Gordon River

Proposed for logging in this watershed (25)

7104 (6.4 ha, Comment closed) · overlaps mapped old growth; overlaps a protected old-growth area · FOM 3124
7104 (5.5 ha, Comment closed) · overlaps mapped old growth; overlaps a protected old-growth area · FOM 2663
7116 (6.7 ha, Comment closed) · overlaps mapped old growth · FOM 3124
7116 (6.2 ha, Comment closed) · overlaps mapped old growth · FOM 2663
7248 (9.1 ha, Comment closed) · overlaps mapped old growth; in a priority-deferral area · FOM 3124
7239A-2 (11.1 ha, Comment closed) · overlaps mapped old growth · FOM 3124
7017-1 (14.7 ha, Comment closed) · FOM 3071
7017-2 (3.7 ha, Comment closed) · FOM 3071
7522-1 (20.0 ha, Comment closed) · FOM 3071
7522-2 (5.3 ha, Comment closed) · FOM 3071
7700 (38.1 ha, Comment closed) · FOM 3071
7239A-1 (3.5 ha, Comment closed) · FOM 3124

Watershed area: about 30,830 ha.
Old growth still standing: about 3,673 ha of 250-plus-year forest (VRI), including about 3,512 ha mapped as old growth by the province's panel (TAP) and 2,501 ha of legal Old Growth Management Area.
Old growth flagged for deferral: about 1,515 ha.
Recorded logging: about 6,746 ha (21.9 percent of the watershed); about 12,417 ha is now young regrowth under 60 years.
Roads and water: about 721 km of forest road, 736 km of stream, and an estimated 459 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): 6. Highest-impact: OPENING_ID 1744356 (harvest 2020, stream; recreation); OPENING_ID 1737783 (harvest 2020, legal OGMA; stream); OPENING_ID 1714008 (harvest 2018, legal OGMA; stream).
The ask: before more old growth in Gordon 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.