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  1. Diary of a forest defender, part III: Colonialism 101—and why Indigenous protesters are being singled out by RCMP

    in Forests

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    On 2021-10-05 at 1:17 PM, Guest Kikila said:

    There seems to be an assumption among Euro-descended settlers and especially white people that the government has some bad people working in bad faith that we've elected. Colonization was not an accident, nor was it an event. We are still living within the structure of it. With that in mind, the government is functioning exactly as intended. Can we stop pretending that there is a good form of colonial government out there that at one time actually had peoples' interests in mind and just accept that the westminster system and its derivatives were designed to remove Indigenous people from land, marginalize the poor, and limit the access of women/LBGTQ2. they are operating as intended. 

    Myself, I quite agree with you. When I wrote the article, I was trying to expose how the government works. I have no illusions about governments being democratic, or for the people, especially after getting arrested at Fairy Creek.

    I do want to say though, that a government system is made of thousands of individual people, and their "purpose" is not homogenous. Each in their own way can at times be trying to do good.

    The overall effect is bad, certainly. The system was set up in the dominator model. But it has a mind of its own. It feeds off of our limitations as humans. Peace

     

  3. Record high lumber prices translate into a tiny difference in what the public receives for publicly-owned forests, especially old growth in TFL 46

    in Forests

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    The whole Clayoquot Summer protests, and the protection of Meares Island, did not slow the pace of logs coming out of Clayoquot Sound by so much as one stick. They just ramped up production elsewhere. This winter I watched a log barge as big as a cruise ship stagger by with a whole forest in it from the Cypre River. 

  6. Scientist, storyteller & paradigm shifter Suzanne Simard’s new book, Finding the Mother Tree

    in Forests

    Posted · Edited by Ben Barclay

    Dear Lynne, thank you so much for your kind words, which, after a tough week at Fairy Creek, went down like a tall glass of cool, clear water. (That's partially a Joni Mitchell line. I like to learn from the best!) If you wish to come to Fairy Creek to visit some Mother Trees, I would happily arrange "safe passage" for you, out of range of the conflict. You can email me at thelorax@execulink.com You could visit River Camp for the 6:00 evening circle, and walk in the forest. Your presence would be a great gift, tree climbing or no! Another alternative, is a group of elders from Victoria planning a day trip soon. Sid Stefler can connect you with them. stafler@netbc.com He used to work with Merv Wilkinson at Wildwood. He's an Ent. They had a great time yesterday, but are returning, I understand.  Again, thank you so much!   Ben

    Here is a link to the Fairy Creek Go Fund Me Page.  I'm hoping we can just buy the timber rights and give the valley to Suzanne's project to care for!

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