Tensions between the Council of the Haida Nation and the province of British Columbia have escalated, with the Haida telling forestry companies they will not be allowed to log timber sold to them by the province. Letters have been sent to two companies who recently purchased logging rights on Haida Gwaii, saying that because the Haida Nation did not approve the purchases, they will not be recognized. The letters are the latest in a series of actions the nation has taken to express its displeasure with the province’s management of forestry assets on the archipelago off B.C.’s West Coast. Haida Nation president kil tlaats ‘gaa (Peter Lantin) has warned frustration among the Haida “has built up to a place where it’s going to build up.”