The Ancient Forest Alliance (AFA)
is a new British Columbian organization working to protect the endangered old-growth forests of BC and to ensure sustainable forestry jobs in the province. It was founded in January of 2010 by former Western Canada Wilderness Committee activists Ken Wu, TJ Watt, and others, and by Vancouver old-growth activist Michelle Connolly. more ...
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Help the fledgling organization take the campaign to save BC’s old-growth forests and to ban raw log exports to a WHOLE NEW LEVEL!
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Recent Ancient Forest News
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Latest Gallery of TJ Watt Photos - Christy Clark Grove
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 Avatar Grove Boardwalk - Donations Needed!
Ancient Forest Alliance, May 13, 2012
For $100 YOU CAN HELP SPONSOR the construction of 1 METER section of BOARDWALK in Avatar Grove - and help us build a stronger, more powerful ancient forest movement!
ANY amount you can donate will add up, whether $10 or $1000!
Please DONATE securely online at: https://www.ancientforestalliance.org/boardwalk-donation.php or phone us at 250-896-4007
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May 9th - Artists for Ancient Forests - A Silent Auction Benefit for the AFA!
May 7, 2012
When: Wednesday, May 9th
Time: 7 to 9pm
Where: St. James Community Square, 3214 W 10th Ave (at Trutch Street) in Kitsilano
Please join us and invite your family and friends this Wednesday in Kitsilano for some drinks and socializing, a fun presentation, and to see some magnificent art donated by esteemed BC artists, including Mark Hobson, Anne Hansen, Ingrid Koivukangas, and many others as a benefit event for our young organization! We'll also present an entertaining 2 year anniversary slideshow about the AFA - what we've done, and where we're going! We really need your support during this pivotal pre-election year to make a difference for our endangered old-growth forests. See you Wednesday evening :)
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Permission to build Avatar Grove boardwalk requested by the Ancient Forest Alliance from the BC Ministry of Forests
The proposal has the backing of the local Chamber of Commerce of Port Renfrew, who have sent in a letter of support for the project to the Ministry.
Ancient Forest Alliance
Yesterday the Ancient Forest Alliance submitted a request to BC’s Ministry of Forests to build an official trail and boardwalk in the famed “Avatar Grove,” a monumental stand of old-growth redcedars and Douglas-firs that was recently protected near the town of Port Renfrew on Vancouver Island.
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Permission to build Avatar Grove boardwalk requested by the Ancient Forest Alliance from the BC Ministry of Forests
Ancient Forest Alliance Media Release, May 8, 2012
Yesterday the Ancient Forest Alliance submitted a request to BC’s Ministry of Forests to build an official trail and boardwalk in the famed “Avatar Grove,” a monumental stand of old-growth redcedars and Douglas firs that was recently protected near the town of Port Renfrew on Vancouver Island.
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Sunshine Coast and Vancouver Island Forests under Threat by Island Timberlands! *NEW Photo Galleries*
Forests across the Sunshine Coast and Vancouver Island are currently under threat by logging giant Island Timberlands, the second largest private land owner in BC.
Ancient Forest Alliance, May 4, 2012
Local activists in nearby communities are doing everything they can to hold off the company from logging nearby endangered forests until the lands can be purchased for protection. They need your help! The Ancient Forest Alliance has recently been touring and photographing these endangered areas to help bolster their campaigns. See the beautiful photo galleries below, learn what makes each area special, and find out who to link up with to help protect them!
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Protect the Cameron Valley's Endangered Forests!
Save Labour Day Lake, Cameron Valley Firebreak, Cameron Valley Canyon, and Cathedral Grove from Island Timberlands' logging!
Ancient Forest Alliance, May 4, 2012
Located near the town of Port Alberni, the Cameron River Valley is home to some of the most significant remnant old-growth stands left on southern Vancouver Island, where almost 90% of the productive old-growth forests have already been logged. These ancient forests in the Cameron Valley are currently threatened by Island Timberland's logging.
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Forum on Juan de Fuca Lands - Thursday, May 3rd
Ancient Forest Alliance, May 3, 2012
Come to the forum on the fate of the forest lands within the Juan de Fuca region and Capital Regional District, "Our Forests, Our Future". The AFA's Ken Wu speaks about the need for a provincial park acquisition fund (similar to those of many regional districts) to buy private lands for protection on a much larger scale.
May 3: 7-9 pm, Ambriosia Center, 638 Fisgard St., Victoria - with David Anderson, Ben Parfit, and Ken Wu
http://www.sierraclub.bc.ca/events/our-forests-our-future-victoria
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Groups make appeal to save forest
Logging of old-growth Douglas fir firebreak came as a shock to environmental activists in the area.
Alberni Valley Times / Canada.com - Heather Thomson, May 1, 2012
Cameron Valley Firebreak was formerly protected as an ungulate winter range for Roosevelt elk and black-tailed deer, but lost protection in 2004 when the provincial government allowed Weyerhaeuser to remove 88,000 hectares of private managed forest land from tree farm licences.
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Environmental groups decry logging near Cathedral Grove
Environmental groups are horrified that Island Timberlands is logging oldgrowth Douglas fir trees, close to Cathedral Grove, in an area that used to be protected.
Times Colonist - Judith Lavoie, May 1, 2012
TJ Watt, Ancient Forest Alliance co-founder, said, "The grove is just jampacked with elk signs and ancient coastal Douglas firs - 99 per cent of which have already been logged."
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Crown lands belong to the public, not government
Province has a responsibility to steward land for people's benefit
Comments, Times Colonist - Bob Peart, April 27, 2012
British Columbians are once again being treated to increased controversy about the management of our Crown land forests - whether it is the decreased role of the chief forester, new threats to remove land from forest reserves or the privatization of the forests themselves.
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