Ancient Growth logging continues on southern Vancouver Island near Fairy Creek. This is a picture of people climbing an estimated* 600yr old cedar marked for removal this week. They had to sneak around police and logging company barriers to set up the tree sit. Last heard they are still there. Over two dozen arrested.
#fairycreek #walbran #camarnah #rcmp #bcpoli #bcndp #oldgrowth #endoldgrowthlogging
*estimated based on tree ring count of a “sister tree” cut recently nearby
Des manifestants luttent pour protéger les forêts anciennes

Dans la vallée de Walbran, sur l’île de Vancouver, un barrage routier est installé depuis la fin du mois d'août pour empêcher la coupe de forêts anciennes.

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#ThrowbackThursday
2021.

I still am unable to go back here physically because it would break my heart too much. I spent almost 9 months, on/off, in the forest - trying to save the old growth trees here. The trees you see on the mountain slopes here are all gone. They were clearcut since this photo was taken from a resistance camp, higher up in the valley. I have seen aerial photos of what this spot looked like in 2023 - so many damn #ecocidal clearcuts into #AncientForest groves. This backs into #Carmannah #Walbran Park - which was also under threat of logging for awhile. It had to be blockaded before protection was granted. Avatar Grove & a few other #OldGrowth areas on Southern #VancouverIsland were given protection because activists fought hard to gain it.

#BCpoli #SaveOldGrowth #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #VanIsle #StopClearcuts #BCNDP #BCNewDeathParty #BCForestryReform #ClimateActionNow #ProtectOldGrowth

Please do not ever forget us.
We fought for you & for our #Oldgrowth #forests & #environment. We are still fighting! I was first arrested at #Clayoquot Sound. It was my very first #environmental #blockade. I have been arrested multiple times since. I refuse to stop fighting for #MotherEarth.

This is a lifelong commitment for many of us longtime activists.

https://youtu.be/Z9A-VK3B8EM?si=rGZ1BgvYe6_xxV_A

Decades later Clayoquot, after Squamish violent standoffs & after the fight for #Walbran #Carmannah ancient forests; I was at Fairy Creek:
https://youtu.be/MPTP4lFVYes?si=IK2KK7MJYqYihsjx

The #RCMP #StateViolence was increased on us at FC, because RCMP #CIRG was only created in 2017. After multilple huge #Indigenous stand-offs against govt assisted ecocide on unceded native lands for over 3 decades in #BritishColumbia. #RCMPCIRG is a voluntary #CorporateMercenaries unit, funded by public #Canadian taxpayers' monies & it should be #ABOLISHED.

#BCNDP #CrimesAgainstHumanity #BCpoli #CDNpoli #ResistanceAgainstEcocide #KKKanada

BATTLE FOR THE TREES:THE FIGHT TO STOP KILLING THE FORESTS ! AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARY

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