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- Watershed area: about 12,880 ha.
- Old growth still standing: about 1,860 ha of 250-plus-year forest (VRI), including about 1,904 ha mapped as old growth by the province's panel (TAP) and 722 ha of legal Old Growth Management Area.
- Old growth flagged for deferral: about 1,600 ha.
- Recorded logging: about 1,572 ha (12.2 percent of the watershed); about 2,329 ha is now young regrowth under 60 years.
- Roads and water: about 224 km of forest road, 125 km of stream, and an estimated 155 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): 4. Highest-impact: OPENING_ID 1797384 (harvest 2023, priority-deferral; old growth (TAP); stream); OPENING_ID 1797420 (harvest 2023, priority-deferral; old growth (TAP); stream); OPENING_ID 1798078 (harvest 2019, priority-deferral; old growth (TAP); stream).
- The ask: before more old growth in Walbran 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.