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- Watershed area: about 2,080 ha.
- Old growth still standing: about 670 ha of 250-plus-year forest (VRI), including about 670 ha mapped as old growth by the province's panel (TAP) and 2 ha of legal Old Growth Management Area.
- Old growth flagged for deferral: about 58 ha.
- Recorded logging: about 212 ha (10.2 percent of the watershed); about 1,249 ha is now young regrowth under 60 years.
- Roads and water: about 98 km of forest road, 56 km of stream, and an estimated 59 road-stream crossings (a GIS estimate, not a field count).
- Recent high-risk blocks in the register: none labelled to this watershed (some nearby blocks may be recorded under the broader South Island area).
- The ask: before more old growth in Sombrio 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.