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1993, in the summer,enviromental groups fought the provincial government and Macmillan Bloedel company
for a 350 000-square-hectare region These people protested what they considered a vicious attack on one of the last virgin
fir forests on the continent. Protesters blocked workers from work. Then the government pointed out results to the economy
if the rich timber area is not exploited. Enviromentalists said their concerns over serious shortages of wood for the processing
plants over the next few years. More territory is dedicated to parks, etc., it will result in less sustainable commercial
forest harvesting. During that, creating wilderness areas logging was permitted in only certain area. But the company argued
that cutting was the only method of logging on the steep slopes and that new trees would grow better under this safe method.
protesters pointed out the "moonscapes" of desolated slopes in the other deforested areas on Vancouver Island.
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