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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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Anti-logging blockade aims to protect Chilcotin moose
CBC News - "Members of the Tsilhqot'in First Nation have set up a blockade to stop logging southwest of Williams Lake, saying they're worried about declining moose populations in the Chilcotin. Chief Joe Alphonse, chair of the Tsilhqot'in government, says an area known as the "Big Meadow" was once an ideal moose habitat covered with lush forests of pine."
Ancient trees, historic sites at risk in Roberts Creek Headwaters Forest
The Local newspaper - "Local environmental groups are calling on the BC government to establish an ecological reserve on approximately 15 hectares of endangered old-growth forest located on public (Crown) land at the headwaters of Roberts Creek. BC Timber Sales (BCTS) has applied to log DK045, the mid elevation old-growth yellow-cedar forest, located about seven kilometres northeast of Roberts Creek village. The group contends the forest’s proximity to Highway 101 makes it a high potential eco-tourism destination. With the sale of the block delayed until March, 2014 as BCTS awaits the results of an ecological and cultural survey by Ministry of Forest researchers."
Ancient Yellow-Cedar Forest at Risk in the Roberts Creek Headwaters Ancient Forest, Sunshine Coast, BC
Roberts Creek, BC - Local environmental groups are calling on the BC government to establish an Ecological Reserve on approximately 15 hectares of endangered old-growth forest located on public (Crown) land at the headwaters of Roberts Creek on BC’s Lower Sunshine Coast. The mid elevation forest, located about 7 kilometres northeast of the community Roberts Creek, is proposed to be logged by BC Timber Sales (BCTS).
Petition to protect Old Growth Cedar in the Duncan River Area
Local activists are working to help save endangered old-growth redcedar trees in the Duncan River area near Kaslo, BC. Sign the petition here: www.change.org/en-CA/petitions/bc-timber-sales-stop-cutting-old-growth-cedar-in-the-duncan-river-area “Located 58 km from the nearest highway, stands a grove of just under a 1000 trees. The last of the old growth cedars left up the “Duncan”. Situated between the Duncan […]
Friend of the Earth Award for Environmental Excellence in Metchosin Presented to TJ Watt of the Ancient Forest Alliance
The Metchosin municipal council has given Ancient Forest Alliance (AFA) campaigner and photographer TJ Watt official recognition for his exceptional contribution towards environmental sustainability. Watt is the recipient of the 2013 “Friend of the Earth” Award, an environmental award presented each year for over a decade to a Metchosin resident whose contribution towards conserving the province’s natural beauty has been particularly outstanding. The award was presented by Metchosin councillor Moralea Milne on Sunday during the annual Metchosin Day festival.
Vancouver Business contributes to support ancient forests!
The Ancient Forest Alliance would like to recognize Vancouver-based photographer Karen Cooper for her support for the AFA through sales of her beautiful plaque-mounted photographs of Echo Lake. A huge thanks for Karen for her continued creative support! Plaques are still available (in sizes 5x7, 8x12 and 12x18) with 15% of proceeds donated to the AFA. To purchase one for yourself or as a gift, please get in touch with Karen through her website (www.karencooperphotography.com) or stop by her gallery on Granville Island (1506 Duranleau St.) to view her amazing artwork!
Thank you! Avatar Boardwalk support from Hemp & Co and Haircrafting!
Thank you to Hemp and Company of Victoria and Haircrafting of North Vancouver for their creative business fundraisers supporting the construction of the Avatar Grove Boardwalk!
Twenty years after clash at Clayoquot Sound, activists see new wave of unrest on the horizon
Twenty years after a protest led to massive arrests on logging roads in Clayoquot Sound the organizers say a lot has changed – but a lot hasn’t, and they predict a new generation of activists may soon be on the barricades again.
War in the Woods mass arrests 20 years ago prompted lasting change
It is the quiet amid the chaos just as the logging trucks and police rolled in that Tzeporah Berman remembers acutely about the War in the Woods, the fight by environmentalists 20 years ago over Clayoquot Sound. Every day for almost three months during the summer of 1993, Berman and hundreds of other protesters stared down the logging trucks destined for some of Canada's most pristine old-growth forests on Vancouver Island, B.C.
Clayoquot protest 20 years ago transformed face of environmentalism
The protests at Clayoquot Sound, which lies just off Tofino on Vancouver Island’s outer coast of pristine beaches, rugged coastlines, islets, inlets and tranquil sheltered coves, represented the coalescing of public objections to clearcut logging plans by corporations who were following government policy in majestic old-growth forests.