How a Grade 9 class is fighting a planned clearcut in Shelburne County | CBC News
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forest is in Allendale, a 154-hectare area the province has approved
for a clearcut. Oikle is part of a social studies class at Shelburne
Regional High School who will launch a campaign of phone calls and
emails on Wednesday to get the attention of Premier Stephen McNeil.
“This forest is really an important forest to a lot of people,” Oikle told CBC’s Information Morning.
“The community of Allendale really doesn’t want it cut down. It is home
to the endangered mainland moose, which I think is a really good reason
to stop this clearcut to protect that species.”
The students aren’t the only ones in the area looking to stop the clearcut. More than a thousand people have signed a letter calling for a moratorium, at least until the area can be reassessed in light of the province’s acceptance of the recommendations in the Lahey report.