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The Fairy Creek Blockade is a volunteer driven, grassroots, non-violent direct action movement. We are committed to protecting the last stands of globally significant ancient temperate rainforest on Vancouver Island.
We are in a climate and biodiversity crisis. Only 2.7% of B.C.’s original productive old growth forests remain standing. B.C.’s Old Growth Strategic Review Panel urged an end to old growth logging yet the government continues to stall.
Direct action makes change. Visit our protection camps. Volunteer with us. Mobilize with your own community in support of ancient forests!
We are facing a code red for humanity. The intersecting crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and inequality are all rooted in colonialism, violations of Indigenous rights, and an extractive economy that puts corporate interests and profits before people and ecology.
Governments acknowledge the critical role of old-growth forests in climate stability— yet regulations do not yet prevent private corporations from clearcutting these forests for profit.
Our goals are to protect ancient forests on Pacheedaht and Ditidaht territory—and ALL old growth forests in so-called British Columbia—for future generations, and to elevate First Nations traditional leadership and stewardship responsibilities to the land.
Our demands:
BC’s ancient forests are worth more standing. We won’t stand down until the last stands are protected.
These blockades take place on unceded Pacheedaht and Ditidaht territory. Further, we acknowledge that our actions take us through the territories of many coastal peoples on our way: The Songhees, Esquimalt, T’Sou-ke, Cowichan, Penelakut and many other nations have carefully stewarded these sacred lands since time immemorial.
We recognize the ecological destruction of this land as colonial violence and a by-product of white supremacy and global capitalism. These colonial entities have pushed the planet to the brink of ecological ruin and we must now all resist.
We continue to blockade under the invitation of Pacheedaht Elder Bill Jones and Hereditary Chief Victor Peter. This invitation comes with a responsibility to act in ways that care for and defend this ecosystem that sustains the planet and our spirits. He asks that we show humility to the land and to each other while we are here, and that we, “Go for a walk in the woods.”