Spectacular drone footage and photos reveal climbers more than 20 stories in the air in the “hydra-like” canopy of an old-growth Sitka spruce, highlighting the incredible grandeur of old-growth forests in British Columbia during Earth Week.
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A graceful straight stem, curving elegantly at the top like a tiny streetlamp with beams of golden light spilling down — the fawn lily is such a picturesque beauty, that once seen, it will never be forgotten.
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AFA and EEA are concerned the BC government is backsliding on its previous policy progress to ensure a paradigm shift in the management of old-growth forests in BC.
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Major tracts of the finest old-growth forests in BC are included in the Ahousaht and Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations' proposed Provincial Conservancies network.
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https://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Vernon-Bay-Barkely-Sound.jpg4981500TJ Watthttps://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Ancient-Forest-Alliance-logo.svgTJ Watt2024-03-06 13:23:352024-03-06 13:23:35Thank you to these foundations for their support!
Hidden among the rainforests of BC you can find wonders of ephemeral beauty and minute delicacy, and few of these are stranger or lovelier than the phenomenon of hair ice.
Conservationists locate and climb the largest Sitka spruce tree in BC’s famed Carmanah Valley
AFA’s TJ Watt to Present at TEDxVictoria on May 15!
Fawn Lily
Thank you to our incredible business supporters!
International Day of Forests: Conservation groups alarmed that BC is backsliding on Old-Growth Forest Policy Progress
Thank you for helping us surpass our 14th birthday goal!
Ahousaht and Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations Announce Protected Conservancies Proposal in Clayoquot Sound
AFA’s TJ Watt Presents at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC
Thank you to these foundations for their support!
Hair Ice
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