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Violent Logger Swings Chainsaw at Elk Creek Protesters - BC
Yesterday in Elk Creek, near Chilliwack, BC, Canada, the dramatic struggle to protect some of the last intact temperate rainforest in the Lower Mainland - a sacred site for local First Nations
PRESS RELEASE - October 28th, 2003
Yesterday in Elk Creek, near Chilliwack, BC, Canada, the dramatic struggle to protect some of the last intact temperate rainforest in the Lower Mainland - a sacred site for local First Nations - reached a new climax. As a group of protesters encountered a Cattermole faller in the forest they came within inches of their lives as the faller chased them, wildly swinging a running chainsaw. This was the latest in a documented string of incidents, ranging back to September 29th, in which Cattermole Timber Co. employees have uttered death threats, aimed falling trees, beaten, and waved running chainsaws at peaceful protesters in Elk Creek.
Protesters on the ground in Elk Creek are part of a broad coalition that is trying to protect this remnant ecosystem, home to endangered species like the Spotted Owl, and the Marbled Murrelet, from industrial logging. The coalition includes over 800 people who are a part of the Elk Creek Conservation Coalition in Chilliwack, elders and members of the Cheam Band, the West Coast Wilderness Committee, and many other alarmed people. Over the last three years concerned people wrote hundreds of letters, unanimously opposed to the logging plan, as public comment - only to fall on deaf ears.
Earlier this month members of the Cheam Indian Band, and supporters from Chilliwack, blockaded the main CN rail lines for 30 hours in an effort to halt logging in the watershed which they have used sustainably for thousands of years for medicine plants, vision quests, berry picking, hunting, and making shale knives. The Cheam assert that they still have title to this part of their unceded Pilalt territory and that their consent is needed before any logging takes place. June Quipp, an active Cheam elder explained that "now our Sacred Mountains are under attack and if there is no stop to this destruction our place of spiritual practice (like your church) will be totally destroyed."
Yesterday's incident comes as no surprise to protesters who have seen a constant escalation of Cattermole's intimidation tactics in the absence of action by the Worker Compensation Board (responsible for workplace safety), the police, Cattermole executives and the BC government - despite numerous official complaints. Forest researcher Rick McCallion, who narrowly escaped injury in the incident, said "I personally informed Cattermole Timber, the Worker Compensation Board, and the RCMP that Cattermole employees were out of control in Elk Creek, after similar previous incidents. They chose to do nothing, and in so doing they knowingly placed everyone on the ground at Elk Creek in grave danger."
"It is high time for Forest Minister Mike De Jong to call an end to logging in Elk Creek before tragedy strikes. His government's choice to ignore the best interests and the safety of the local people, and his ongoing lack of action to resolve the issue makes him ultimately responsible for the highly dangerous and unfortunate situation in Elk Creek today."
In a letter dated May 8th, Sidney Douglas, Head Councilor for Cheam, warned Kerry Grozier, District Forest Manager, saying "it appears that the MOF and Cattermole are following a course of non-recognition of Pilalt Title that lays the groundwork for potential conflict and confrontation." In a later letter, dated October 1, Sidney Douglas said that "this was a bad decision when considered from any perspective other than one that envisions a total repudiation of aboriginal rights, completely ignores environmental and conservation issues and considers only factors that result in a total capitulation to the economic interests of the logging industry."
Joe Foy, a spokesperson for the Western Canada Wilderness Committee, when told of the attack on the protesters had this to say. "It's time to halt the logging at Elk Creek. Hundreds of people wrote in to the Chilliwack Forest Service that they did not want the logging - and when it was approved by the Forest Service anyway, it should come as no surprise that people are protesting the logging. MLA Les, must immediately condemn this violent attack on the peaceful protesters at Elk Creek - before one of them gets killed. His "martyrdom" comment can be seen as contributing to a cult of violence amongst the Cattermole logging crew."
This morning, for the first time in weeks, no helicopters were heard bringing Cattermole employees into Elk Creek. Protesters say that they will not let Cattermole's physical intimidation tactics keep them out of the public forest and promise to continue their presence and their dissent in the woods.
For Interviews Contact:
June Quipp (Cheam elder) and incident victims: 604-794-5715
Diane Moen, Elk Creek Conservation Coalition : 604-794-3812
Joe Foy Wilderness Committee: 604-880-2580
Yesterday in Elk Creek, near Chilliwack, BC, Canada, the dramatic struggle to protect some of the last intact temperate rainforest in the Lower Mainland - a sacred site for local First Nations - reached a new climax. As a group of protesters encountered a Cattermole faller in the forest they came within inches of their lives as the faller chased them, wildly swinging a running chainsaw. This was the latest in a documented string of incidents, ranging back to September 29th, in which Cattermole Timber Co. employees have uttered death threats, aimed falling trees, beaten, and waved running chainsaws at peaceful protesters in Elk Creek.
