The activists, some of whom have chained themselves in place, say they're protesting the logging of B.C.'s last remaining old-growth forests.
Five of them have been termed "blockades," while one — the Walbran Camp — was set up to observe logging activity.
All of the main camps and blockades lie in valley bottoms on narrow dirt logging roads.
On Saturday RCMP Sgt. Chris Manseau said officers arrested six more people at the Waterfall camp for breaching the B.C. Supreme Court injunction order.
Officers trained in high angle rescue also arrested two people who were in a platform suspended from trees hear the Hatten area.
I have just been released from jail after being arrested blocking old growth logging at Fairy Creek Headwaters.
Among those arrested on Saturday was Tzeporah Berman, director of the environmental organization Stand.earth, who was also arrested for participating in logging protests 30 years ago on Vancouver Island. »
