Most of B.C.’s massive old trees are ghosts, existing only on paper

Most of British Columbia’s old-growth forests of big trees live only on maps, and what’s left on the ground is fast disappearing, a team of independent scientists has found.
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Scientists conclude B.C.’s count of old-growth forest greatly overestimated

      Vancouver SunJune 9, 2020 An independent report by a trio of scientists warns that the tiny amount of old-growth forest remaining in B.C. is in peril if the province…
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B.C. vastly overestimates size of its old-growth forest, independent researchers say

CBC News British ColumbiaJune 4th, 2020 Old growth cedar is pictured in Avatar Grove on Vancouver Island. (Chris Corday/CBC) Self-published report concludes most old growth areas counted…
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B.C. old-growth data ‘misleading’ public on remaining ancient forest: independent report

Government touts 13 million hectares of province's forests are old growth, but ecologists found only 35,000 hectares support the largest trees The NarwhalJune 4th, 2020 The majority of British…
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Conservation group cries foul over logging old-growth forest in Caycuse River watershed

Check out this piece in the Cowichan Valley Citizen on the logging of one of the most spectacular ancient forests on the South Island rivalling Avatar Grove or the Walbran.
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Explore Magazine: Speak for the Trees

See this article in Explore Magazine which features an interview with AFA's TJ Watt and covers the history of the Avatar Grove campaign, the economic value of standing old-growth forests, and debunks…
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Cathedral Grove at risk from old growth logging uphill from popular site, say conservationists

Here's a CBC News article about clearcut logging of ancient forest "hotspot", Mt. Horne, located above Canada's most famous old-growth forest, Cathedral Grove.
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Logging concerns around Vancouver Island’s famous old-growth forest

Watch this Global News piece about recent old-growth clearcutting on the mountainside above Cathedral Grove, featuring AFA's Andrea Inness.
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Old Growth Forests Are Vital to Indigenous Cultures. We Need to Protect What’s Left

Tla-o-qui-aht canoe carver and artist Joe Martin shares valuable insights we can all learn from in his opinion piece in the Tyee.
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For Vancouver Island’s old-growth explorers, naming trees is a delight – but saving them is a challenge

Check out this Globe and Mail article featuring the Endangered Ecosystems Alliance’s Ken Wu and the AFA’s TJ Watt, who recently located nearly two dozen(!) groves of spectacular but mostly unprotected old-growth Sitka spruce forest in the San Juan Valley in unceded Pacheedaht territory near Port Renfrew.
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