Protesters on the ground in Elk Creek are part of a broad coalition that is trying to protect this remnant ecosystem, home to endangered species like the Spotted Owl, and the Marbled Murrelet, from industrial logging. The coalition includes over 800 people who are a part of the Elk Creek Conservation Coalition in Chilliwack, elders and members of the Cheam Band, the West Coast Wilderness Committee, and many other alarmed people. Over the last three years concerned people wrote hundreds of letters, unanimously opposed to the logging plan, as public comment - only to fall on deaf ears.
Earlier this month members of the Cheam Indian Band, and supporters from Chilliwack, blockaded the main CN rail lines for 30 hours in an effort to halt logging in the watershed which they have used sustainably for thousands of years for medicine plants, vision quests, berry picking, hunting, and making shale knives. The Cheam assert that they still have title to this part of their unceded Pilalt territory and that their consent is needed before any logging takes place. June Quipp, an active Cheam elder explained that "now our Sacred Mountains are under attack and if there is no stop to this destruction our place of spiritual practice (like your church) will be totally destroyed."
Yesterday's incident comes as no surprise to protesters who have seen a constant escalation of Cattermole's intimidation tactics in the absence of action by the Worker Compensation Board (responsible for workplace safety), the police, Cattermole executives and the BC government - despite numerous official complaints. Forest researcher Rick McCallion, who narrowly escaped injury in the incident, said "I personally informed Cattermole Timber, the Worker Compensation Board, and the RCMP that Cattermole employees were out of control in Elk Creek, after similar previous incidents. They chose to do nothing, and in so doing they knowingly placed everyone on the ground at Elk Creek in grave danger."
"It is high time for Forest Minister Mike De Jong to call an end to logging in Elk Creek before tragedy strikes. His government's choice to ignore the best interests and the safety of the local people, and his ongoing lack of action to resolve the issue makes him ultimately responsible for the highly dangerous and unfortunate situation in Elk Creek today."
In a letter dated May 8th, Sidney Douglas, Head Councilor for Cheam, warned Kerry Grozier, District Forest Manager, saying "it appears that the MOF and Cattermole are following a course of non-recognition of Pilalt Title that lays the groundwork for potential conflict and confrontation." In a later letter, dated October 1, Sidney Douglas said that "this was a bad decision when considered from any perspective other than one that envisions a total repudiation of aboriginal rights, completely ignores environmental and conservation issues and considers only factors that result in a total capitulation to the economic interests of the logging industry."
Joe Foy, a spokesperson for the Western Canada Wilderness Committee, when told of the attack on the protesters had this to say. "It's time to halt the logging at Elk Creek. Hundreds of people wrote in to the Chilliwack Forest Service that they did not want the logging - and when it was approved by the Forest Service anyway, it should come as no surprise that people are protesting the logging. MLA Les, must immediately condemn this violent attack on the peaceful protesters at Elk Creek - before one of them gets killed. His "martyrdom" comment can be seen as contributing to a cult of violence amongst the Cattermole logging crew."
This morning, for the first time in weeks, no helicopters were heard bringing Cattermole employees into Elk Creek. Protesters say that they will not let Cattermole's physical intimidation tactics keep them out of the public forest and promise to continue their presence and their dissent in the woods.
For Interviews Contact:
June Quipp (Cheam elder) and incident victims: 604-794-5715
Diane Moen, Elk Creek Conservation Coalition : 604-794-3812
Joe Foy Wilderness Committee: 604-880-2580
For more information:
http://www.elkcreekaction.org/
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Right on canadaian loggers keep up the good work. In the immortal words of our new gov, crush your enemies under foot and dance on their graves and listen to the lamentations of their women.
sounds like you where sold out again, this seems to be happening all the time. what is the story?
PRESS RELEASE
What: Forest protectors return saw dust from sacred Elk Creek to Cattermole
Timber head office in dramatic action
When: This morning, Oct. 30th 2003, 11:20 a.m.
