We are honoured to do this work as guests on traditional territory of the Pacheedaht and Ditidaht First Nations. We work with utmost respect for the land and all its relations, human and nonhuman.
Please help us by forwarding this newsletter to any friends or family you feel would like to be involved or learn more. They can join our list here.
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Be a part of the last stand
As British Columbia declared a state of emergency last week, with wildfires raging across the province, the remaining 2.7% of old growth forest in BC continues to be logged at breakneck speed. Over 150,000 Ha of ancient forest are clear-cut every year, including areas affected by our blockades (Granite Creek, Bugaboo Creek, Eden South, Upper Caycuse, Edinburgh Mountain and Camper Creek). At this rate, nearly all remaining old growth will be lost over the next decade.
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We've been pulling off something unprecedented at Fairy Creek. Despite hundreds of RCMP set against us, we've stayed strong, even with low numbers over the past few weeks.
Please consider joining us on the frontlines. Bring your friends, your family, and your kids - you'll meet people you'll never forget, and become part of a passionate community taking a real stand during a time of ecological crisis.
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There are many roles at camp, many of which are non-arrestable. Join us at Fairy Creek HQ. From there, you can choose to join a satellite camp, or camp among the friendly community there (great place to bring kids). Come self-sufficient and ready to camp. THANK YOU - you are needed and we'll love you for showing up.
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Teal Jones contractors have resumed roadbuilding into Bugaboo ancient forest on Pacheedat Territory, which contains some of the highest densities of Western Red and Yellow Cedar outside of the Central Walbran. Yesterday, Teal Jones submitted cut block applications for three areas of valley bottom growth in the lower Caycuse.
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TODAY AT 1PM PDT
Weekend Warriors Celebration
Fairy Creek Blockade
A multi-day camp out celebration! This is an all ages event - bring your skills, signs, and eagerness to protect these old-growth lands to join us in the last stand for old-growth!
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TODAY AT 12-2PM PDT
MLA Forest Fridays
Grace Lore's Victoria-Beacon Hill Constituency Office - 1040 Fort Street
On Forest Fridays we gather in front of an NDP MLA's office to demonstrate support for ancient forests and forest protectors and to call the NDP government MLAs out on their shameful inaction.
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SATURDAY AT 11AM PDT
Endangered and At-Risk Species Findings
Fairy Creek Blockade
Biologists Dr. Jim Cuthbert and Dr. John Neilson invite the public to attend an AV presentation of important findings from their recent "BioBlitz" surveys of endangered and at-risk species in the Fairy Creek area.
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SATURDAY 1-3PM
Rally for Ancient Forests
BC Legislature Lawn
Organized by Robert, Clayqout veteran, happens every second Saturday.
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WEDNESDAY 4-6PM
Rally for Ancient Forests + Forest Protectors
Meet at Government and Belleville corner of the BC Legislature. We take a walk at around 5pm. Every Wednesday.
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A win for press freedom
Photo + caption by Mike Graeme
“Police Line Do Not Cross” — the bane of journalists’ existence at @fairycreekblockade for the last two months, as well as at Wet’suwet’en, Mi’kmaw, and other sites of Indigenous resistance to industry injunctions orders on Turtle Island.
These RCMP exclusion zones allow police to carry out their habitually violent enforcement measures in remote areas, concentrated with Indigenous land defenders, while permitting limited to no media witness.
But July 20, in “a watershed ruling in favour of press freedoms,” writes @laurenkaljur from @thediscourse, “[B.C. Supreme Court] Justice Douglas Thompson stated that the ‘geographically extensive exclusion zones’ used by the RCMP at the Fairy Creek blockades are not ‘reasonably necessary’ and reminded the RCMP of the ‘necessity of avoiding undue and unnecessary interference with the journalistic function.’”
Whether or not this ruling will be respected by the RCMP is uncertain.
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If you can't join camp then Call Premier John Horgan as many times as you can at 250-387-1715, leave him a voicemail, and send him an email premier@gov.bc.ca. You can also call Minister Forest Katrine Conroy at +1-250-387-6240 and text Jagmeet Singh (leader of @ndpcanada ) at +1-613-801-8210.
CALL SCRIPT
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Our movement is the largest direct action movement in Canada right now.
We’ve had close 500 arrests in the past 40 days, and we're facing a money crunch. The RCMP have spent millions trying to remove us and Teal Jones has easily spent hundreds of thousands. We're running out of funds and need your help! We've set up a new fundraiser dedicated specifically to supporting legal defense and the frontline forests defenders. If you are able, please donate to support the last stand. Any amount helps. THANK YOU. 🙏
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About Rainforest Flying Squad
The Rainforest Flying Squad is a volunteer-driven, grassroots, non-violent direct-action movement committed to protecting the last stands of globally significant ancient temperate rainforest on Vancouver Island. Rainforest Flying Squad and LastStandforForests work with other like-minded organizations. We stand in solidarity with Elder Bill Jones of the Pacheedaht Nation.
More information at laststandforforests.com.
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