https://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Eden-Grove-Port-Renfrew.jpg8001120TJ Watthttps://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cropped-AFA-Logo-1000px.pngTJ Watt2023-11-02 12:02:062023-11-02 12:02:06Thank you to our amazing business supporters!
https://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Braden-Creek-Clearcut-Large.jpg8001200TJ Watthttps://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cropped-AFA-Logo-1000px.pngTJ Watt2023-11-01 00:00:002023-12-21 13:20:19ACTION ALERT: Tell your MLA to stand up for old-growth protection and sustainable forestry jobs!
Read this op-ed by Endangered Ecosystems Alliance's Ken Wu discussing the new conservation financing mechanism announced by Premier David Eby and the BC NDP last week.
https://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/3-Jurassic-Grove-TJ-Watt-1.jpg13652048TJ Watthttps://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cropped-AFA-Logo-1000px.pngTJ Watt2023-10-27 11:52:082023-10-27 11:52:08The Times Colonist: BC’s $300M old-growth fund puts First Nations ‘in the driver’s seat’
Irreplaceable ancient forests that should meet criteria for interim protection are being left open to logging in British Columbia due to outdated and inaccurate government data, advocates and an ecologist who advised the province say.
Ancient Forest Alliance is highlighting the urgent need for the BC government to proactively identify what are likely thousands of hectares of at-risk old-growth forests that were missed during the deferral process due to forest inventory errors.
https://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/old-growth-logging-quatsino-vancouver-island-2023-307.jpg13652048TJ Watthttps://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cropped-AFA-Logo-1000px.pngTJ Watt2023-10-23 09:27:492023-10-23 17:26:11Ancient Forests Under Threat After Being Missed for Logging Deferral Due to Government Data Errors
https://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Cedar-Tree-Cheewhat-Lake.jpg20481365TJ Watthttps://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cropped-AFA-Logo-1000px.pngTJ Watt2023-10-13 15:13:502023-10-13 15:29:25AFA is Now a Registered Charity!
An explorer who focuses on location and preserving old-growth trees has encountered what is one of the oldest old-growth trees ever documented in the Canadian province of British Columbia.
https://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Flores-Island-Clayoquot-Sound-150.jpg13652048TJ Watthttps://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cropped-AFA-Logo-1000px.pngTJ Watt2023-10-11 15:28:312023-10-11 15:28:31The Independent: Rare tree hunter in Canada finds ‘freak of nature’ 1,000-year-old cedar
TJ Watt has spent half his life as a forest explorer, a self-described “tree hunter” in British Columbia. He wades deep into endangered forests to find pristine towering trees that are hundreds of years old and massively wide but have never been photographed or documented.
https://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/flores-island-cedar-tree-tj-watt.jpg10001500TJ Watthttps://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cropped-AFA-Logo-1000px.pngTJ Watt2023-10-11 15:27:032023-10-12 12:01:09The Washington Post: ‘Freak of nature’ tree is the find of a lifetime for forest explorer
Thank you to our amazing business supporters!
ACTION ALERT: Tell your MLA to stand up for old-growth protection and sustainable forestry jobs!
The Georgia Strait: “Conservation financing is a game-changer for BC’s old-growth forests”
The Times Colonist: BC’s $300M old-growth fund puts First Nations ‘in the driver’s seat’
BC Launches Vital Conservation Financing Mechanism to Protect Old-Growth Forests and Ecosystems
The Canadian Press: Poor data hinders B.C. old-growth logging deferrals, advocates say
Ancient Forests Under Threat After Being Missed for Logging Deferral Due to Government Data Errors
AFA is Now a Registered Charity!
The Independent: Rare tree hunter in Canada finds ‘freak of nature’ 1,000-year-old cedar
The Washington Post: ‘Freak of nature’ tree is the find of a lifetime for forest explorer
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