Where: Downtown Vancouver
The war in the woods raging in sacred Elk Creek, near Chilliwack, was brought to Cattermole Timber's head office this morning in a dramatic action taken by a group of forest protectors. A group of about 25 forest protectors and broadcast media visited the Cattermole office in Downtown Vancouver at 1055 W Hastings this morning at 11:20. They scattered saw dust, the remains of a Cheam First Nation sacred site, throughout the office. A Cattermole Timber employee in the office was caught on tape punching an independent media cameraperson during the incident.
"This is a wake up call to Cattermole Timber and the BC Liberals. We're saying that we won't sit back and watch as the sacred lands of the Cheam people are desecrated by a government bent on scarring some of the last intact temperate rainforest in the Lower Mainland," said Rachel Carson, from the scene of the action.
Native Forest defender James Mickelson explained that ,"This is also an answer to Cattermole Timber's campaign of physical intimidation against peaceful forest defenders, and to the politicians who refuse to take steps to resolve this issue, or even engage in dialogue. We hold you responsible for the actions of your workers who have beaten up peaceful people in the woods, chased people with chainsaws, aimed falling trees, and uttered death threats. Your thug tactics will not keep us from voicing our opposition and from acting against this injustice."
The Chilliwack RCMP are currently investigating two incidents where out-of-control loggers attacked peaceful people in the forest, as Cattermole Supervisors looked on.
700 people wrote letters, made phone calls to their politicians, wrote to newspapers and pursued all legal avenues in a two-year effort to prevent the logging in Elk Creek - a remnant forest home to 800 year-old firs, and endangered species like the Spotted Owl and the Marbled Murelet. A recent revelation from a "Freedom of Information" inquiry showed that all submissions to the public review process were unanimously opposed to the logging in this sensitive area. All this fell on deaf ears of corporate and government decision makers.
Earlier this month, members of the Cheam Indian Band and supporters from Chilliwack blockaded the main CN rail line for 30 hours in an effort to halt logging in the Elk Creek watershed, which they have used sustainably for thousands of years for medicine plants, vision quests, berry picking, hunting, and making shale knives. The Cheam assert that they still have Aboriginal Title to this part of their unceded Pilalt territory, and that their consent is needed before any logging takes place. June Quipp, an active Cheam elder, explained that, "Now our Sacred Mountains are under attack, and if there is no stop to this destruction, our place of spiritual practice (like your church) will be totally destroyed."
In a letter dated May 8th, Sidney Douglas, Head Councilor for Cheam, warned Kerry Grozier, District Forest Manager, saying, "It appears that the MOF and Cattermole are following a course of non-recognition of Pilalt Title that lays the groundwork for potential conflict and confrontation." In a later letter, dated October 1, Sidney Douglas said that, "This was a bad decision when considered from any perspective other than one that envisions a total repudiation of aboriginal rights, completely ignores environmental and conservation issues and considers only factors that result in a total capitulation to the economic interests of the logging industry."
Forest researcher Rick McCallion said, "It is high time for Forest Minister Mike De Jong to call an end to logging in Elk Creek before tragedy strikes. His government's choice to ignore the best interests and the safety of the local people, and his ongoing lack of action to resolve the issue makes him ultimately responsible for the highly dangerous and unfortunate situation in Elk Creek today."
Earlier this week, Joe Foy, a spokesperson for the Western Canada Wilderness Committee, said, "It's time to halt the logging at Elk Creek. Hundreds of people wrote in to the Chilliwack Forest Service that they did not want the logging - and when it was approved by the Forest Service anyway, it should come as no surprise that people are protesting the logging."
Concerned citizens of Chilliwack are still waiting for a response from Forest Minister Mike De Jong, who attended a meeting on the matter on Oct. 4th in Rosedale and promised to address concerns within a week; he has yet to make a statement or act to resolve the issue.
For Interviews Contact:
June Quipp (Cheam elder): 604-794-5715
To Contact participants in today's action call: 604 794- 5715
For Context on the Elk Creek issue call:
Diane Moen,
Elk Creek Conservation Coalition : 604-794-3812
Joe Foy Wilderness Committee: 604-880-2580
What: Forest protectors return saw dust from sacred Elk Creek to Cattermole
Timber head office in dramatic action
When: This morning, Oct. 30th 2003, 11:20 a.m.
Where: Downtown Vancouver
The war in the woods raging in sacred Elk Creek, near Chilliwack, was brought to Cattermole Timber's head office this morning in a dramatic action taken by a group of forest protectors. A group of about 25 forest protectors and broadcast media visited the Cattermole office in Downtown Vancouver at 1055 W Hastings this morning at 11:20. They scattered saw dust, the remains of a Cheam First Nation sacred site, throughout the office. A Cattermole Timber employee in the office was caught on tape punching an independent media cameraperson during the incident.
