Ancient Forest Alliance
Oct 31 2015

**DEADLINE OCT 31st!** Help Establish a new South Okanagan Similkameen National Park – Please SEND a MESSAGE now!

The Province of B.C. recently announced a new proposed conservation framework, including national park designation, for the South Okanagan-Similkameen Valleys and they have invited public comments until October 31. This is wonderful news! And now we need to seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to establish a national park here. Please take the time to SEND a MESSAGE to let the province know what makes this area special to you, and why this deserves the highest level of protection - especially by including Area 2 in the national park. Go to: https://sosnationalpark.wordpress.com/

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Oct 31 2015

Help Create a Sizeable Inland Rainforest Protected Area east of Prince George! (Nov. 2nd, 4:00 pm deadline!)

The Province of BC is looking at establishing a new protected area in the "northern wetbelt" rainforest east of Prince George next to Slim Creek Provincial Park, and is soliciting feedback on a plan to protect the unique ecosystems of the beloved Ancient Forest (where thousands of people have now hiked the trails among the giant cedars). PLEASE sign-on to a letter supporting a new protected area, including on an expanded scale based on science, at: https://goo.gl/6UpY9m The Province is also accepting email comments on the plan; send your feedback to ancientforest@gov.bc.ca before Nov. 2, 4 p.m. See here for more details on taking action to protect this area!

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Recent boardwalk additions in the lower grove which span the area prone to Winter flooding.
Oct 28 2015

Photo Gallery of Avatar Grove Boardwalk Construction! October 2015

A big show of gratitude and thanks to the over 20 volunteers who came out to build boardwalk at Avatar Grove last weekend and to the many of you who have donated towards this project so far! We made significant progress in the lower grove, constructing close to 80ft (25 m) of new boardwalk and bridges over the area prone to flooding. These vital improvements come just in time before the heavy winter rains begin. There’s still a few key sets of stairs and bridges to get built but we’re making great headway on what has become one of the island’s most popular hiking trails! 

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Oct 19 2015

BC Sustainable Forestry March & Rally!

DATE: Friday, October 30, 2015 LOCATION: Duncan, BC TIME & PLACE: Begins at 12:00 Noon at Trunk Road and Highway 1, then march down to Charles Hoey Park (by the train station) Join forestry workers, environmentalists, unions, politicians, and diverse community members for a march and rally to end the export of raw logs and to support a sustainable, second-growth forest industry in BC. Bring your friends and family!  Invite others and coordinate rides on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/events/1693082370937511/ Organized by the Pulp, Paper, and Woodworkers of Canada (PPWC - see: www.PPWC.ca) with the support of the Ancient Forest Alliance (AFA - see www.AncientForestAlliance.org). Details HERE.  For more info contact Cam Shiel at camshiell78@gmail.com

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Oct 19 2015

Forest Dance Film ‘Verge: Dancing a Scarred and Sacred Landscape’ Screening at Planet in Focus Film Fest (Toronto, Oct 21-25, 2015)

Later this week, the short film 'Verge: Dancing a Scarred and Sacred Landscape' will be screening at the Planet in Focus Film Festival (https://planetinfocus.org) in Toronto. 'Verge' is a collaboration between filmmaker Leslie Kennah, choreographer Anna Kraulis, and the AFA's Hannah Carpendale, and features dancers moving through the magnificent Avatar Grove and the devastated clearcut landscape surrounding Big Lonely Doug, near Port Renfrew on southern Vancouver Island. The festival, which runs from Oct 21-25th, will feature a diversity of environmental films, workshops and other activities. 'Verge' will be screening alongside feature length film 'Puffin Patrol' on Sunday Oct 25 - for more details on the screening, visit https://planetinfocus.org/events/puffin-patrol/  **TICKET CONTEST: 2 free festival tickets are available for AFA supporters - for a chance to win one, please contact info@ancientforestalliance.org **

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Oct 5 2015

How B.C.’s anti-logging activists are using drones to fight the ‘information war’

Here's a comprehensive article in The Province about the AFA's use of a drone in the endangered Central Walbran Valley.

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Oct 2 2015

Environmental group hopes new tech will help halt old-growth logging

Here's an article in the Times Colonist about the Ancient Forest Alliance's use of a drone to highlight the endangered old-growth forest in the Central Walbran Valley.

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Oct 1 2015
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Thank You to Patagonia & Patagonia Vancouver!

The Ancient Forest Alliance would like to thank Patagonia and Patagonia Vancouver for their major support through their grassroots environmental grant program, helping us to build an ancient forest movement across BC’s Lower Mainland!  See Patagonia’s website at: https://www.patagonia.com/ca and visit the Patagonia Vancouver store online at: https://www.patagonia.com/us/patagonia.go?assetid=96713

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