Public-interest data project · Port Renfrew, Vancouver Island

What the public can see before old forest is cut.

Built entirely from official public data, not leaks or allegations. It shows what the records reveal about logging around Port Renfrew, what is still hidden, and why the public should see the full cost before old-growth or high-risk forest is approved, sold, or cut.

No corruption, illegality, or harm is claimed. Overlaps and screening numbers are reasons to ask for records, not proof of harm.

32,800 ha
recorded harvest in the study area
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

Read

Before It Is Cut

A 90-second scrollable story. Start here.

What the public can see

The one-page summary.

The full data report

Findings, methods, and what is hidden.

Replanted is not restored

Why a logged forest does not come back the same.

The full cost

What the logging is really worth to the public.

Who profits, who pays

Forestry finances and public value.

Explore the layered map

The full interactive data map.

How to use the map

A beginner's guide to the layers.

Act

What you can do

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

Check logging near you

Use the same public data for any area in BC.

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.