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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.
Authorized by Ancient Forest Alliance, registered sponsor under the Election Act, 250-896-4007.
AFA’s office is located on the territories of the Lekwungen Peoples, also known as the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations.
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JUNE 14: Avatar Grove Ancient Forest Walk with Dr. Andy MacKinnon
Date: Sunday, June 14 Time/Location: Meet at 1:00pm at the Coastal Kitchen Café in Port Renfrew, then go in convoy to Avatar Grove. Hike from 2:00-4:00pm Difficulty: Moderate. *All participants will be required to sign a waiver to join the hike All dogs must be on a leash Cost: Sliding scale $20 to $100 Come join Dr. Andy MacKinnon, one of Canada's foremost forest ecologists and co-author of the best-selling 'Plants of Coastal BC,' for an interpretive walk through Avatar Grove. Learn about the plants, fungi, lichens, trees, and ecology of old-growth forests. The AFA's Ken Wu and TJ Watt will also talk about the ecology and status of BC's old-growth forests and the AFA's campaigns to protect these forests. Also see the progress on the Avatar Boardwalk so far and learn about what upgrades and sections need to be finished. This is a boardwalk fundraiser for the AFA to finish the last sections of boardwalk in the Avatar Grove - thank you for your generosity!
JUNE 11: Goldstream Ancient Forest Walk with Dr. Andy MacKinnon
Date: Thursday, June 11 Time: 7:00-8:30pm Location: Goldstream Provincial Park ~ Meet at the first (main) parking lot off of Highway 1 Difficulty: Easy walk All dogs must be on a leash **By donation** All participants will be required to sign a waiver to join the hike Join renowned forest ecologist Andy MacKinnon, co-author of the best-selling 'Plants of Coastal BC,' and the AFA's Ken Wu and TJ Watt, for a nature walk to learn about the plants, trees, lichens, mosses, fungi, ecology, and status of BC's old-growth forests. Find out what you can do to help the Ancient Forest Alliance protect them!
JUNE 4: Old-Growth, Carbon & Climate – Rainforest Walk
Date: Thursday, June 4 Time: 7:00-8:30pm Location: Stanley Park ~ Meet at 7:00pm where the Cathedral Trail meets North Lagoon Drive (see map: https://www.vancouvertrails.com/trails/stanley-park/) Difficulty: Easy walk Dogs must stay on a leash By donation. *All participants will be required to sign a waiver to join the hike Join AFA's co-founder Ken Wu and Sierra Club of BC's forest and climate campaigner Jens Wieting for a rainforest walk in Vancouver's Stanley Park. See some of the largest old-growth trees in BC and learn about the plants and ecology there, as well as about the state of BC's globally endangered coastal temperate rainforest. Jens Wieting will explain the progress in protecting the Great Bear Rainforest and Clayoquot Sound, and the lack of forest stewardship in most of the province. Hear about what we must do to ensure that our forests provide long-term benefits instead of short-term profit and what climate change means for the future of our forests. In particular, learn how our forests have shifted from storing carbon to being a net emitter of carbon into the atmosphere, and find out what we must do to reverse that trend, making our forests a central mechanism in fighting climate change and building a climate-friendly, low carbon future.
3 JUIN: Randonnee interpretative sur les forets anciennes en francais (Francophone Ancient Forest Nature Walk)
Mercredi, 3 juin, 7:00 – 8:30 pm Francis King Regional Park ~ Rendez-vous au Centre de la Nature sur Munn Road, Victoria Randonnée facile Les chiens doivent être tenus en laisse Par donation Joignez-vous à Lysiane Chagnon Fontaine et Ken Wu pour une randonnée interprétative en français afin de visiter la forêt ancienne de sapin de Douglas la plus impressionnante à Victoria! La forêt inclue plusieurs arbres de plus de 10 pieds (3 mètres) de diamètre, ainsi que le plus large cèdre rouge creux dans la région! Apprenez-en plus sur les plantes, la faune et sur l'écologie de cette forêt!
Protestors occupy cut block
Powell River residents continue their protest against Island Timberlands logging in their town.
VIDEO: Powell River residents shocked as logging company moves to cut treasured trees
Here's a new video and blog about the ongoing battle with Island Timberlands over logging in the town of Powell River, by Vancouver filmmaker Daniel Pierce - take a look!
Former MLA Judi Tyabji leads fight to save Powell River’s urban forest
A war in the woods has erupted in Powell River, B.C., where a group of residents is fighting a plan to start logging Lot 450 — an urban forest within the city limits.
Environmentalists aim to block logging
An environmental group based in Powell River intends to halt logging after releasing its bird nest assessment on Lot 450.... “What it proves conclusively is that there are very high wildlife values there that are threatened by this logging activity and more caution is needed,” said Judy Tyabji Wilson, Pebble in the Pond president. Tyabji Wilson added that on the basis of the report Pebble in the Pond’s board of directors has decided to file an injunction against Island Timberlands. “We will be taking court action against them so that we can at least stop the logging until proper studies are done,” she said. “Time is of the essence.” Island Timberlands began harvesting trees on the company’s private managed forest land in Lot 450 on April 22.
Logging news creates gathering
Over 100 people converged on Base Camp Monday, April 27, for a quickly organized meeting to discuss logging plans within the City of Powell River. With interest generated through Facebook and other social media outlets following a press release by Island Timberlands that was uploaded to the Peak’s website, elected officials, environmentalists and community residents gathered to hear clarification about imminent road-building and harvesting involving Lot 450.
B.C. coastal community calls for end to logging in city
Powell River was founded by the timber industry, but the small Sunshine Coast community about 145 kilometres northwest of Vancouver is in an uproar now that loggers are cutting trees right in the heart of the city. Since loggers started clearing roads through the urban forest a few weeks ago, there have been packed public meetings and threats of an injunction by an environmental group. More than 1,000 people have signed an online petition calling for an end to the logging of what is known as Lot 450. Island Timberlands, which holds timber rights to several hundred hectares of forest land owned by the community, has announced plans to cut the area over the next several months.