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Photo of Giant Old-Growth Cedar Wins Prestigious International Award
Ancient Forest Alliance Photographer TJ Watt awarded Royal Geographical Society Earth Photo 2024 prize for Image of the Enormous Tree in Clayoquot Sound, Canada, featured on CNN and in The Guardian. The award coincides with the largest old-growth protected areas victory in decades announced earlier this week in Clayoquot Sound.
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TJ Watt2024-06-21 10:00:262024-06-21 10:00:26Photo of Giant Old-Growth Cedar Wins Prestigious International Award
Nature photographer discovers ancient ‘freak-of-nature’ tree hiding in plain sight: ‘I’ve never seen a tree as impressive as this one’
AFA's TJ Watt photographed one of the largest old-growth cedars ever documented off the coast of Vancouver Island and dubbed it a 'freak of nature'.
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TJ Watt2023-12-18 11:07:352023-12-18 11:07:35Nature photographer discovers ancient ‘freak-of-nature’ tree hiding in plain sight: ‘I’ve never seen a tree as impressive as this one’
Massive red cedar resembling rock wall discovered in Ahousaht territory
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.
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TJ Watt2023-08-09 11:44:142023-08-09 11:44:14Massive red cedar resembling rock wall discovered in Ahousaht territory
1,000 year old tree found on Flores Island to be protected
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.
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TJ Watt2023-07-31 14:52:072023-07-31 14:52:071,000 year old tree found on Flores Island to be protected
BC big tree hunter documents grandest old-growth tree he’s ever seen
TJ Watt says Western red cedar near Tofino is a 46-metre-tall leviathan of a biodiverse ecosystem.
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TJ Watt2023-07-31 14:43:022023-07-31 14:53:08BC big tree hunter documents grandest old-growth tree he’s ever seen
Existence of massive, ‘mind-blowing’ old-growth tree revealed in Clayoquot Sound
An enormous old-growth cedar tree has been identified in Vancouver Island’s Clayoquot Sound, possibly dating back over a millennium.
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TJ Watt2023-07-28 16:47:342023-07-28 16:54:47Existence of massive, ‘mind-blowing’ old-growth tree revealed in Clayoquot Sound
See VIDEO of Canada’s Most Impressive Tree!
This is huge — literally! We’re thrilled to share a video of what may very well be Canada's most impressive tree.
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TJ Watt2023-07-28 11:54:352023-07-28 12:04:27See VIDEO of Canada’s Most Impressive Tree!Take Action
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