
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…

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…

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.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.