Help Save our Old Growth Forests!
Support Forest Protectors at the Fairy Creek Blockade and Pressure the Government to Stop Logging!
“BC is down to only 2.7% of its big tree old growth. In the next decade nearly all of it will be clear cut” – @fairycreekblockade
The old growth forests of Canada are facing a massive threat from our country’s intensive logging industry. Now is the time to stand up for the trees!
WHAT CAN YOU DO IN 4 MINUTES?
- Learn about what’s happening at the Fairy Creek Blockade
- Support protestors by circulating their posts on social media
- Email representatives and decision-makers
- Sign these petitions:
BG Greens – Protect Old Growth Forests
Ancient Forest Alliance – Protect BC’s Endangered Old-Growth Forests and Forestry Jobs
References
The Canadian Press for CBC – Police say they’ve made 158 arrests so far at B.C. protests against old-growth logging
The Narwhal – Fairy Creek Blockade
@fairycreekblockade on Instagram
Justine Hunter for The Globe and Mail – Fairy Creek blockade 2021: What you need to know about the anti-logging protest in B.C.
Photo by Felix Mittermeier on Pexels
WHAT?
Located on unceded Pacheedaht and Ditidaht territory, Fairy Creek is now facing a threat from logging supported by the BC government [1].
Logging these old-growth forests poses severe damage on the people, history, biodiversity, and ecosystems surrounding them! Some of the most at-risk ecosystems are located in the Old Growth forests and MUST be protected! [1]
WHO is Affected?
Indigenous peoples, protestors and demonstrators, surrounding wildlife and ecosystems, and you!
GOAL
Change the status quo. Our actions aim to protect and propel a vision where long-term actions preserving the environment are prioritized over short-term economic gain.
SOLUTION
We must turn our attention and support to the Fairy Creek Blockade, where demonstrators are actively protesting the intrusion of police and logging companies onto the ground of old growth forests.
We must also pressure decision-makers to halt intensive logging happening in BC and across Canada!
Old growth forests play a crucial role in our ecosystems, providing fundamental natural services like carbon sequestration, habitat for wildlife, and important cultural value for Indigenous peoples and nature-lovers.
“What started as a fight to protect the intact Fairy Creek Watershed has expanded into a fight to protect the last 2.7% of old growth” – @fairycreekblockade
ACT NOW EMAIL
STEPS:
1. Copy and paste these emails into the sender box:
Forest Minister Katrine Conroy at: FLNR.Minister@gov.bc.ca
Premier Horgan at Premier@gov.bc.ca
Indigenous Relations Minister Murray Rankin at IRR.Minister@gov.bc.ca
Environment Minister George Heyman at: ENV.Minister@gov.bc.ca
2. Copy this script, written by the Fairy Creek Blockade’s Instagram.
3. Paste it into your email and send!
MORE INFO/More Ways to Help
“A total of 158 people have now been arrested since RCMP began enforcing a British Columbia court injunction ordering the removal of blockades”
“Activists say Fairy Creek is the last unprotected, intact old-growth valley on southern Vancouver Island”
“Police enforcement comes after forestry company Teal Jones obtained a court injunction banning blockades of logging activities in the two watersheds.
“A coalition of press freedom groups and Canadian news organizations […] announced it would file legal action to allow journalists substantive access to report on the continuing demonstrations, noting the RCMP’s broad use of exclusion zones has prevented journalists from doing their jobs.”
Here’s more ways to help:
Amplify the voices of Indigenous peoples, land protectors, and demonstrators by circulating their posts on social media! Follow GENTTA and @fairycreekblockade on Instagram for more ways you can support and learn.