Public data audit

Lake Cowichan forest map

What the public can see before old forest is logged.

Area: Port Renfrew · Lake Cowichan · Nitinat · Alberni Valley · Sooke · Campbell River · Gold River

Every layer is real government data. The point is the pattern: where logging, old forest, roads, streams, fish records, and recreation pile up in the same place, the public should be able to see the records behind those decisions.

How to read this map
  1. Start with the default layers already switched on.
  2. The bold red blocks are proposed or approved for logging next. Tap one for its planned date and to comment.
  3. Find San Juan River and Gordon River using the landmarks.
  4. Turn on streams and roads, and watch how often roads cross water.
  5. Turn on “forest age” to compare young regrowth with very old stands.
  6. Tap any logged area for its harvest year and size.
  7. Turn on Records-gap blocks and tap one to request its records in a single step.
An overlap is a reason to ask for records, not proof of harm. It means the public should be able to see the site plan, streamside rules, crossing and culvert records, fire-fuel records, sale economics, and old-growth rationale before logging.

Layers

Sources: BC government open data (recorded cutblocks, Forest Operations Map proposed cutblocks, forest inventory, old-growth mapping, OGMA, Freshwater Atlas streams, road tenure, recreation, fish-passage assessments) on an OpenStreetMap basemap. Numbers in brackets show how many features are loaded. Harvest shown is recorded Crown harvest; logging on private managed forest land, common around Port Renfrew, is reported far less publicly and may not appear. Turn on the Private land layer to see where the public data goes dark.