Malamute Logged...WTF???

[AlpineK]

I think you're missing one key point. Trees add value to a property. I'm pretty sure you're aware of the timber value a tree may have, but that's not the only way of calculating value.

 

I have written up reports for homeowners who want to know the landscape value a tree has. Most often you would do this because somebody came onto the property and cut down the tree. In a typical homeowner setting the landscape value is often higher than the timber value.

 

In this case the owner of the tree may want to log them all, but the trees add value to residents who see the trees from their houses. It's well within the rights of folks to make the owner submit a plan to the city for approval. The city may tell the owner to go ahead and cut away, but they may limit the total number of trees that can be cut, and they may impose replanting requirements on the property owner.

[chucK]

Looks like a perfect place for 1 Tim Horton's, 1 Domino's, 1 Subway and a couple of manicure places, maybe a dollar store too, and the anchor, the Chiefview Motel?

 

Good evening sir, welcome to the Chiefview, would you prefer a Chiefview room or one with a Malamute toproping balcony?

 

Excellent

Edited April 3, 2007 by chucK

[jmace]

Whats so hard to understand that what he did was against the law...? I dont need to buy shit, the onus is on the land owner to get approval. Pretty simple!

[Bigtree]

Looks like a perfect place for 1 Tim Horton's, 1 Domino's, 1 Subway and a couple of manicure places, maybe a dollar store too, and the anchor, the Chiefview Motel?...

 

Maybe a new KFC outlet with a take out window - yum. Would save me the drive into town. Then again, all those greasy climbers fingers might warrant a new special YDS rating system (eg., 5.10 - KFC, or 5.10 - TH). A serious problem to think about.

[eldiente]

Wow, that is really ugly. What a shame. And for what purpose? Squamish is such a beautiful place. It is a real tragedy that it isn't better taken care of.

[bstach]

From the Climbers Access Society of BC Newsletter dated April 4, 2007:

 

Much of the upper Malamute at Squamish was logged during the last week of March 2007. The land, about 10 hectares, is owned by Malamute Holdings Ltd. About 500 trees were cut, and the logs remain where they fell. The District of Squamish issued a stop work order on March 30th, as soon as it heard what was happening. The logged area is quite visible, especially from above and to southbound traffic.

Anyone visiting the upper Malamute in the near future should be very aware of unstable and dangerous logging debris.

The logging occurred without notice, or a required municipal permit, and the resulting fine could be substantial. Neither the Ministry of Transportation & Highways nor Peter Kiewit Sons, the Sea-to-Sky Highway Improvement Project contractor, has any responsibility for what happened. The logging has aroused considerable concern in Squamish, the climbing community, and the news media. From a press release: "The District of Squamish has determined that the activity is an offence under the District's Site Alteration Bylaw 1886, and is in the process of determining the severity of the offence and the appropriate action to be taken".

The Access Society is gravely concerned by what happened. Our goal has long been that the upper Malamute, at the heart of Squamish, should be protected for public benefit and use, particularly for climbing, walking, nature viewing, and sightseeing. There has been a lot of work toward that goal over the last few years, and it remains the desired result. We'll continue working toward it.

See also the Vancouver Sun - www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=75119d74-6d2a-4ff0-a82f-a295273b5ec9&k=35300, and www.squamishaccess.ca