This feature article describes Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Parks and the struggle against destructive industrial resource extraction. It includes the story of the Meares Island blockade in 1984 and the more recent fight against the proposed Fandora gold mine in Tranquil Tribal Park. Tribal Parks Guardians have turned the mining company’s surveyors out of the territory for trespassing. The article also describes the ecosystem service fee model as way to fund Tribal Parks stewardship.