For over 30 years, people have been fighting to save the Walbran. Blockades and direct actions in the early 1990s led to the creation of the Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park. Missing, however, from the park protections were the central and upper Walbran Valley. Will O’Connel says, “As soon as we knew this was falling, there was no question but to mobilize. We will be here until they haul us out.” …“A lot of our hope was crushed by Fairy Creek,” O’Connel admits. “Yet, we’re still here fighting. The government relies on the fact that most people aren’t in the forest to see what’s really happening. …“Blockading is not a marathon; it’s a relay. We just hope people will be here to pick up the baton,” says O’Connel.