"This is a wake up call to Cattermole Timber and the BC Liberals. We're saying that we won't sit back and watch as the sacred lands of the Cheam people are desecrated by a government bent on scarring some of the last intact temperate rainforest in the Lower Mainland," said Rachel Carson, from the scene of the action.
Native Forest defender James Mickelson explained that ,"This is also an answer to Cattermole Timber's campaign of physical intimidation against peaceful forest defenders, and to the politicians who refuse to take steps to resolve this issue, or even engage in dialogue. We hold you responsible for the actions of your workers who have beaten up peaceful people in the woods, chased people with chainsaws, aimed falling trees, and uttered death threats. Your thug tactics will not keep us from voicing our opposition and from acting against this injustice."
The Chilliwack RCMP are currently investigating two incidents where out-of-control loggers attacked peaceful people in the forest, as Cattermole Supervisors looked on.
700 people wrote letters, made phone calls to their politicians, wrote to newspapers and pursued all legal avenues in a two-year effort to prevent the logging in Elk Creek - a remnant forest home to 800 year-old firs, and endangered species like the Spotted Owl and the Marbled Murelet. A recent revelation from a "Freedom of Information" inquiry showed that all submissions to the public review process were unanimously opposed to the logging in this sensitive area. All this fell on deaf ears of corporate and government decision makers.
Earlier this month, members of the Cheam Indian Band and supporters from Chilliwack blockaded the main CN rail line for 30 hours in an effort to halt logging in the Elk Creek watershed, which they have used sustainably for thousands of years for medicine plants, vision quests, berry picking, hunting, and making shale knives. The Cheam assert that they still have Aboriginal Title to this part of their unceded Pilalt territory, and that their consent is needed before any logging takes place. June Quipp, an active Cheam elder, explained that, "Now our Sacred Mountains are under attack, and if there is no stop to this destruction, our place of spiritual practice (like your church) will be totally destroyed."
In a letter dated May 8th, Sidney Douglas, Head Councilor for Cheam, warned Kerry Grozier, District Forest Manager, saying, "It appears that the MOF and Cattermole are following a course of non-recognition of Pilalt Title that lays the groundwork for potential conflict and confrontation." In a later letter, dated October 1, Sidney Douglas said that, "This was a bad decision when considered from any perspective other than one that envisions a total repudiation of aboriginal rights, completely ignores environmental and conservation issues and considers only factors that result in a total capitulation to the economic interests of the logging industry."
Forest researcher Rick McCallion said, "It is high time for Forest Minister Mike De Jong to call an end to logging in Elk Creek before tragedy strikes. His government's choice to ignore the best interests and the safety of the local people, and his ongoing lack of action to resolve the issue makes him ultimately responsible for the highly dangerous and unfortunate situation in Elk Creek today."
Earlier this week, Joe Foy, a spokesperson for the Western Canada Wilderness Committee, said, "It's time to halt the logging at Elk Creek. Hundreds of people wrote in to the Chilliwack Forest Service that they did not want the logging - and when it was approved by the Forest Service anyway, it should come as no surprise that people are protesting the logging."
Concerned citizens of Chilliwack are still waiting for a response from Forest Minister Mike De Jong, who attended a meeting on the matter on Oct. 4th in Rosedale and promised to address concerns within a week; he has yet to make a statement or act to resolve the issue.
For Interviews Contact:
June Quipp (Cheam elder): 604-794-5715
To Contact participants in today's action call: 604 794- 5715
For Context on the Elk Creek issue call:
Diane Moen,
Elk Creek Conservation Coalition : 604-794-3812
Joe Foy Wilderness Committee: 604-880-2580
For more information:
http://www.elkcreekaction.org/
PRESS RELEASE
What: Forest protectors return saw dust from sacred Elk Creek to Cattermole
Timber head office in dramatic action
When: This morning, Oct. 30th 2003, 11:20 a.m.
Where: Downtown Vancouver
The war in the woods raging in sacred Elk Creek, near Chilliwack, was brought to Cattermole Timber's head office this morning in a dramatic action taken by a group of forest protectors. A group of about 25 forest protectors and broadcast media visited the Cattermole office in Downtown Vancouver at 1055 W Hastings this morning at 11:20. They scattered saw dust, the remains of a Cheam First Nation sacred site, throughout the office. A Cattermole Timber employee in the office was caught on tape punching an independent media cameraperson during the incident.
