Woman protester stops Walpole logging in pristine Challar forest Protester Kelly Booth, perched 7m up a pole has stopped logging in the forest on the Deep River, 60km north of Walpole. Picture: Jess Beckerling Source: Supplied WA Forest Alliance spokeswoman Jess Beckerling in front of karri trees believed to be up to 600 years old. LOGGING in the Challar Forest near Walpole has been stopped due to a protester who has perched herself 7m above the ground on a steel pole. The protester has been identified as Walpole resident Kelly Booth who says the protest action is to stop the "native forests being destroyed." According to a statement released this morning by the WA Forest Alliance the protest action has stopped "logging machinery from operating" near one of the cleanest river in Australia - the Deep River. WA Forest Alliance convener Jess Beckerling said in the statement: "The Deep River is the cleanest river in Western Australia and by some official records the cleanest in the country. The reason it's still so pure is because its catchment is still forested. Clear-felling this beautiful forest threatens the Deep River. Ms Booth added: "I am doing this because I can't stand to see our native forests being destroyed. The southwest forests are so beautiful and so valuable. There are Carnaby's Cockatoos nesting in this forest right now. They're going to become extinct in my lifetime unless their nesting hollows and food supplies are protected. We cannot afford to lose any more habitat for our threatened species. There is no reason to be logging our forests and endangering our wildlife.