Na̲nwak̲olas Council president Dallas Smith [said]… more than a century of industrial old-growth logging has mowed down these forest giants, putting the shared spiritual and cultural well-being of First Nations at risk. So, old-growth cedars will no longer be valued solely as commodity, but also for their incalculable cultural worth, Smith said. …Na̲nwak̲olas Council and a number of forestry companies have made a groundbreaking agreement to ensure the monumental sacred trees are protected from logging within members’ traditional territories. Na̲nwak̲olas… has established a large cultural cedar operations protocol with two forestry companies, Smith said Tuesday. For the first time, Western Forest Products and Interfor have agreed to abide by the traditional laws governing the stewardship of large cultural cedar trees in council members’ territories, said Smith, adding more companies are expected to sign on soon.