Forest operations map of the logging project in the Hatzic Valley. (Image Credit: BC Natural Resource Sector)

By Alyssa Conti

Protecting Landscapes

Mission locals petition to stop logging project in Hatzic Valley, cites area history of landslides

Feb 28, 2026 | 10:56 AM

MISSION — Hundreds of Mission residents are hoping to stop a logging project at its root before the first branch breaks. 

The Hatzic Valley Community Association recently issued an advisory regarding plans to log between Eng and Kussman Roads, with construction set to begin this summer if Forest Service Road Proposal 2801 is permitted.

Residents were then advised to share their thoughts about terrain stability, historical flooding and landslide events, or watershed concerns in the area before March 6 with the Chilliwack District Tenures Team.

As of Thursday, February 26, a petition was started to stop the project, citing the watershed’s 44-year history of repeated debris flows, landslides and destructive flooding that have once damaged 45 homes in a single storm and relocated entire creek channels through residential areas.

“Approving new logging road construction on these same slopes, above these same homes, would repeat a mistake the Province has already admitted to making,” read the petition.

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“This is not about opposing forestry across British Columbia. […] This watershed fails. Repeatedly. Approving new disturbance here ignores decades of evidence.”

The project’s forest operations map lists a total cutblock area of roughly 36.841 hectares. 

The petition had 470 signatures at the time of writing.

Harvesting will start in 2027, pending permit approval.