Our logs, our cabins

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The folks blockading Highway 903 in northern Saskatchewan are showing their resolve to stop clear-cut timber harvests goes far beyond the summer months.

With the first chills of autumn and winter in the air, the protesters have announced they will build cabins to carry their demonstration through the winter months. One of their first building projects is a school so that their action may remain a family affair.

And it appears Mistik Management's cutting program may have some value to the protesters after all. Spokesman Ruth Iron says the group plan to build their cabins from cut timbers now lying in the forest.

We can't help but wonder if this is what people mean when they talk about co-management agreements.