Public-interest data project · Port Renfrew & Vancouver Island

See what's being logged near you, before the next block is cut.

Built entirely from official public data, the province's own logging and old-growth records. Find your place on Vancouver Island, see which blocks are proposed for logging and which old forest they touch, and comment before the window closes.

An overlap on the map is a reason to ask for the records behind a decision, not proof that anything is wrong.

Find your area →See which blocks are proposed for logging near your place, and what you can still comment on. Uses your location, or search a town or watershed. New here? Watch the 90-second story →
32,800 ha
recorded harvest in the study area, roughly 80 Stanley Parks
99.5%
of it regrowth under 60 years old
+$40M
ESSA found protection beats logging, for the public
250 yr
for old-growth structure to return; second growth is cut at 60

Comment windows and counts are current as of 2026-07-08; they change weekly. Confirm any deadline on its FOM project.

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Open for comment right now

6 blocks open right now, soonest closes 2026-07-24.

The whole-Island map

Every proposed-logging block across all areas, on one map.

What's proposed next

Coming blocks, ranked by what they threaten.

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Take action

Concerned? Exactly what to do, in order.

Comment on a block

Ready-made comments for blocks with an open comment period.

What you can do

Comment, look up records, ask, push the one policy ask.

For campaign groups

Feeds, maps, data, and FOI-ready registers for organizers.

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The watch list

Recently postedNewest blocks added to the Forest Operations Map.Old growth at riskMapped old forest sitting inside proposed blocks.Proposed in deferred old growthBlocks inside the 2021 panel's deferral areas.Logging near salmon watersBlocks proposed near mapped fish records.The carbon at stakeA screening estimate of CO2 in the old growth proposed.Browse all blocksEvery proposed block, filterable by area, status, value.

Understand

Why this matters to youFire and water: the homeowner's stake.Replanted is not restoredWhy a logged forest does not come back the same.The full costWhat the logging is really worth to the public.Who profits, who paysForestry finances and public value.Fish and the forestThe salmon runs, and the logging above them.What the government has knownA timeline of promises made and not kept.

The evidence

Cut inside the deferral linesNine named openings logged after the 2021 deferral recommendation.The full data reportFindings, methods, and what is hidden.The one-page summaryWhat the public can and cannot see.Follow one cutblockOne block, all the way through.Sources and methodsEvery figure, with a link to its official source.Get the dataDownload the tables and map layers. Free to reuse.

Explore and reference

The layered mapThe full interactive data map.Watch the forest goA timelapse of the logging, then what's proposed.Your watershedOne page per watershed, with a map zoom.Hotspots by watershedWhere the most logging is proposed.How much is being loggedRecorded harvest by year, per area.Where pressure is highestEvery area side by side, ranked.How to use the mapA beginner's guide to the layers.Check logging anywhere in BCUse the same public data for any area.Questions and answersIs this official? Are you accusing anyone?Plain-language glossaryWhat the jargon means, in plain language.

Sources: BC Consolidated Cutblocks, the Old Growth Technical Advisory Panel layers, legal OGMAs, the Freshwater Atlas, BC Timber Sales schedules, the RESULTS silviculture records, and the ESSA 2021 Port Renfrew economic valuation. Dollar figures are illustrative screening estimates, labelled in each document. Prepared 2026.