A poll conducted by Sierra Club B.C. and Insights West to gauge public opinion around provincial forestry practices has found 78 per cent of British Columbians are concerned about old-growth logging.

It also found 74 per cent support the doubling of protected land in the province.

The publication of the results come as blockades and arrests continue on southern Vancouver Island where protesters are trying to stop old-growth logging in the Fairy Creek and Walbran Valley areas on southern Vancouver Island. 

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