"This is a wake up call to Cattermole Timber and the BC Liberals. We're saying that we won't sit back and watch as the sacred lands of the Cheam people are desecrated by a government bent on scarring some of the last intact temperate rainforest in the Lower Mainland," said Rachel Carson, from the scene of the action.
Native Forest defender James Mickelson explained that ,"This is also an answer to Cattermole Timber's campaign of physical intimidation against peaceful forest defenders, and to the politicians who refuse to take steps to resolve this issue, or even engage in dialogue. We hold you responsible for the actions of your workers who have beaten up peaceful people in the woods, chased people with chainsaws, aimed falling trees, and uttered death threats. Your thug tactics will not keep us from voicing our opposition and from acting against this injustice."
The Chilliwack RCMP are currently investigating two incidents where out-of-control loggers attacked peaceful people in the forest, as Cattermole Supervisors looked on.
700 people wrote letters, made phone calls to their politicians, wrote to newspapers and pursued all legal avenues in a two-year effort to prevent the logging in Elk Creek - a remnant forest home to 800 year-old firs, and endangered species like the Spotted Owl and the Marbled Murelet. A recent revelation from a "Freedom of Information" inquiry showed that all submissions to the public review process were unanimously opposed to the logging in this sensitive area. All this fell on deaf ears of corporate and government decision makers.
Earlier this month, members of the Cheam Indian Band and supporters from Chilliwack blockaded the main CN rail line for 30 hours in an effort to halt logging in the Elk Creek watershed, which they have used sustainably for thousands of years for medicine plants, vision quests, berry picking, hunting, and making shale knives. The Cheam assert that they still have Aboriginal Title to this part of their unceded Pilalt territory, and that their consent is needed before any logging takes place. June Quipp, an active Cheam elder, explained that, "Now our Sacred Mountains are under attack, and if there is no stop to this destruction, our place of spiritual practice (like your church) will be totally destroyed."
In a letter dated May 8th, Sidney Douglas, Head Councilor for Cheam, warned Kerry Grozier, District Forest Manager, saying, "It appears that the MOF and Cattermole are following a course of non-recognition of Pilalt Title that lays the groundwork for potential conflict and confrontation." In a later letter, dated October 1, Sidney Douglas said that, "This was a bad decision when considered from any perspective other than one that envisions a total repudiation of aboriginal rights, completely ignores environmental and conservation issues and considers only factors that result in a total capitulation to the economic interests of the logging industry."
Forest researcher Rick McCallion said, "It is high time for Forest Minister Mike De Jong to call an end to logging in Elk Creek before tragedy strikes. His government's choice to ignore the best interests and the safety of the local people, and his ongoing lack of action to resolve the issue makes him ultimately responsible for the highly dangerous and unfortunate situation in Elk Creek today."
Earlier this week, Joe Foy, a spokesperson for the Western Canada Wilderness Committee, said, "It's time to halt the logging at Elk Creek. Hundreds of people wrote in to the Chilliwack Forest Service that they did not want the logging - and when it was approved by the Forest Service anyway, it should come as no surprise that people are protesting the logging."
Concerned citizens of Chilliwack are still waiting for a response from Forest Minister Mike De Jong, who attended a meeting on the matter on Oct. 4th in Rosedale and promised to address concerns within a week; he has yet to make a statement or act to resolve the issue.
For Interviews Contact:
June Quipp (Cheam elder): 604-794-5715
To Contact participants in today's action call: 604 794- 5715
For Context on the Elk Creek issue call:
Diane Moen,
Elk Creek Conservation Coalition : 604-794-3812
Joe Foy Wilderness Committee: 604-880-2580
What: Forest protectors return saw dust from sacred Elk Creek to Cattermole
Timber head office in dramatic action
When: This morning, Oct. 30th 2003, 11:20 a.m.
Where: Downtown Vancouver
The war in the woods raging in sacred Elk Creek, near Chilliwack, was brought to Cattermole Timber's head office this morning in a dramatic action taken by a group of forest protectors. A group of about 25 forest protectors and broadcast media visited the Cattermole office in Downtown Vancouver at 1055 W Hastings this morning at 11:20. They scattered saw dust, the remains of a Cheam First Nation sacred site, throughout the office. A Cattermole Timber employee in the office was caught on tape punching an independent media cameraperson during the incident.
"This is a wake up call to Cattermole Timber and the BC Liberals. We're saying that we won't sit back and watch as the sacred lands of the Cheam people are desecrated by a government bent on scarring some of the last intact temperate rainforest in the Lower Mainland," said Rachel Carson, from the scene of the action.
