No more logging in the Skagit-Manning donut hole.

"To protect the environment for people now and in the future, the B.C. government has taken steps to safeguard the Silverdaisy watershed from logging on the B.C. side of the Skagit River Valley.

“Effective immediately, BC Timber Sales will no longer award timber licences in the Silverdaisy area, ensuring no additional commercial forest harvesting occurs in that area,” said Doug Donaldson, Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development. “We’ve heard loud and clear from individuals and groups on both sides of the border that logging should stop in the Silverdaisy, and we’re making sure that commercial timber harvesting in that area does not continue.” 

The Silverdaisy management area – commonly known as the “Donut Hole” – is about 5,800 hectares. It consists of lands removed from the original Skagit Valley Recreation Area in 1995, Skagit Provincial Forest and lands removed from E. C. Manning Park in 1968. These lands are adjacent to one another and are surrounded by both Skagit Valley Park and E. C. Manning Park."

Full Article:

https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2019FLNR0126-002330?fbclid=IwAR1PYtpwDaS2AYkbmGfLer8fs3p9J9R8KgTsJ1ZC3BiDqQR9x3iuFm5oPvI