Split in First Nation membership over anti-logging blockades at B.C. old-growth forest
The dispute over blockades aimed at preventing old-growth trees from being logged in Pacheedaht territory on southwest Vancouver Island has revealed divisions within the First Nation s membership.
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Posted: Apr 14, 2021 6:03 PM PT | Last Updated: April 15
Pacheedaht Elder Bill Jones has urged people to continue taking direct action to stop old-growth logging in the Fairy Creek watershed.(Kieran Oudshoorn/CBC)
The dispute over blockades aimed at preventing old-growth trees from being logged in Pacheedaht territory on southwest Vancouver Island has revealed divisions within the First Nation s membership.
B C blockades aimed at protecting old growth forests reveal First Nation split
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First Nation s council and chief ask 3rd-party activists to stand down in B.C. logging dispute
The chief and council of a Vancouver Island First Nation at the centre of a protest over old-growth logging are asking outside activists to stand down and leave the community to decide how to use local forestry resources.
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Posted: Apr 13, 2021 6:49 PM PT | Last Updated: April 14
Protesters sit at a blockade in the Fairy Creek area of Vancouver Island.(Kieran Oudshoorn/CBC)
The chief and council of a Vancouver Island First Nation at the centre of a protest over old-growth logging are asking outside activists to stand down and leave the community to decide how to use local forestry resources.
“We do not welcome or support unsolicited involvement or interference by others in our Territory, including third-party activism, ” the letter says. “Pacheedaht needs to be left in peace to engage in our community-lead stewardship planning process so that we can determine our own way forward as a strong and independent Nation.”
Tensions in the territory have been rising since a court injunction was granted 1 April authorizing police to remove the blockaders and setting the stage for a showdown similar to 1993’s so-called “war in the woods”, when 900 people were arrested for blocking logging roads in nearby Clayoquot Sound. Despite the injunction, the protesters refused to leave, and instead began digging in and strengthening their blockades.