
Port Renfrew chamber decries logging plan
Read this Times Colonist article about the Port Renfrew Chamber of Commerce calling for protection of the old-growth forests currently up for auction by BC Timber Sales next to Juan de Fuca Provincial Park.
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TJ Watt2019-05-04 17:27:182024-07-15 17:11:15Port Renfrew chamber decries logging plan
B.C. delays timber auction near Juan de Fuca park
Read this article in the Times Colonist about the BC government extending the closing date for the auction of 109 hectares of old-growth forest next to Juan de Fuca Provincial Park .
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TJ Watt2019-05-03 19:49:092024-10-10 10:51:25B.C. delays timber auction near Juan de Fuca park
‘They’re going to have a fight’: local businesses and activists promise to stand against old-growth logging near Juan de Fuca park
There is a call from conservationists tonight to halt plans to log an old-growth forest near Port Renfrew. The province says ecology and aesthetics are taken into consideration when crown-owned timber…
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TJ Watt2019-04-20 05:16:062023-04-06 19:07:17‘They’re going to have a fight’: local businesses and activists promise to stand against old-growth logging near Juan de Fuca park
Plans to clear-cut old-growth near Port Renfrew causes an environmental outcry
Check out this Sooke News Mirror article about the disappointing move by the BC government to auction off 109 hectares of old-growth forest adjacent to Juan de Fuca provincial Park on Vancouver Island.
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TJ Watt2019-04-18 20:29:522024-07-15 17:11:19Plans to clear-cut old-growth near Port Renfrew causes an environmental outcry
Eco-activists urge halt to logging plans near Juan de Fuca park
Check out this Times Colonist article about conservationists' disappointment with the BC government's plans to clearcut the ancient forests next to Juan de Fuca Provincial Park on Vancouver Island.
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TJ Watt2019-04-18 19:18:442024-11-14 11:52:50Eco-activists urge halt to logging plans near Juan de Fuca park
Plan to allow logging of old growth forests draws criticism
Check out this Global News piece about conservationists’ disappointment with the BC NDP and their plans to auction off 1,300 hectares of old-growth on Vancouver Island, featuring Sierra Club BC’s Jens Wieting, and footage by AFA’s TJ Watt.
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TJ Watt2019-04-07 18:58:242023-04-06 19:07:17Plan to allow logging of old growth forests draws criticism
Canada’s ‘most magnificent old-growth forest’ near Port Renfrew
View this CHEK News piece about one of Canada’s most magnificent old-growth forests, Mossome Grove, featuring Ken Wu of Endangered Ecosystems Alliance.
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TJ Watt2019-01-13 22:05:372024-07-30 17:23:17Canada’s ‘most magnificent old-growth forest’ near Port Renfrew
Conservationists want protection on ‘Canada’s most magnificent’ old-growth forest
Read this Canadian Press article about the magnificent Mossome (short for 'mossy' and 'awesome') Grove featured in the Globe and Mail, National Post, and the Toronto Star.
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TJ Watt2019-01-13 02:36:372024-07-30 17:23:19Conservationists want protection on ‘Canada’s most magnificent’ old-growth forest
Mossome Grove: ‘One of the most beautiful’ forests on Earth
Read this Times Colonist article about the spectacular Mossome Grove, located near Port Renfrew in Pacheedaht territory on Vancouver Island. The 13-hectare grove (not six hectares, as stated in the article) of remarkable old-growth rainforest features near-record-sized Sitka spruce and bigleaf maple trees.
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TJ Watt2019-01-13 02:18:362024-07-30 17:18:49Mossome Grove: ‘One of the most beautiful’ forests on Earth
Old-growth forest near Port Renfrew needs protection, group says
Watch this CTV piece about Mossome Grove, located by conservationists from the Ancient Forest Alliance and Endangered Ecosystems Alliance in October
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TJ Watt2019-01-13 00:20:242024-07-15 17:11:23Old-growth forest near Port Renfrew needs protection, group saysTake Action
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