For the past 50 years, forest activists have been campaigning to end native logging in one of Australia’s most diverse natural environments, Western Australia’s native forests.  Remarkably, on September 8 2021, the WA State Government responded to activists’ pleas.  In what’s been described as unprecedented in Australian environmental history, the state government announced that a massive change of policy would come into effect by 2024.   “We’re going to stop logging in our native forests … to preserve these beautiful, magnificent, wonderful areas for future generations of West Australians,” WA Premier Mark McGowan said.  Former WA Greens member Giz Watson says many were stunned by the announcement.  So how did the decades’ long movement to prevent native logging arrive at this historic moment?  Bombings, celebrity protesters, and more than a pinch of passion and danger have all played a part.