RCMP Use Excavators to Remove Old-Growth Forest Protectors at Fairy Creek

environment · Fairy Creek and Port Renfrew area

RCMP Special Operations Team have been using excavators to extract old-growth forest protectors from blockades at Fairy Creek and other sites near Port Renfrew. This practice has raised safety concerns from excavator operators and protestors due to the risk of injury. The injunction allowing this is under legal review.

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Sources

• “RCMP have been using excavators to extract numerous old-growth forest protectors from their individual chain-and-concrete blockades at Ada’itsx / Fairy Creek and other sites in the Port Renfrew area.” — The Islands Grapevine – June 24th, 2021 (June 24th, 2021)

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