
The Narwhal: Did BC keep its old-growth forest promises?
As the BC election looms, the Narwhal analyzes what progress has been made on implementing the old-growth forest recommendations and what more needs to be done.
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TJ Watt2024-05-29 15:10:142024-07-30 16:27:12The Narwhal: Did BC keep its old-growth forest promises?
The Narwhal: BC Conservative Leader says his party would kill ‘nonsense’ plans for new protected areas
As the BC Conservatives surge in the polls, party leader John Rustad — kicked out of the BC Liberal caucus for promoting a tweet spreading misinformation about climate change — says he would scrap the province’s pledge to create new conserved areas
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TJ Watt2024-05-21 11:57:002024-07-17 14:16:40The Narwhal: BC Conservative Leader says his party would kill ‘nonsense’ plans for new protected areas
Global News: Get a bird’s-eye view from one of Vancouver Island’s tallest trees
The Ancient Forest Alliance team scaled a massive 71-metre (223-foot) tall Sitka spruce in the Carmanah Valley on southwestern Vancouver Island.
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TJ Watt2024-05-10 11:14:332024-05-10 13:13:09Global News: Get a bird’s-eye view from one of Vancouver Island’s tallest trees
CTV News: Carmanah Valley Sitka Spruce Climb
See this CTV News video coverage of AFA staff and professional arborists at Bartlett Tree Experts who locate and climb the largest Sitka spruce tree in BC’s famed Carmanah Valley.
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TJ Watt2024-04-24 17:26:242024-04-24 17:28:08CTV News: Carmanah Valley Sitka Spruce Climb
Victoria Buzz: BC environmentalists climb and measure Carmanah Valley’s largest Sitka spruce tree
In recognition of Earth Month, members of AFA decided they would showcase one of Vancouver Island’s largest old-growth giants by climbing and measuring it, and capturing drone footage of the process.
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TJ Watt2024-04-24 16:03:372024-06-17 16:03:28Victoria Buzz: BC environmentalists climb and measure Carmanah Valley’s largest Sitka spruce tree
Mowachaht/Muchalaht awarded $15 million to protect old growth and salmon
A project to protect a significant portion of Mowachaht/Muchalaht territory has been pledged $15 million from the federal government, fueling an initiative to save old growth and salmon populations in Nootka Sound over the next generation.
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TJ Watt2024-02-16 10:16:332024-02-16 10:16:33Mowachaht/Muchalaht awarded $15 million to protect old growth and salmon
First Nation creating new Salmon Parks to protect fragile ecosystems
The Campbell River Mirror covers the 650² km of forest, rivers, old growth and shoreline that are to be protected by the Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation.
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TJ Watt2024-02-14 10:15:542024-02-16 10:16:10First Nation creating new Salmon Parks to protect fragile ecosystems
Nature photographer discovers ancient ‘freak-of-nature’ tree hiding in plain sight: ‘I’ve never seen a tree as impressive as this one’
AFA's TJ Watt photographed one of the largest old-growth cedars ever documented off the coast of Vancouver Island and dubbed it a 'freak of nature'.
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TJ Watt2023-12-18 11:07:352023-12-18 11:07:35Nature photographer discovers ancient ‘freak-of-nature’ tree hiding in plain sight: ‘I’ve never seen a tree as impressive as this one’
The Globe & Mail: ‘Salmon parks’ in traditional First Nations territory aim to save habitats by stopping old-growth logging
New plan from the Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation, aided by the BC and federal governments, signals a shift in Indigenous-led conservation across the province
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TJ Watt2023-11-29 12:37:142023-11-29 17:03:21The Globe & Mail: ‘Salmon parks’ in traditional First Nations territory aim to save habitats by stopping old-growth logging
The Guardian: “The nature cure: how time outdoors transforms our memory, imagination and logic”
Without engaging with natural environments, our brains cease to work well. As the new field of environmental neuroscience proves, exposure to nature isn’t a luxury – it’s a necessity
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TJ Watt2023-11-28 13:45:162023-11-28 13:45:16The Guardian: “The nature cure: how time outdoors transforms our memory, imagination and logic”Take Action
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