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Chek News: Document reveals approval to harvest remnant old-growth in B.C.’s northwest
BC Timber Sales has ended a policy protecting remnant old-growth in northwest B.C., citing First Nations’ positions, sparking concerns from ecologists and residents.
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Thank You to Our Silent Auction business Donors!
Thank you to these local businesses for generously donating items and experiences to our first-ever online Silent Auction!
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Statement on the Provincial Forest Advisory Council’s Interim Report – AFA & EEA
The Provincial Forest Advisory Council’s (PFAC) interim report falls short of addressing the root causes of BC’s forestry crisis or outlining the bold, decisive actions needed to reverse it, warn the Ancient Forest Alliance (AFA) and Endangered Ecosystem Alliance (EEA).
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Towering Vancouver Island tree officially second-largest in the country
/in News CoverageAs trees go, it is one colossal conifer.
Tape measures confirm that a Douglas fir tree on Vancouver Island is officially the second-largest in Canada.
According to the B.C. Big Tree Registry run by the University of British Columbia, the tree stands 70.2 metres high, about as tall as an 18-storey building. It has a diameter of 3.91 metres — almost as long as a mid-sized car.
Dubbed “Big Lonely Doug” by those who found it, it takes 11.91 metres of tape to wrap round the base of the enormous evergreen and at the top, the tree’s canopy spreads 18.33 metres across.
Conservationists believe the tree near Port Renfrew, on southern Vancouver Island, could be as much as 1,000 years old.
The country’s largest Douglas fir, located in the San Juan River Valley 20 kilometres east of Big Lonely Doug, stands 73.8 metres tall and has a circumference of 13.28 metres.
Environmentalists opposed to clear-cut logging are calling on the government to stop logging in old-growth forests like the ones where these towering trees are found.
Read more: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/towering-vancouver-island-tree-officially-second-largest-in-the-country/article18202501/
Check out Canada’s second largest Douglas-fir tree (photos)
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Dubbed “Big Lonely Doug”, this Douglas-fir is the second largest tree of its species (Pseudotsuga menziesii) in Canada.
Forest ecologist Andy MacKinnon, who runs the B.C. Big Tree Registry, made it official last week, when he measured the thing.
Here's the stats:
Height: 70.2 metres or 230 feet
Circumference: 11.91 metres or 39 feet
Diameter: 3.91 metres or 12.4 feet
Canopy spread: 18.33 metres or 60.1 feet
Big Lonely Doug, found in the Gordon River valley on southern Vancouver Island, is estimated to be 1,000 years old.
The Ancient Forest Alliance, which sent out the photos, is calling for provincial legislation to protect big trees like this.
Read more: https://www.straight.com/blogra/633296/check-out-canadas-second-largest-douglas-fir-tree-photos
B.C.’s ‘Big Lonely Doug’ is the second-largest tree in Canada
/in News CoveragePORT RENFREW — As trees go, it is one colossal conifer.
Tape measures confirm that a Douglas fir tree on Vancouver Island is officially the second-largest in Canada.
According to the B.C. Big Tree Registry run by the University of B.C., the tree — dubbed “Big Lonely Doug” by those who found it — stands 70.2 metres high, about as tall as an 18-storey building, and has a diameter almost that of a mid-sized car.
It takes 11.91 metres of tape to wrap round the base of the enormous evergreen and at the top, the tree’s canopy spreads across 18.33 metres.
Conservationists believe the tree near Port Renfrew, on southern Vancouver Island, could be as much as 1,000 years old.
The country’s largest Douglas fir, located in the San Juan River Valley 20 kilometres east of Big Lonely Doug, stands 73.8 metres tall and has a circumference of 13.28 metres.
Environmentalists opposed to clear-cut logging are calling on the government to stop logging in old-growth forests such as the ones where these towering trees are found.
Read more: https://www.theprovince.com/technology/Vancouver+Island+Lonely+Doug+second+largest+tree+Canada/9771718/story.html