The Interior Lumber Manufacturers’ Association critique of the Socio-Economic Analysis makes the following comments:
• recent research regarding grizzly bear populations concludes the key factor is management of access and rural settlement, not conflicts with logging
• no evidence exists for the widespread degradation of water referred to in the Socio-Economic Analysis, except for specific examples such as Lake Koocanusa
• predation, rather than limited habitat due to forest land management, is likely responsible for low caribou population numbers
• statements about the negative impacts of forestry activity on fish populations are unfounded generalizations. Fish catch limits may be a more critical factor
