A large group of visitors walk through the Lower Avatar Grove. A boardwalk will help protect the Grove's ecological integrity

AVATAR GROVE EXTRAVAGANZA: Biodiversity Hike and Fundraiser! Sunday, August 7th

Meet 1:00 pm in Port Renfrew at the new Tourist Info Center (right side of the road upon entering town), after which time we’ll drive in a convoy to the Avatar Grove. Hike 1:30 – 3:30 pm. Cost: sliding scale - $25 to $100 per individual (children are free)
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Naming rights for this new species of Bryoria or “Horsehair Lichen”

Award-winning Canadian poet Don McKay takes lichen-naming bid to $3,500

McKay is the author of twelve books of poetry and has been publishing since 1973. His poems are ecologically centred, inspired by the conflict between inspiration and spiritual, instinct and knowledge and he sees his writing as “nature poetry in a time of environmental crisis.”
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Canada’s largest tree

Canada’s biggest tree

Canada’s largest tree, a western redcedar named the “Cheewhat Giant” stands in a remote location near Cheewhat Lake west of Lake Cowichan. The tree is over six meters (20 feet) in trunk diameter, 56 meters (182 feet) in height and 450 cubic meters in timber volume (or 450 regular telephone poles’ worth of wood).
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