Forestry workers and their families gathered along a road leading into the Fairy Creek watershed on Saturday in a bid to protect their right to make a living in the forestry sector, which they say is under threat.

The gathering was a counter rally to the blockades and arrests that are ongoing near Port Renfrew. B.C, about a two-hour drive west from Victoria.

Protesters there say they are willing to defy a court injunction allowing logging activities in the area by