Native Forest defender James Mickelson explained that ,"This is also an answer to Cattermole Timber's campaign of physical intimidation against peaceful forest defenders, and to the politicians who refuse to take steps to resolve this issue, or even engage in dialogue. We hold you responsible for the actions of your workers who have beaten up peaceful people in the woods, chased people with chainsaws, aimed falling trees, and uttered death threats. Your thug tactics will not keep us from voicing our opposition and from acting against this injustice."
The Chilliwack RCMP are currently investigating two incidents where out-of-control loggers attacked peaceful people in the forest, as Cattermole Supervisors looked on.
700 people wrote letters, made phone calls to their politicians, wrote to newspapers and pursued all legal avenues in a two-year effort to prevent the logging in Elk Creek - a remnant forest home to 800 year-old firs, and endangered species like the Spotted Owl and the Marbled Murelet. A recent revelation from a "Freedom of Information" inquiry showed that all submissions to the public review process were unanimously opposed to the logging in this sensitive area. All this fell on deaf ears of corporate and government decision makers.
Earlier this month, members of the Cheam Indian Band and supporters from Chilliwack blockaded the main CN rail line for 30 hours in an effort to halt logging in the Elk Creek watershed, which they have used sustainably for thousands of years for medicine plants, vision quests, berry picking, hunting, and making shale knives. The Cheam assert that they still have Aboriginal Title to this part of their unceded Pilalt territory, and that their consent is needed before any logging takes place. June Quipp, an active Cheam elder, explained that, "Now our Sacred Mountains are under attack, and if there is no stop to this destruction, our place of spiritual practice (like your church) will be totally destroyed."
In a letter dated May 8th, Sidney Douglas, Head Councilor for Cheam, warned Kerry Grozier, District Forest Manager, saying, "It appears that the MOF and Cattermole are following a course of non-recognition of Pilalt Title that lays the groundwork for potential conflict and confrontation." In a later letter, dated October 1, Sidney Douglas said that, "This was a bad decision when considered from any perspective other than one that envisions a total repudiation of aboriginal rights, completely ignores environmental and conservation issues and considers only factors that result in a total capitulation to the economic interests of the logging industry."
Forest researcher Rick McCallion said, "It is high time for Forest Minister Mike De Jong to call an end to logging in Elk Creek before tragedy strikes. His government's choice to ignore the best interests and the safety of the local people, and his ongoing lack of action to resolve the issue makes him ultimately responsible for the highly dangerous and unfortunate situation in Elk Creek today."
Earlier this week, Joe Foy, a spokesperson for the Western Canada Wilderness Committee, said, "It's time to halt the logging at Elk Creek. Hundreds of people wrote in to the Chilliwack Forest Service that they did not want the logging - and when it was approved by the Forest Service anyway, it should come as no surprise that people are protesting the logging."
Concerned citizens of Chilliwack are still waiting for a response from Forest Minister Mike De Jong, who attended a meeting on the matter on Oct. 4th in Rosedale and promised to address concerns within a week; he has yet to make a statement or act to resolve the issue.
For Interviews Contact:
June Quipp (Cheam elder): 604-794-5715
To Contact participants in today's action call: 604 794- 5715
For Context on the Elk Creek issue call:
Diane Moen,
Elk Creek Conservation Coalition : 604-794-3812
Joe Foy Wilderness Committee: 604-880-2580
For more information:
http://www.elkcreekaction.org/
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The truth is usually somewhere in the middle..I couldn't find any reference to the incident from any neutral sources so I suspect that the story has been embellished a tad here and there..The logger probably did fire up a chainsaw and wield it in an aggressive manner..but i doubt that he ran after anyone with it. I have been on both sides of incidences similar to this and in all cases, the truth was stretched beyond recognition by both sides....
But, gettting back to the Logging company..they obviously have no conscience as to what damage their logging does and so protesting them way out in the boonies where only they can see you is futile....Who do they sell their lumber to ??? Hopefully not overseas..but if they would focus their protests on the users of the material, who are usually located in more populous areas, they just may find some people with consciences...especially if they start losing orders..
But, gettting back to the Logging company..they obviously have no conscience as to what damage their logging does and so protesting them way out in the boonies where only they can see you is futile....Who do they sell their lumber to ??? Hopefully not overseas..but if they would focus their protests on the users of the material, who are usually located in more populous areas, they just may find some people with consciences...especially if they start losing orders..
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