Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The BC Government is currently reviewing the scenic impact of logging in the Outer Discovery Islands. They are determining the level of viewshed protection for scenic corridors important to the $50 million-a-year marine tourism industry, local residents, and recreational users. All of the crown lands on Cortes, Read, Maurelle, Raza, Stuart, and the Redonda Islands are being given new Visual Quality Objective designations.Photo credit: Working in the Woods by Hans Peter Meyer via Flickr (CC BY SA, 2.0 License)