Here's a new piece in Treehugger featuring an interview with AFA's TJ Watt and before-and-after images of ancient giants cut down in the Caycuse watershed. With over 120 million annual readers, the destruction of BC's old-growth forests is reaching a global audience.
https://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Screen-Shot-2021-03-10-at-1.56.35-PM.png503764TJ Watthttps://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cropped-AFA-Logo-1000px.pngTJ Watt2021-03-04 21:49:002023-04-06 19:06:30Photos Raise Alarm Over Old-Growth Logging in British Columbia
Thursday, March 11th marks the six-month deadline for the BC government to halt logging in all at-risk old-growth forests in BC, according to its own Old Growth Panel recommendations.
CALL Premier Horgan & Forests Minister Katrine Conroy and demand they halt logging in at-risk ancient forests across BC by March 11th.
https://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/3-Fairy-Creek-Yellow-Cedar-2.jpg12001800TJ Watthttps://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cropped-AFA-Logo-1000px.pngTJ Watt2021-03-01 23:22:262024-10-10 11:24:51CALL the BC government and demand action for BC’s most at-risk ancient forests
The Union of BC Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) and conservation groups including Ancient Forest Alliance, Endangered Ecosystems Alliance, Sierra Club of BC, Wilderness Committee, and Stand.earth have sent a joint letter to the BC government calling for financing to support First Nations old-growth protection initiatives.
https://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Walbran-Valley-Sept-2017-221.jpg8001200TJ Watthttps://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cropped-AFA-Logo-1000px.pngTJ Watt2021-02-25 00:11:002023-04-06 19:06:30Union of BC Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) and conservation groups call for critical funding for First Nations old-growth protection initiatives- Joint letter
Our friends at Conservation North released shocking new interactive maps that illustrate just how little old-growth forest remains across BC after decades of industrial activity.
AFA photographer & campaigner TJ Watt's before and after images of ancient giants in the Caycuse River Watershed garnered massive public attention and spurred thousands to take action for BC's ancient forests. This Outside magazine piece delves into TJ's process behind capturing the beauty and loss of old-growth forests and what's needed to protect them.
https://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Screen-Shot-2021-02-10-at-12.18.10-PM.png10462054TJ Watthttps://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cropped-AFA-Logo-1000px.pngTJ Watt2021-02-08 20:14:002023-04-06 19:06:30Forest Selfies Are Helping Save B.C.’s Old-Growth Trees
The Ancient Forest Alliance would like to extend a huge THANK YOU to the following businesses for generously supporting our ancient forest campaign:
Leigh Buchanan, who is donating 50% of the proceeds…
https://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Parthenon-Grove-pic.jpg8001200TJ Watthttps://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cropped-AFA-Logo-1000px.pngTJ Watt2021-02-03 21:34:172023-04-06 19:06:30Thank you to our recent business supporters!
Capital DailyJanuary 31, 2021
Logging-dependent communities are facing an existential threat from what conservationists and First Nations say is an overdue change to forestry practices.
If there’s…
https://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Screen-Shot-2021-02-09-at-1.28.19-PM.png10901924TJ Watthttps://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cropped-AFA-Logo-1000px.pngTJ Watt2021-01-31 21:23:002024-07-30 17:01:22Logging change: old-growth harvesting has deep roots on Vancouver Island, but how long can it last?
‘Before’ images have been recently captured in an active Western Forest Products cutblock in the far upper reaches of the Walbran Valley in Pacheedaht territory. Scores of giant cedars are banded…
Seasons Greetings!
The AFA office will be closed Dec. 24-Jan. 3 as our staff spend time at home with their families. During this downtime, we will be checking emails and phone messages periodically and…
Cowichan Valley CitizenDecember 14, 2020
Points to clear cutting along Haddon Creek as shocking
Conservationists with the Ancient Forest Alliance are urging the province to immediately…
https://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Caycuse-Watershed-3.jpg12001800TJ Watthttps://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cropped-AFA-Logo-1000px.pngTJ Watt2020-12-14 22:14:002024-06-17 16:10:38Environmental group calls on province to preserve old-growth forests
Photos Raise Alarm Over Old-Growth Logging in British Columbia
CALL the BC government and demand action for BC’s most at-risk ancient forests
Union of BC Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) and conservation groups call for critical funding for First Nations old-growth protection initiatives- Joint letter
B.C.’s old-growth forest nearly eliminated, new provincewide mapping reveals
Forest Selfies Are Helping Save B.C.’s Old-Growth Trees
Thank you to our recent business supporters!
Logging change: old-growth harvesting has deep roots on Vancouver Island, but how long can it last?
Photo Gallery: Walbran Headwaters at Risk
AFA Holiday Hours
Environmental group calls on province to preserve old-growth forests
Get in Touch
Phone
(250) 896-4007 (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm)
Address
205-620 View Street
Victoria, B.C. V8W 1J6
Privacy Policy
Resources
Who We Are
The Ancient Forest Alliance (AFA) is a registered charitable organization working to protect BC’s endangered old-growth forests and to ensure a sustainable, value-added, second-growth forest industry.
Earth-Friendly Web Design by Fairwind Creative