Caycuse River

Proposed for logging in this watershed (8)

5149 (10.0 ha, Comment closed) · FOM 2887
5577 (16.6 ha, Comment closed) · FOM 1891
5572 (8.1 ha, Comment closed) · FOM 1891
5571 (4.5 ha, Comment closed) · FOM 1891
5563-1 (0.7 ha, Comment closed) · FOM 2887
5563-2 (24.8 ha, Comment closed) · FOM 2887
5642 (1.7 ha, Comment closed) · FOM 2416
5131 (38.5 ha, Comment closed) · FOM 2887

Watershed area: about 19,135 ha.
Old growth still standing: about 1,394 ha of 250-plus-year forest (VRI), including about 1,503 ha mapped as old growth by the province's panel (TAP) and 949 ha of legal Old Growth Management Area.
Old growth flagged for deferral: about 982 ha.
Recorded logging: about 2,026 ha (10.6 percent of the watershed); about 4,823 ha is now young regrowth under 60 years.
Roads and water: about 301 km of forest road, 257 km of stream, and an estimated 234 road-stream crossings (a GIS estimate, not a field count).
Recent high-risk blocks (harvest 2015 or later, near old growth, deferral, water, fish, or recreation): 7. Highest-impact: OPENING_ID 1770515 (harvest 2021, priority-deferral; old growth (TAP); stream); OPENING_ID 1748775 (harvest 2020, priority-deferral; old growth (TAP); stream); OPENING_ID 1725461 (harvest 2019, priority-deferral; old growth (TAP); stream).
The ask: before more old growth in Caycuse River is approved, sold, or cut, the province should disclose the full-cost accounting and the site-level records. Ready-to-file requests for the named blocks are in the records-request guide.