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Avatar Grove Hike – Sunday July 25

Jul 22 2010/in Announcements

On Sunday, July 25, join the Ancient Forest Alliance’s forest campaigner + photographer TJ Watt and communications director Brendan Harry to visit the magnificent but endangered “Avatar Grove”. The grove is home to dozens of ancient redcedar trees, many of which are at least 13 feet across, centuries old, and covered in massive alien-shaped burls! Rare old-growth Douglas fir trees, of which 99% of have been logged, are also found in the grove. Avatar Grove is currently flagged for logging despite its potential to become a major tourism destination, the “Cathedral Grove of Port Renfrew”, and important ecological value.

For information about this magnificent but endangered grove, visit: www.ancientforestalliance.org

To see images of the area, visit: https://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=480609145246&v=photos#!/group.php?gid=480609145246&v=photos&so=0

!!! To participate, please RSVP by TODAY Thursday, July 22nd to: katrina@15.222.255.145 !!!

We will meet in Port Renfrew at the Coastal Kitchen Cafe at 12:00 noon. The drive from Victoria to Port Renfrew takes approximately 2 hours. We will leave from Port Renfrew for Avatar Grove at 12:30 pm. Avatar Grove is another 15 minutes’ drive from Port Renfrew. Upon arrival, everyone will be able to stay for as long as they choose. Participants must bring their own lunch & snacks, water, rain gear, hiking boots, and wonderful attitude!

Directions and a Google map to the area can be found at: https://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/news-item.php?ID=68

***NOTE: Gas is not always available in Port Renfrew, so be sure to fill up in Sooke.

***NOTE: Only those with a solid sense of balance and good hiking experience may come on this particular trip. The hike requires bushwhacking through rugged and irregular terrain, climbing over giant logs, and scaling some steep embankments. All participants will be required to sign a waiver form. Vehicles should be in good mechanical order and carrying a spare tire. Four-wheel drive is not necessary as most of the roads are paved.

Organise a Fundraiser for the Ancient Forest Alliance

Jul 18 2010/in Take Action

Organise a Fundraiser for the Ancient Forest Alliance

The ides of July has arrived and we are just two weeks away from our $30,000 July 31 fundraising deadline. The recent slew of highly successful community-organised benefits events has gone a long way toward our target, and it would be wonderful to maintain this level of momentum.

The Ancient Forest Alliance is working to build the strongest campaign on just a fraction of the funds typically used by the larger environmental groups. YOU can help us do exactly that by hosting a fundraiser for us!

Organise a simple fundraiser for us. This could include:

– Holding a yard sale/ garage sale.

– Selling your unneeded items on E-Bay or Craigslist and donating us the proceeds.

– Holding a benefit house party for us (charge a fee or by donation…)

To find out more, e-mail us at: info@ancientforestalliance.org

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New Images of Massive Trees and Giant Stumps on Google Earth

Jul 18 2010/in Announcements

New Images of Massive Trees and Giant Stumps on Google Earth

Ancient forest campaigner and photographer TJ Watt has been steadily uploading new shots of BC’s biggest trees and most massive stumps to Google Earth, a popular global satellite-imaging program. This allows users around the world to view ancient forest photographs on both Google Earth and Google Maps.

Many of the areas the Ancient Forest Alliance (AFA) documents on Vancouver Island are quite remote; by tagging photos and providing GPS coordinates on Google Earth, the AFA is able make these magnificent, remote ecosystems accessible to viewers all over the world.

To view TJ’s images, visit the link to the Panoramio galley at: https://www.panoramio.com/user/3576104

To see them mapped visit: https://www.panoramio.com/map/?user=3576104

Keep visiting the image gallery! Great new photos will be added regularly.

Also, for those interested in doing some research of their own, Google Earth is a great way to familiarise yourself with BC’s landscape and to see what is truly happening down BC’s backroads. For a free download of the Google Earth program visit: https://earth.google.com/