First Nations want forestry workers to temporarily stop cutting old-growth trees on southern Vancouver Island while they create their own forestry management plan and have submitted the request to the B.C. On Saturday, the Ditidaht, Huu-ay-aht, and Pacheedaht First Nations formally gave notice to the province of their decision to defer old-growth logging for two years in the Fairy Creek and the Central Walbran areas. "If you respect First Nations in what they stand for, if you respect First Nations Aboriginal title and if you respect First Nations people, period, you would honour their request not to protest," said Dennis. An activist known as Lou gets ready to defy an court injunction near Port Renfrew on Vancouver Island by sitting in a dory in a tree on Sunday May 30, 2021. An unnamed camp in the hills near the Fairy Creek watershed on Vancouver Island where activists are protesting the logging of old growth forests on June 1, 2021.

Source: CBC News June 07, 2021 19:38 UTC