Local Port Alberni resident and Watershed-Forest Alliance coordinator Jane Morden (red shirt) hikes amongst some of the giant old-growth Douglas-fir trees found in the endangered Cameron Valley Firebreak.

Protect the Cameron Valley’s Endangered Forests!

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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Large scale clearcutting of second-growth forests near Shirley in 2011.

Forum on Juan de Fuca Lands – Thursday, May 3rd

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

https://www.sierraclub.bc.ca/events/our-forests-our-future-victoria

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Cameron Valley Firebreak

Groups make appeal to save forest

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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Cameron Valley Firebreak

Environmental groups decry logging near Cathedral Grove

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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Yogis in support of the Ancient Forest Alliance!

Karma Classes are Hatha Yoga and great for beginners.
Held Sunday evenings from 5:15 – 6:30 pm, and are by donation.
Dates for May are the 6th, 13th, and 27th
Location:  Reflections Building, 127-2745 Veterans Memorial Parkway, in Langford
 

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Crown lands belong to the public, not government

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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Local Port Alberni resident and Watershed-Forest Alliance coordinator Jane Morden (red shirt) hikes amongst some of the giant old-growth Douglas-fir trees found in the endangered Cameron Valley Firebreak.

Island Timberlands Begins Logging Old-Growth in Area Formerly Intended as Protected Elk Winter Range in the Cameron Valley near Port Alberni

The Cameron Valley Firebreak is an extremely rare, 150 hectare section of old-growth forest that spans the distance from the valley bottom to mountain top that is a 30 minute drive from the town of Port Alberni and lies several kilometres upstream from the world-famous Cathedral Grove.

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The 'Gnarly Clark'

Let’s name it ‘Protected’

There’s nothing like labelling something with a name to give you that sense of ownership, but the Ancient Forest Alliance has played a clever card this week by naming one of the most at-risk, unprotected old-growth tree groves on the Island after B.C.’s premier.

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Ancient Forest Alliance

Music Video: Holly Arntzen and Kevin Wright – 5ive Sisters

A local song tells the tale of an injured mill worker and the push to ban raw log exports.

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The 'Gnarly Clark'

Ancient grove named for premier

The group hopes the new name will motivate Premier Clark to protect the grove and develop a plan to protect endangered old-growth forests across BC instead of supporting their continued destruction.

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