
UPDATED: Port Renfrew Big Trees Map
Explore the updated Port Renfrew Big Trees Map with new directions, trails, and routes to iconic giants like Big Lonely Doug, Eden Grove, and more.
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TJ Watt2026-05-29 15:39:342026-05-29 15:40:49UPDATED: Port Renfrew Big Trees Map
NEW! West Coast Old-Growth Hiking Guide
Explore AFA’s NEW West Coast old-growth hiking guide. From Clayoquot Sound to Port Alberni, there are trails for every skill level!
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TJ Watt2026-05-29 12:06:002026-05-29 15:42:38NEW! West Coast Old-Growth Hiking Guide
Now Hiring: Contract Graphic Designer!
Ancient Forest Alliance is hiring a contract Graphic Designer to help bring our campaigns to life through print and digital materials.
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TJ Watt2026-05-22 12:22:292026-05-22 12:22:29Now Hiring: Contract Graphic Designer!
Design AFA’s Next T-Shirt and Help Protect Old-Growth Forests!
Calling all artists! For Earth Month, AFA is launching our first-ever Community T-Shirt Design Contest.
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TJ Watt2026-05-15 08:13:232026-05-19 09:33:44Design AFA’s Next T-Shirt and Help Protect Old-Growth Forests!
The Style of Support
/in AnnouncementsInspire Hair Design will be donating $1 from every hair service rendered this November to our campaign to protect BC's endangered old-growth ecosystems! Thanks to Inspire Hair Design for being inspired to help the forests! https://inspirehairdesign.ca/
THANK YOU to LUSH, MEC, Patagonia, and the Evergreen Foundation
/in AnnouncementsThe Ancient Forest Alliance is most grateful for the major support of ethical companies and foundations in helping our organization continue our work to protect BC’s endangered old-growth forests and to ensure a sustainable, second-growth forest industry. We are giving great THANKS to:
– LUSH handmade cosmetics and soaps, which has provided major support again, both through its Charity Pot program and through an employee vote of preferred organizations, to the Ancient Forest Alliance. We are most grateful for their long-term dedication in supporting numerous environmental organizations, including the Ancient Forest Alliance for three years now! Their staff have also helped to write hundreds of letters and push political decision makers to protect the ancient forests east of Vancouver. See their website www.LUSH.ca
– The Evergreen Foundation, which has provided support for a Coastal Douglas-Fir ecosystem restoration project (invasive species removal and native tree and shrub planting) through their partnership with Canon, as part of the Take Root Program. The Ancient Forest Alliance partnered with the Ecological Pathfinders of Portage Park and the Victoria Green Team to help restore a portion of Portage Park’s native Garry oak and Douglas-fir/maple ecosystem in September. See their website www.Evergreen.ca
– To the Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) Victoria store and staff, whose staff voted the AFA as their preferred organization to support this year. The MEC was also instrumental in supporting the AFA’s campaign to protect the Avatar Grove in 2012. See their website www.MEC.ca
– To Patagonia Victoria, whose new store in Victoria has chosen the Ancient Forest Alliance as its recipient as part of the 1% For The Planet donation. Patagonia has a long history of supporting the conservation movement and their generosity will allow us to expand our campaigns. See their website.
VIDEO: Reexamining the Forest
/in VideoThis great video by Wyatt Visuals, featuring researcher Ira Sutherland and Tla-o-qui-aht canoe carver Joe Martin, describes their work to measure the ecosystem services of Vancouver Island’s old-growth forests, including for First Nations cultural uses, in Nuu-chah-nulth territory in 2014.
Click here to watch on Vimeo.