Extensive cutting by NCC in protected area of Mud Lake called 'carnage'

Residents near Mud Lake, one of Ottawa’s protected natural areas, have been shocked by the National Capital Commission’s decision to cut down the trees and shrubs growing beside a narrow forest path.
Residents thought the NCC was just taking out a few diseased trees over the winter in the area, formally known as the Britannia Conservation Area.
Then the snow melted, and people started walking through the woods again. Where they used to have branches brushing against their arms as the