January 16, 2017 SIRRA PO Box 27 Saturna, BC V0N 2Y0 Attention: Jonathan Sector as Consultant to the Tsawout and Tseycum Bands RE: Logging Proposal on IR7 Saturna Island Dear friends;
From: charles reif <creif@shaw.ca>
Subject: Community Meeting and Concerns
Date: August 10, 2016 at 1:04:03 PM PDT
To: "Jonathan Secter (SPSI-SERC)" <jpsecter@sercbc.com>
Cc: Casey L <clarochelle@tsawout.ca>, Gordon Atkinson
<gordonkatkinson1@me.com>, Johnstone Dian&Tom <thom.johnstone@gmail.com>,
charles reif <creif@shaw.ca>
Dear Mr. Secter,
Thank you for your patience in waiting for this reply. It was important for us to await the return of members of
Dear Members of Saturna Community,
Tsawout Band Councillors and consultants will be present for
a public information session
regarding the revised logging plans for their land, Fiddler's
Cove, IR#7.
November 26, 1 to 3 pm at the Saturna Community Hall
Updated ( from the original Householder Mail out in June) -
maps, and details of the logging, transportation, and
environmental plans that have been provided courtesy of
the First Nation, and have been distributed electronically
through SCC and SIRRA.
Fire Hazard Assessment Procedure
Appendix E
This Assessment is from the BCTS Strait of Georgia Business Area EMS Public Web Site:
http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/bcts/areas/TSG_certification.html. It will be used on IR7 to assess the Fire
Hazard conditions and risk.
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INFORMATION PROVIDED IN RESPONSE
TO SCC/SIRRA REQUEST OF AUGUST 10, 2016
Item 4 Environmental Assessment and Species At Risk
We note with some concern the lack of reference about your environmental assessment plans and
specifically how you intend to identify species at risk (federally and provincially listed species).
part of Coastal Dry Douglas Fir forest and the vall
likely federally listed species at risk.
we assume has been conducted, and to see what mitigation measures you have planned to p
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INFORMATION PROVIDED IN RESPONSE
TO SCC/SIRRA REQUEST OF AUGUST 10, 2016
Per SCC/SIRRA Request of August 10
should express to you our concerns about several issues that your project
community. We bring these forward now, believing that by addressing them more fully in the planning
phase, and before a public meeting, there will be more opportunity to resolve them in a neighbourly
manner. These include (in no par
Provided are:
· Extracts from the Introduction to the
· The Project Forest Management Plan Map
From: Susie Washington-Smyth <susiewashingtonsmyth@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 9:25 AM
Subject: Re: Roads on Saturna
To: "Haley, Shawn TRAN:EX" <Shawn.Haley@gov.bc.ca>
Hi Shawn:
Again, thanks for your attention to our concerns. However, I do have two comments in
response. The road is excessively narrow along East Point Road by the water and over the
“missing link” to allow both a logging truck and a car to pass each other. Also the road is
To: Tom Johnstone, Director Charles Reif, President
Saturna Ratepayers & Residents Assoc. Saturna Community Club
From: Casey Larochelle, Tsawout Band manager
Date: August 10,2016
Subject: Community Meeting and Concerns
I refer to your letter of this date to our consultant Jonathan Secter listing your several concerns regarding
selected aspects of our IR7 Forest Management Project and requesting deferral of the impending jointly
hosted Community meeting to mid-September.
