A hiker walks through the giant trees of the Lower Avatar Grove.

AVATAR GROVE HIKE – Thursday, Aug. 25th

Meet 12:00 pm at the Coastal Kitchen Cafe in Port Renfrew ***NOTE - please park on the side street across from the Cafe to save the limited parking spaces for customers***. Hike will finish at 3pm
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A woman in a teal hoodie stands beside massive bigleaf maple with octopus-like branches at Royal Roads.

Sat. Aug 27: Nature Walk and Fundraiser at GREATER VICTORIA’S FINEST ANCIENT FOREST

Nature Walk and Fundraiser with Victoria Natural History Society president Darren Copley and Royal BC Museum curator and entomologist Claudia Copley, and with the Ancient Forest Alliance’s Ken Wu and TJ Watt through the Spectacular ROYAL ROADS ANCIENT FOREST
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Sumallo Grove

Sun. Aug 28: LOWER MAINLAND Ancient Forest WALK and FUNDRAISER in Manning Park’s Magnificent SUMALLO GROVE

Join Ancient Forest Alliance campaigners Ken Wu and TJ Watt and lichenologist Stu Crawford (tentative) on an easy nature walk and talk through one of the most incredible old-growth forests left in the Lower Mainland, the Sumallo Grove in Manning Provincial Park, through a grove that is one of the most diverse ancient forests in the province
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A giant old-growth redcedar in lush rainforest of Goldstream Park where the photography workshop will be held.

Ancient Forest & Nature Photography Workshop with the AFA’s TJ Watt!

Join the Ancient Forest Alliance’s award-winning photographer TJ Watt for a fun, hands-on photography workshop intended for novices and amateurs in the incredible old-growth forests of Goldstream Park!

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A large group of visitors walk through the Lower Avatar Grove. A boardwalk will help protect the Grove's ecological integrity

AVATAR GROVE EXTRAVAGANZA: Biodiversity Hike and Fundraiser! Sunday, August 7th

Meet 1:00 pm in Port Renfrew at the new Tourist Info Center (right side of the road upon entering town), after which time we’ll drive in a convoy to the Avatar Grove. Hike 1:30 – 3:30 pm. Cost: sliding scale - $25 to $100 per individual (children are free)
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Naming rights for this new species of Bryoria or “Horsehair Lichen”

Award-winning Canadian poet Don McKay takes lichen-naming bid to $3,500

McKay is the author of twelve books of poetry and has been publishing since 1973. His poems are ecologically centred, inspired by the conflict between inspiration and spiritual, instinct and knowledge and he sees his writing as “nature poetry in a time of environmental crisis.”
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A waterfall cascades through the old-growth redcedars in the endagered Avatar Grove.

Camping in Port Renfrew? Try the Pacheedaht Campground and RV park!

To get to the campground from Victoria take West Coast HWY #14 and turn RIGHT onto Deering rd immediately upon reaching Port Renfrew. Cross the single lane bridge over the San Juan River and once on the other side there is camp parking on both the left and right hand side of the road.
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A waterfall cascades through the old-growth redcedars in the endagered Avatar Grove.

Canada’s Largest Tree – The Cheewhat Giant!

Click to see Canada's largest tree, a western redcedar named the Cheewhat Giant growing in a remote location near Cheewhat Lake within Pacific Rim National Park Reserve on southerwestern Vancouver Island! The clip also features new clearcuts and giant stumps of redcedar trees, some over 4 meters (14 feet) in diameter in the nearby Klanawa Valley and Nitinat Lake/Rosander Main region.
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Victoria’s 12th Annual Ska Festival July 5th-9th

A big thanks goes out to the Victoria Ska Fest organizers for inviting the Ancient Forest Alliance to be a part of the event as well as donating a portion of the proceeds towards us! Read more to find out show times and locations!
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A waterfall cascades through the old-growth redcedars in the endagered Avatar Grove.
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Canadian Student Takes Top Prize in International Environmental Journalism Competition with an Article on Avatar Grove

International winner Liz Welliver, whose article “Making a Stand for Avatar” captures the attempts to preserve a newfound swath of ancient old growth forests in BC, was among three youth to take home a prize in the Canadian leg of the competition.
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