First Nations' logging plans on Saturna Island prove controversial

Members of the Tsawout First Nation stepped in March 17 to block logging on the community’s reserve on Saturna Island, requesting clearer consultation with community members over the long-ago-approved plan.
“We didn’t get in the way,” said Dan Claxton, a Tsawout member who lives on Saturna; they simply entered the property where logging has been taking place since Feb. 27 and operators shut down their machinery.
Claxton said their request was to “respectfully ask th