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| David McIntyre is among those opposed to clear cutting in the Castle Special Management Area Phil Burpee photo |
Chris Davis - Approximately 40 concerned residents and members of the Stop Castle Logging Group and the Castle-Crown Wilderness Coalition gathered at the side of Highway 774 south and west of Beaver Mines, in the Castle Special Management Area, to hold a press conference and to protest imminent clear-cutting in the area.
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| Some of the protesters gathers at the anti-logging press conference C. Davis photo |
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| Conservationist Charlie Russell was in attendance at the press conference Phil Burpee photo |
The response from the press was impressive, with television, print, and internet-based journalists coming from Calgary, Lethbridge, and of course Pincher Creek to cover the proceedings.
Alberta Sustainable Resource Development granted a licence to harvest 120 hectares of forest in the area, calling it part of their forest management plan.
