Mosaic defers logging of old growth on Vancouver Island and Haida Gwaii  – The Turtle Island News

By Melissa Renwick  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter British Columbia’s largest private landowner, Mosaic Forest Management, is halting logging in nearly 100,000 acres of old-growth forest for the next 25 years. The forestry company announced the deferral on March 16 and said it’s transitioning to a carbon credit program, which is expected to generate several hundred…