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Lichen, logging, land rights: Complex forces play out in fate of ancient B.C. forest

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The area was stewarded by several Indigenous nations that are part of the broader Kwakwaka’wakw or Kwak’wala-speaking peoples before colonization. Today, the plan to log it reveals differing opinions among Kwakwaka’wakw leaders on how to protect old-growth forests, while raising questions about which Aboriginal rights holders the B.C. government chooses to listen to, and why. The situation also shows how stewardship has been blurred by time, mixed lineages, and the division of Indigenous communities and lands under federal legislation that created First Nation reserves and band councils recognized by the Crown.

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Lichen, logging, land rights: Complex forces play out in fate of ancient B.C. forest

Wright and Goward prize the forest in the Tsitika River watershed for its age and biodiversity. But if a plan by the provincial logging agency, BC Timber Sales, goes ahead, the site will be auctioned for clearcut logging by the end of September.

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