BC Says Preserving Biodiversity Now Guides Logging Policies

The TyeeSeptember 11, 2020 The province matches its much-anticipated report with new protections. But some ancient forests are still at risk. Left unprotected. Among the old-growth areas…
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B.C. moves to end divisive old growth forest policies, protects nine areas

The Canadian PressSeptember 11, 2020 Meares Island in the Clayoquot Sound region, one of the areas identified for development deferral. TJ WATT-ANCIENT FOREST ALLIANCE The British Columbia government…
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Blockades halt logging road construction into untouched watershed

A third blockade has been set up on Edinburgh Mountain to stop logging corporation Teal-Jones from road building and logging in ancient forests in unceded Pacheedaht territory near Port Renfrew. Read on for more details.
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Activists continue blockade of logging road on Vancouver Island to protect giant cedar

CBC News British ColumbiaAugust 14, 2020 T.J. Watt, an activist with the Ancient Forest Alliance, admires an old-growth yellow cedar in the Fairy Creek watershed near Port Renfrew on southern Vancouver…
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Protesters showcase massive old yellow cedar as Port Renfrew area forest blockade continues

The Williams Lake TribuneAugust 14th, 2020 9.5-foot-wide yellow cedar measured by Ancient Forest Alliance campaigners in Fairy Creek watershed Government and company officials continue to avoid…
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Chek News- Fairy Creek

  Chek News5pm Newscast – August 13, 2020 Watch this Chek News segment about the blockade to protect the at-risk headwaters of the Fairy Creek valley near Port Renfrew in Pacheedaht…
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Protesters block logging road near Port Renfrew

  Times Colonist August 12, 2020   About 20 protesters have blocked a logging road near Port Renfrew, vowing they will stay until old-growth forests in a critical watershed…
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APTN NEWS- Fairy Creek

Check out this APTN News piece about the current blockade to stop Teal Jones from logging Fairy Creek, the last unlogged watershed in the San Juan river system and probably the last unprotected intact…
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Hunger Strike Ends, but Old Growth Battle Just Beginning, Say Protesters

Lack of response from government led Nanaimo duo to give up fast after two weeks. The TyeeAugust 11, 2020 Robert Fuller and James Darling ended their hunger strike at a Nanaimo rally. Photo…
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Battle of Fairy Creek: blockade launched to save Vancouver Island old-growth

Independent activists have launched a blockade to stop Teal Jones from road building and logging in the spectacular, intact Fairy Creek watershed in Pacheedaht territory near Port Renfrew. The group are calling on the NDP government to release the Old Growth Strategic Review panel's recommendations on how BC should best manage old-growth and to enact immediate moratoria for Vancouver Island's remaining ancient forests.
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