Harris Creek

Proposed for logging in this watershed (11)

OSJosj5BR (39.5 ha, Comment closed) · overlaps mapped old growth · FOM 1220
9708 (7.3 ha, Comment closed) · near a fish record · FOM 3071
8249 (3.3 ha, Comment closed) · near a fish record · FOM 2416
8171 (5.5 ha, Comment closed) · near a fish record · FOM 2887
8392 (3.3 ha, Comment closed) · overlaps mapped old growth; overlaps a protected old-growth area · FOM 3124
9709 (28.5 ha, Comment closed) · FOM 3071
9707 (10.8 ha, Comment closed) · FOM 3071
8272 (15.0 ha, Comment closed) · FOM 2887
8267 (16.8 ha, Comment closed) · FOM 3071
8173 (25.8 ha, Comment closed) · FOM 2887
7710 (15.8 ha, Comment closed) · FOM 3071

Watershed area: about 14,527 ha.
Old growth still standing: about 2,000 ha of 250-plus-year forest (VRI), including about 1,850 ha mapped as old growth by the province's panel (TAP) and 1,025 ha of legal Old Growth Management Area.
Old growth flagged for deferral: about 760 ha.
Recorded logging: about 3,973 ha (27.4 percent of the watershed); about 5,043 ha is now young regrowth under 60 years.
Roads and water: about 432 km of forest road, 365 km of stream, and an estimated 277 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): 5. Highest-impact: OPENING_ID 1770573 (harvest 2022, old growth (TAP); stream); OPENING_ID 1714080 (harvest 2018, stream; fish record); OPENING_ID 1770570 (harvest 2023, stream; fish record).
The ask: before more old growth in Harris Creek 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.