An injunction preventing blockades in the Fairy Creek area near Port Renfrew, where about 1,100 arrests were made in 2021, has expired.
Despite protesters blocking roads by suspending themselves from large homemade tripods and chaining their arms in PVC pipes stuck in the ground, Teal Jones was able to access all the old-growth trees people were trying to protect, Code said. “It’s all gone down.”The Fairy Creek protests led to about 1,100 arrests and 464 charges laid.
Activists continue to fight to preserve old-growth forests in B.C., and events are planned province-wide today to demand more action from the province. Code said while many parcels of old forests have been temporarily deferred from logging, it’s difficult to tell how much is really protected.