Courts keep Walbran Valley open to the public

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Details: Published on Thursday, 17 December 2015 17:15; Written by editor

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Hi PAOV,

The Wilderness Committee is standing strong, despite increasing legal pressure as we battle to save the old-growth forest in Vancouver Island’s Walbran Valley from being chainsawed down.

Logging company Teal Jones launched a civil suit against us in November, claiming we were organizing the growing blockades at their logging sites in the Walbran Valley. We are doing no such thing – but we are working as hard as we can to get the logging stopped. At stake are some of the finest old-growth forests remaining on Earth, located in the central Walbran Valley.

The logging company was in court just this week, seeking an order prohibiting anyone from approaching company vehicles nearer than 50 metres. This provision would have created moving “bubble zones,” making it much more difficult for members of the public to visit the area without the risk of arrest. The company had also applied for an injunction lasting until September 2016.

Our lawyer from Ecojustice attended the hearing on our behalf and was successful in getting the bubble zones dropped from the injunction and limiting the length of the injunction to January 4, 2016. This means that the public may still come into the Walbran to witness the beauty of the old-growth forest as well as the logging damage that is occurring.

Read more in our press release here.

Please join the growing effort to save the Walbran Valley old-growth forests.

Send a letter to BC’s Premier and Minister of Forests, and join the thousands of people who are calling for permanent protection for this special place! Click here to write now.

Stay tuned for more opportunities to help protect BC’s ancient forest!

For the wild,

Joe Foy | National Campaign Director
Wilderness Committee

Joe Foy