Avatar Grove

Les bûcherons ne pourront pas couper les arbres anciens de la forêt Avatar Grove

Victoria accorde à la zone Avatar Grove un statut de protection d'environ 59hectares.

Le secteur abrite des cèdres rouges et des sapins de Douglas, dont certains ont plus de 500 ans, qui devaient être coupés par une compagnie forestière.
 

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Please take a moment to assist with each area – if you commit just 30 minutes, you could help each area listed below right now: Avatar Grove, Cortes Island, the Great Bear Rainforest, Flores Island, McLaughlin Ridge, and Mossy Maple Grove.

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Avatar Grove

Avatar Grove to be protected by province

Avatar Grove, a unique stand of centuries-old Douglas firs and red cedars, will be included in an expanded, 59-hectare old-growth management area, Forests Minister Steve Thomson said Thursday.

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AFA supports Avatar Grove’s protection, calls for provincial old-growth plan

Today's announcement by the BC government to legally prohibit logging of the Avatar Grove by including it in 59.4 hectares of Old-Growth Management Areas was met with happiness by the Ancient Forest Alliance, the BC environmental group that found and popularized the monumental stand of valley-bottom ancient redcedars and Douglas fir near Port Renfrew two years ago.
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Canada’s Mossiest Rainforest aka Fangorn Forest

This is the unprotected "Mossy Maple Grove", Canada's mossiest rainforest, a stand of enormous old-growth Bigleaf maple trees -- some as much as 2 meters (7 feet) wide in trunk diameter -- completely draped in hanging gardens of mosses and ferns found just south of Cowichan Lake on southern Vancouver Island, BC.

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Canada’s Mossiest Rainforest

This video, created by BC's Ancient Forest Alliance, showcases the mossy beauty of Mossy Maple Grove, a forest near Lake Cowichan on Vancouver Island.

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Jane Morden by an Ancient Douglas-fir in the McLaughlin Ridge

Join the Friends of McLaughlin Ridge on Facebook!

Port Alberni residents led by local activist Jane Morden are standing up to protect the endangered McLaughlin Ridge, a 500 hectare tract of ancient Douglas-fir forest near the town that biologists have classified as both critical habitat for wintering deer and endangered Queen Charlotte goshawks

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Ancient Forest Alliance

UVic Slideshow Featuring BC’s Most Spectacular Old-Growth Rainforests!

Date: Tuesday, February 7
Time: 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Clearihue Building Rm A202, UVic.
FREE!
Facebook event page:  www.facebook.com/events/319365198106776/

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Vehicle Donation Needed

Do you or a family member have a vehicle that you no longer need? One that you would be willing to donate to the Ancient Forest Alliance?  If so, the AFA is looking for a safe and reliable vehicle for our door canvass to build support in communities throughout Victoria and Vancouver Island.

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The Victoria Naturalist – “Canada’s Mossiest Rainforest” Found on Vancouver Island

Check out the January/February 2012 edition of The Victoria Naturalist for the Ancient Forest Alliance's article on "Canada's Mossiest Rainforest"! The article is found on pages 15 and 16. Be sure to check…
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