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Red Cedar: The Amazing Giving Tree

Sep 15 2020
Here's the first in series of articles by Serena Renner that take a deep dive into the 'tree of life', western redcedar. "Its future in doubt, no other tree has provided such abundance and identity for northwest peoples, or such habitat and carbon storage in the forest." Read on to learn more & see some photos from AFA's TJ Watt.
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B.C taking new approach to preserving old-growth forests

Sep 12 2020
My Campbell River NowSeptember 12, 2020 The province is taking a new, holistic approach as a first step for the benefit of its old-growth forests. This will include the protection of nine areas…
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Conservationists welcome old-growth panel report and positive first steps by BC government to address old-growth crisis

Sep 11 2020
Victoria BC – The Ancient Forest Alliance (AFA) is celebrating the BC government’s announcement today that it will defer logging in nine areas, including world-famous Clayoquot Sound, and protect some…
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BC Says Preserving Biodiversity Now Guides Logging Policies

Sep 11 2020
The TyeeSeptember 11, 2020 The province matches its much-anticipated report with new protections. But some ancient forests are still at risk. Left unprotected. Among the old-growth areas…
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Clayoquot Sound

B.C. moves to end divisive old growth forest policies, protects nine areas

Sep 11 2020
The Canadian PressSeptember 11, 2020 Meares Island in the Clayoquot Sound region, one of the areas identified for development deferral. TJ WATT-ANCIENT FOREST ALLIANCE The British Columbia government…
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Blockades halt logging road construction into untouched watershed

Aug 25 2020
A third blockade has been set up on Edinburgh Mountain to stop logging corporation Teal-Jones from road building and logging in ancient forests in unceded Pacheedaht territory near Port Renfrew. Read on for more details.
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Photos: Granite Creek Logging Adjacent to Fairy Creek

Aug 21 2020
See our latest photo gallery highlighting old-growth logging and road building by Teal-Jones in the Granite Creek watershed near Port Renfrew, BC.
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Activists continue blockade of logging road on Vancouver Island to protect giant cedar

Aug 14 2020
CBC News British ColumbiaAugust 14, 2020 T.J. Watt, an activist with the Ancient Forest Alliance, admires an old-growth yellow cedar in the Fairy Creek watershed near Port Renfrew on southern Vancouver…
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Protesters showcase massive old yellow cedar as Port Renfrew area forest blockade continues

Aug 14 2020
The Williams Lake TribuneAugust 14th, 2020 9.5-foot-wide yellow cedar measured by Ancient Forest Alliance campaigners in Fairy Creek watershed Government and company officials continue to avoid…
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Chek News- Fairy Creek

Aug 13 2020
  Chek News5pm Newscast – August 13, 2020 Watch this Chek News segment about the blockade to protect the at-risk headwaters of the Fairy Creek valley near Port Renfrew in Pacheedaht…
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