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
As a business, there are a number of ways to support Ancient Forest Alliance (AFA), one of which is selling AFA merchandise! Thank you to these local businesses who sell everything from AFA cards and stickers, to totes and shirts!
https://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Sprise-Lake-Cedars-2023-125.jpg13652048TJ Watthttps://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cropped-AFA-Logo-1000px.pngTJ Watt2023-09-20 15:36:112023-09-20 15:36:11Thank You to Our Wholesalers!
On the three-year anniversary of the BC government’s acceptance of the Old-Growth Strategic Review Panel’s 14 recommendations to ensure a “paradigm shift” in the conservation and management of old-growth forests in the province, AFA and EEA are urging the BC government to hurry up and close the gaps in old-growth protection.
https://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Klanawa-Valley-Logging-Old-Growth-Cedar-Tree.jpg13652048TJ Watthttps://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cropped-AFA-Logo-1000px.pngTJ Watt2023-09-11 17:05:432024-06-17 15:58:19Conservation Groups Urge BC Government to Hurry Up and Close Gaps in Old-Growth Protection
Building a broad-based movement to protect old-growth forests by engaging non-traditional allies, such as businesses, unions, outdoor recreation groups, chambers of commerce, tourism associations, faith groups, and more, is the hallmark of our work at Ancient Forest Alliance. Of these diverse non-traditional allies, there are a number who’ve recently shown their support with generous gifts to AFA, and we’d like to take this opportunity to thank them!
https://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Rosander-Cedars-May-2022-34.jpg10001500TJ Watthttps://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cropped-AFA-Logo-1000px.pngTJ Watt2023-08-09 12:08:392023-08-09 12:08:39Building a Broad-Based Movement: Thank You to These Non-Traditional Allies!
Giving the illusion of a rock wall, a massive western red cedar tree in Ahousaht territory near Tofino in Clayoquot Sound has been named one of Canada’s most impressive trees by conservationists on Vancouver Island.
https://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Flores-Island-Clayoquot-Sound-162.jpg13652048TJ Watthttps://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cropped-AFA-Logo-1000px.pngTJ Watt2023-08-09 11:44:142023-08-09 11:44:14Massive red cedar resembling rock wall discovered in Ahousaht territory
Nearly two decades into his hunt for B.C.’s biggest trees, it takes a lot to blow away Ancient Forest Alliance campaigner and National Geographic explorer TJ Watt. A tree on Flores Island has done just that.
https://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Flores-Island-Clayoquot-Sound-41.jpg13652048TJ Watthttps://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cropped-AFA-Logo-1000px.pngTJ Watt2023-07-31 14:52:072023-07-31 14:52:071,000 year old tree found on Flores Island to be protected
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
San Jo’s Smiley, Canada’s Largest Sitka Spruce Tree
Thank You to Our Wholesalers!
Conservation Groups Urge BC Government to Hurry Up and Close Gaps in Old-Growth Protection
Building a Broad-Based Movement: Thank You to These Non-Traditional Allies!
Massive red cedar resembling rock wall discovered in Ahousaht territory
1,000 year old tree found on Flores Island to be protected
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