Lovely garden! We have had many disputes with the lumber companies for we are surrounded by crown land under a forestry lease. The last fight we had was about clearing the trees away from our road. We lost the fight and now when we go walking we are open to the winds, the snow drifts over the road in the winter and the drive home from the city just isn't quite the same without our winding, well treed lane. I've been to special meeting set up with them but it mostly is token meeting for rarely do they take into account the issues raised in those meetings when it comes down to their actual cutting plans. It's true, they will go for the biggest easiest to access trees that they can make the most money harvesting. I live in lumbering country and it is sad to see the devastation. I really feel for you and wish you luck in your dealings with the lumber companies.