Statement from the Splatsin First Nation and Shuswap Nation Tribal council Kukpi7 supports old-growth logging blockade in the Bigmouth River valley; Chief Wayne Christian to join blockade on July 11.
A blockade on Bigmouth Forest Service Road was announced on July 7, but activists have been preparing for much longer. We went on scene to talk to demonstrators about their involvement, and the urgency of the movement.
The newly formed Old Growth Revylution is organizing the blockade, located 122 kilometers north of Revelstoke on the Bigmouth Forestry Service Road.
