https://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Brenda-Sayers-Stump.jpg10001500TJ Watthttps://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cropped-AFA-Logo-1000px.pngTJ Watt2021-05-15 11:29:542024-07-30 17:00:33‘A Garage Sale for the Last Old Growth’
Ha-Shilth-Sa - B.C.’s forestry watchdog has released a report critical of logging practices in the Nahmint valley, pointing to inconsistencies in protecting the area’s old growth forest.
CTV News Vancouver Island - An investigation by British Columbia's forest practices watchdog has found the provincial agency responsible for auctioning timber sale licenses did not adequately protect old forest in an area of Vancouver Island.
The Narwhal - A three-year review by the forest practices board found the provincial government did not meet its legal objective to protect ecosystems and ancient forests in a treasured Vancouver Island watershed.
https://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Nahmint-Valley-Andrea-Inness-Cedar-Stump-1.jpg12001800TJ Watthttps://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cropped-AFA-Logo-1000px.pngTJ Watt2021-05-12 13:55:002024-07-30 16:58:37B.C. ‘shouldn’t have approved’ plan that failed to protect Nahmint old-growth forests: watchdog
An investigation by the Forest Practices Board - sparked by a complaint lodged by the AFA - has found that BC Timber Sales’s logging plans for the Nahmint Valley have consistently failed to comply with legally-binding land-use objectives for biodiversity protection.
https://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Before-After-9th-Widest-Douglas-Fir-Nahmint.jpg18002409TJ Watthttps://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cropped-AFA-Logo-1000px.pngTJ Watt2021-05-12 11:54:182024-10-10 11:14:57Forestry Watchdog finds BC Timber Sales failing to protect old-growth, biodiversity in Nahmint Valley
Here's a great article in McLean's magazine that traces the decades-long line of the War in the Woods from the 80s & 90s to today's blockades to protect the last remnant patches of BC's ancient forests and the failure of the BC government to act on the Old Growth Panel recommendations.
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?
While the NDP government deliberates on the future of BC’s endangered old-growth forests, logging of ancient trees continues at a shocking pace across the island. Teal-Jones is one of the worst offenders,…
https://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/3-Nahmint-Cedar-Log-3.jpg10001500TJ Watthttps://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cropped-AFA-Logo-1000px.pngTJ Watt2020-08-05 23:14:232024-07-30 17:01:24The future of BC’s ancient forests hangs in the balance of decisions made today
CBC News British ColumbiaJune 4th, 2020
Old growth cedar is pictured in Avatar Grove on Vancouver Island. (Chris Corday/CBC)
Self-published report concludes most old growth areas counted…
https://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-06-05-at-2.47.55-PM.png410715TJ Watthttps://staging.ancientforestalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cropped-AFA-Logo-1000px.pngTJ Watt2020-06-04 21:46:062024-07-30 17:01:26B.C. vastly overestimates size of its old-growth forest, independent researchers say
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