User:Ademoor/The Summer of '93 - The Struggle for Clayoquot Sound

Clayoquot Sound

Towering Tree near Whistler

Riverbed in Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park

Nurse Log in Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park

The Carmanah Giant, the largest tree in Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park

Clearcut hill in the distance, between Clayoquot Sound and Port Alberni.

Giant Stump. Near Claoquot Sound.

A "Working Forest", near Clayoquot Sound.

Sustainable logging practices? Near Clayoquot Sound.

Scenic view on a clearcut hill. The "Black Hole", near Clayoquot Sound.

Clearcut formerly known as forest. The "Black Hole", near Clayoquot Sound.

Clearcut hill with Greenpeace Banner. The "Black Hole", near Clayoquot Sound.

Hill once covered with trees. Near Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park, Vancouver Island.

Clearcut hill slope. Near Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park, Vancouver Island.

Boundary between former and present forest. Near Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park, Vancouver Island.

Visitor's Impression of a Tree Farm. Near Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park, Vancouver Island.

MacMillan Bloedel logging company staff videotaping the protesters. This evidence would later be used in the court cases.

Gathering near the bridge at dawn.

The loggers and the police have arrived. MacMillan Bloedel staff reads the court injunction to leave the road.

The circle of people to be arrested that day are summoned by the police to leave the road.

The police preparing. MacMillan Bloedel ready to film the arrests.

Final warning.

The first arrest.

The last stand.

The arrested taken to the police station by school bus.

Loggers getting ready to go to work.

Sunrise at the logging road bridge.

The entrance to the "Peace Camp", base of the protesters.

Banner of the Nuu-Chah-Nulth First Nations' People, the original inhabitants of the Clayoquot Sound area.

Overview of the "Peace Camp", base of the protesters. It was situated in the "Black Hole", a previously clearcut area.

Plenary meeting in the Peace Camp. Each night, all plans and conflicts were discussed in an effective consensus-seeking process. One of the main issues on the agenda always was who was going to be arrested the next day.

Another roadblock. Waiting for the authorities and the logging company to arrive.

Showdown, the police and MacMillan Bloedel have arrived. The persons with the pink ribbons were peacekeepers, who were mostly successful in calming down emotions often running very high.

The police arresting a buddhist sitting in lotus position.

The police arresting a grandmother while bystanders are applauding.

Loggers getting ready to cross the bridge across the logging road.

Logging truck passing the protesters after the blockade has been broken.

A banner is removed that a protestor had attached to the flagpole next to the Parliament Buildings.

Protesters and accused gathering outside the courthouse at the first day of the mass-trials.

Moral support.

The first day of the mass-trials: international press coverage of this unique moment in community activism history.

Marching from the courthouse to Parliament Buildings.

Community governance.

If the law is unjust, it needs to be changed: the demonstration has reached Parliament Buildings.

Calling for transparency.

Protecting Nature is not a crime: on the way back to the courthouse, for justice to be done?

First Nations elder making a passionate plea for policy change.