Did you know?
- Our watershed is on private property. Mosaic owns it. Logging puts streams and creeks at risk of redirection and disruption. The increase in debris and soil interferes with critical fish habitat.
- Our community has first hand knowledge of the destructive force of logs, mud and rocks. The frequency of slides increases 6 to 9 times after slopes have been logged.
- Our neighbours, the wildlife, have safety, food and room to roam in the undisturbed forests that begin a few steps from our back yards.
- Our lives have been enriched by the beauty surrounding us. Tourism is a growing industry in the Cowichan Valley, but the huge clearcuts across the lake are visible from west to east as far as the eye can see.
Do you believe large outside corporations should decide the fate of our community?
You and I know better: there is no justification for the loss of our community's natural environment and natural habitat.
The GOOD news is if you answered NO to that question, there is something YOU can do about it!
Are you thinking "How can I help Save our Holmes”?
Step 2
The next step is to continue your involvement in the Save Our Holmes campaign, please consider the following:
Volunteer your time and experience
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TimberWest Update 2 – Winter 2017
December 7, 2017 Dear Youbou Residents, As noted in our last update, we will be sending periodic reports to provide insight into TimberWest’s operations in and around your community. Here is our second update. December 2017:The truck wash has been down for a few weeks, waiting on parts. In the short term, we have been…
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People are talking about us in little Youbou!!!
See The Post > Mark Worthing to Forest Watch Vancouver Island November 29, 2017 Hats off to the good folks in #Youbou who are pushing back against TimberWest Forest Corp. Hammering their communities forests above their homes and all over Mount Holmes. I’m so sick of hearing the same story of a small Vancouver Island town getting stomped all over by…
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Posted our first 40 letters today!
Lets keep making noise Youbou, its the Squeaky wheel that gets attention. Template letters are available at Cassy’s, stop by and pick up a bunch or just a couple, you can use them for suggestions for your own letters or just sign, address and bring back to Cassy’s if you prefer! Keep writing people!!!
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