An ongoing protest against old-growth logging in Port Renfrew has moved into its fourth week and now boast three blockades.
A group of B次元官网网址渇orest defendersB次元官网网址� launched action on Aug. 10, to prevent Teal Jones GroupB次元官网网址檚 construction crews from building a road to the Fairy Creek Watershed, which the call the last intact unlogged old-growth of Southern Vancouver IslandB次元官网网址檚 San Juan River system.
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On Aug. 16 the second blockade was established east of the Fairy Creek watershed. The following week, on Aug. 23, a third blockade was set up on a logging road on Edinburgh mountain B次元官网网址� home to the famed old-growth Douglas-fir tree, B次元官网网址楤ig Lonely Doug.B次元官网网址�
Protesters have still received no response from provincial authorities or Teal Jones.
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Protesters had called on B.C. Premier John HorganB次元官网网址檚 office to establish an immediate and permanent protection of Fairy Creek Valley. They had also asked the province to release the recommendations of the Old Growth Forest Review Panel submitted to the Forest Minister, Doug DonaldsonB次元官网网址檚 office.
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Arbess also called BCB次元官网网址檚 NDP government B次元官网网址渨orse than the LiberalsB次元官网网址� in their failure to heed ongoing calls for old-growth protection.
Neither Teal Jones nor the government have responded to Black Press Media requests for interviews.
