https://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/AFA-Staff-Sept-2019-60.jpg8001200TJ Watthttps://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cropped-AFA-Logo-1000px.pngTJ Watt2021-12-03 16:11:412023-04-06 19:05:44Planning to give AFA gifts this holiday season? Order soon!
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A total of 33 logging cutblocks in old-growth forests with ancient trees up to 12 feet (3m) in diameter have been approved for logging by the BC government in Vernon Bay, some overlapping with the newly recommended deferrals. Conservation funding is urgently needed for communities to make deferrals possible.
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We’re excited to share that AFA photographer TJ Watt was featured in CBC’s podcast, The Doc Project: Big Tree Hunt, which highlights his efforts to explore, document, and protect ancient forests in BC.
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In September 2021, Ancient Forest Alliance visited the city of Powell River to explore the region’s remaining old-growth forests, and meet with local community members and the Tla’amin First Nation to hear their views on the conservation of old-growth forests in the region. We experienced awe-inspiring landscapes, stunning ancient rainforests, and fascinating perspectives on old-growth conservation
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Located in Tla’amin First Nation territory, outside the town of Powell River, the Eldred Valley is legendary among rock climbers for its towering granite peaks while also supporting some of the last vestiges of old-growth forest in the region.
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Located in the territory of the Tla’amin and shíshálh First Nations, and close to the town of Powell River, Mt. Freda is home to some of the oldest trees in Canada. High in the mountains, locked in by snow for much of the year, these forests are incredibly slow growing, delicate ecosystems. Some ancient yellow cedars logged on Mt. Freda were found to be over 1200 years old.
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THERE WERE A FEW TIMES, as TJ Watt slogged through a sea of stumps and barren clearcuts, that he questioned whether anyone cared that trees, which had grown for centuries and supported intricate networks of species, had been destroyed forever.
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Victoria photographer TJ Watt, whose photos documenting the loss of old-growth trees have been seen around the world, has won a grant named for former Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek.
The Trebek Initiative grant will support the continuation of Watt’s “before” and “after” series, which depicts 800-to-1,000-year-old red cedars in the Caycuse Valley of southern Vancouver Island next to images of the stumps left behind after the trees are cut.
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Planning to give AFA gifts this holiday season? Order soon!
Thank you to our recent business supporters
West coast old-growth forests recommended for deferral in Vancouver Island’s Barkley Sound at risk of logging.
TJ Watt Featured in CBC’s Podcast, The Doc Project: Big Tree Hunt
Notes From the Field: Powell River Trip
New community spotlight video: Mt. Freda & Eldred Valley
Photos: Eldred River Valley
Photos: Mount Freda Ancient Forests – qathet Region
Photographer TJ Watt wins accolades for showing the world the destruction of old-growth forests in BC
Old-growth images net Victoria photographer grant named for Jeopardy! host
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