Lens Creek

Watershed area: about 12,285 ha.
Old growth still standing: about 344 ha of 250-plus-year forest (VRI), including about 258 ha mapped as old growth by the province's panel (TAP) and 248 ha of legal Old Growth Management Area.
Old growth flagged for deferral: about 73 ha.
Recorded logging: about 2,356 ha (19.2 percent of the watershed); about 997 ha is now young regrowth under 60 years.
Roads and water: about 126 km of forest road, 265 km of stream, and an estimated 39 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): 10. Highest-impact: OPENING_ID 1747113 (harvest 2021, stream; fish record); OPENING_ID 1782997 (harvest 2022, stream; fish record); VCCB_SYSID 79119 (harvest 2022, stream; fish record).
The ask: before more old growth in Lens 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.