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Horticulturist Henry Kock

Logging of pristine BC island forest to begin in January by Brookfield Asset Management

Island Timberlands will start logging on Cortes Island this January, according to Wayne French, Operations Planner for IT.  Cortes Islanders are seeking signatories to a petition to prevent the logging.

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Ken Wu stands beside a giant redcedar in the Upper Avatar Grove

2012 Predictions – Environment – Ken Wu

While the strength of environmental campaigns vary each year, 2012 should be major. Here are five predictions: 1. The Climate Change Movement will Heat Up 2. Slick Oil Industry PR will Spread to Pipelines 3. Ancient Forest Campaign will Target both B.C. Lib's and NDP 4. The Fight against Fish Farms will go Viral 5. Raw Logs on a Slow Boat to China will be Protested.

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Horticulturist Henry Kock

Shaw TV: The campaign for Fangorn Forest or the Mossy Maple Rainforest

Conservationists identify and seek to protect Canada's mossiest maple rain forest on Vancouver Island.

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The horsehair lichen – which Hansen says resembles Kock's beard – will be known as Bryoria kockiana.

Mr. Arboretum lives on

"At the time, I hadn't paid much attention to what the lichen actually looked like, so I bought it sight unseen," his widow Anne Hansen laughed Wednesday. "Then people said to me, 'Oh my God, that lichen looks like Henry's beard.'" 

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Randy Sulyma will have a newly discovered lichen species named in his memory.

A name to remember him by

It began with a story written by Sun reporter Larry Pynn. In the June 17 edition, Pynn told the story of how Trevor Goward, curator of lichens at UBC, discovered two new species of lichen: one in the Hazel-ton area and one in the Clear-water Valley near Wells Gray Provincial Park.

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NEW Posters, Winner of Lichen Auction, Canada’s Mossiest Rainforest TV Clip!

Please support the AFA during the last stretch of 2011 – your donation will go furthest with us, we are about the leanest environmental organization in BC with the largest impact! Donate securely online as a Gift, In Memory, or regular donation

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We are open everyday this week from 12:00 - 6:30 pm. We close Friday

Final week to visit AFA store for Holiday Gifts!

The Ancient Forest Alliance has new, eco-friendly greeting cards, big-tree posters, post cards, photo prints, stickers, and more at our shared office space located at 827 Broughton Street in Victoria (Click here for Google Map
We are open everyday this week from 12:00 - 6:30 pm. We close Friday, Dec.23rd at 6:30pm! Come by during your lunch break or after work!
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A large group of hikers crowd around the massive redcedar dubbed "Canada's Gnarliest Tree" during an Ancient Forest Alliance led public hike to the Avatar Grove in summer 2010.

Ancient Forest Alliance thanks the Mountain Equipment Co-op

MEC's generous Advocacy and Education Grant from 2010-11 that has helped us round up 20,000 supporters through our petition-drive, hikes, slideshows, and rally to protect BC's endangered old-growth forests and forestry jobs!

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The horsehair lichen – which Hansen says resembles Kock's beard – will be known as Bryoria kockiana.

Lichen legacy

Last week, Hansen found a fitting way to memorialize her late husband. For $4,000, she bought  the scientific naming rights to a newly-discovered lichen. The horsehair lichen – which Hansen says resembles Kock's beard – will be known as Bryoria kockiana.

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Horticulturist Henry Kock

New lichen species named for U of G tree guru Henry Kock

GUELPH – A newly-discovered species of lichen will be named in honour of renowned University of Guelph horticulturist Henry Kock, who passed away on Christmas Day 2005.

Kock’s wife, Anne Hansen, purchased the scientific naming rights in an online auction earlier this month.  The lichen will be scientifically known as Bryoria Kockiana.
 

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