Ever wonder why there are so many dangerous floating logs and deadheads
in the waters off British Columbia?

Beachcombers (log salvors) are required by provincial regulation to
return all salvaged logs to a "licenced receiving station". Here's the
catch: since 1954 there has ever only been one licenced receiving
station. This monopoly situation has meant that beachcombers are paid
very little for the often quite valuable wood they recover from the
water. Incredibly, they are also charged $12 per cubic metre (about the
size of a telephone pole) for all the wood they deliver. Logs are left
to drift for the simple reason that beachcombers would lose money
picking them up.

We are working to change this situation. We are applying to the
provincial government to licence another "receiving station" to bring
in some much needed competition in the marketing of salvaged wood. Our
goal is to maximize the amount of stray logs being recovered, and put
this wood back in the marketplace.

We hope that the provincial government will say yes to proposal but
there is no guarantee. To learn more about this project please go to:
http://www.leas.ca/projects/woodnotwaste/index2.htm

To read the proposal and make a comment to the provincial government
please go to:
http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hva/scale/proposalindex.htm