Old-growth blockaders return to Fairy Creek area; First Nation asks them to leave – Victoria Times Colonist
Blockades are an effort to stop forestry company Teal Jones from accessing trees in an area north of Port Renfrew.
Advocates against old-growth logging have been blocking a bridge over the Gordon River with a large wooden statue of a screech owl for the past week.
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A camp was set up north of Port Renfrew last Saturday to prevent forestry company Teal Jones from accessing cut blocks 7265 and 7263 on Edinburgh Mountain, organizers said on social media.
Savage Patch, an organization that has claimed responsibility for the latest blockades, said they are unrelated to the Rainforest Flying Squad, one of the primary organizers of the 2021 Fairy Creek blockades.
Savage Patch is asking participants of the latest blockades to not bring drugs, weapons, or alcohol of any kind and to be respectful while in the area.
