The blockade continues at the Bigmouth Forest Service Road, 120 kilometres north of Revelstoke.

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The protest, which started with marches in the city in solidarity with the blockades at Fairy Creek on Vancouver Island, morphed into a more local focus, with the Revelstoke blockade beginning July 7.

The blockaders are protecting three cut blocks that were not included with 11 others in a government deferral, December 2020, meant to temporarily prevent logging in the area until the caribou herd planning process is complete.

The demand to leave the Argonaut drainage alone is supported by First Nations, including the Splatsin and Ktunaxa Nations, and environmental organizations, such as Wildsight, Y2Y, Wilderness Committee and Valhalla Wilderness Society.

Also of concern is the inland temperate rainforest in the area.

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Since setting up camp on the forest service road, Downie Timber has stopped road building and harvesting operations in the area.

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