department of forest and conservation science, faculty of forestry, university of British Columbia says there is. I recently corresponded with professor Prescott and her work in this area
Province needs to stop clearcutting, Prince George MLA says
Prince George Citizen - Jan 4, 2024
A lot of people are pointing fingers and saying I’m anti-forestry. I’m not anti-forestry. I’m anti-forestry with the way we’ve been doing it for the last number of years.
CBC Early Edition UBC Forest Hydrologists interviewed by Steven Quinn
After an intense wildfire season, many on B.C.'s South Coast are breathing a sigh of relief this week as stormy weather moves in. But is this the end of environmental worries for the year? We talk to a UBC Hydrology Professor about the risks of flood that come after fire.
84% flood size increase in B.C. creek: UBC Study
Global News reports on UBC study showing clear-cutting caused 84% flood size increase in B.C. creek
Should have never happened
Featured on Global News: A large area of treaty land has been clear cut, leading to concerns with a B.C. MLA, Mike Morris, and a resource policy analyst, Ben Parfitt.
FINDING A BETTER BALANCE IN B.C.
Since 2013, Mike Morris has served as an MLA with the British Columbia Liberal Party (now called BC United) for the Prince George – Mackenzie riding in northern British Columbia. Before entering politics, he spent 32 years working as an RCMP officer. When not working or volunteering he would spend most of his free time with his family or getting out into the forests hunting and trapping.
Emails Reveal a Key Forestry Regulation Is ‘Out of Whack’ - The Tyee
The Tyee - Emails Reveal a Key Forestry Regulation Is ‘Out of Whack’
Documents obtained by The Tyee show BC’s chief forester noted a gap between the allowable cut limit and what firms are permitted to harvest.
The Cumulative Effects of Resource Development on Biodiversity.
The Cumulative Effects of Resource Development on Biodiversity - Presentation at UNBC Oct 11, 2019
Morris calling for ban on glyphosate in B.C. forests
Morris calling for ban on glyphosate in B.C. forests