Jun 28 2018

223 international scientists call for urgent action to protect British Columbia’s endangered temperate rainforests

A total of 223 scientists from nine countries have signed a letter urging the provincial government to take immediate action to protect B.C.'s remaining temperate rain forests! “BC’s temperate rainforests are globally rare, they offer habitat for many imperiled species and, globally, the vast majority of these unique rainforests has already been logged. Protection of remaining intact tracts of these carbon-rich, climate saving forests is a global responsibility." - Dr. Dominick DellaSala, chief scientist at the Geos Institute in Ashland, Oregon

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Canada's 9th-widest Douglas fir
Jun 22 2018

Veteran B.C. forester weighs in on the continued logging of ancient giants

Veteran B.C. forester, Anthony Britneff, weighs in on the continued logging of ancient giants and the B.C. government’s attempt to skew the stats on how much old growth forest remains.  "It is incumbent upon our provincial government to stop the arithmetic trickery and to bring intellectual honesty and scientific thinking to a resolution of the old-growth issue on Vancouver Island."

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Ancient yellow cedar slated for logging in Schmidt Creek
Jun 13 2018

BC Government Targets Another Old-Growth Rainforest Forest For Clearcut Logging

VICTORIA, Unceded Lekwungen Territories – After visiting and documenting Schmidt Creek, the next valley slated for logging by government agency B.C. Timber Sales (BCTS), environmental organizations and Indigenous leaders are ramping up the call for the agency to discontinue logging permits in remaining endangered old-growth rainforests. The documentation of new BCTS logging roads in Schmidt Creek follows the recent discovery by the Ancient Forest Alliance of BCTS logging of endangered rainforest in the Nahmint Valley, near Port Alberni, including near record-sized ancient giants, wider than the biggest Douglas-fir in Cathedral Grove.

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TJ Watt beside an enormous
Jun 12 2018

Environmentalists accuse B.C. government of fudging the numbers to log some of the world’s biggest trees

Check out this article which explains why statistics released by the BC NDP about the protected status of old-growth forests on BC's coast are misleading and how this is impacts efforts to protect the last of BC's coastal giants. 

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BC's 9th widest Douglas-fir cut down in the Nahmint Valley
Jun 8 2018

B.C. “legacy tree” policy under review after ancient fir logged

B.C. Timber Sales is reviewing its best management practices for legacy trees with the intent of strengthening a policy brought into question by old-growth logging near Port Alberni. The Crown agency (BCTS) and the B.C. government have been roundly criticized in recent weeks by conservationists and local First Nations for continuing to allow logging of ancient fir and cedar in the Nahmint Valley.

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Ancient Forest Alliance campaigner Andrea Inness walks beside an enormous
Jun 6 2018

The fall of giants: irreplaceable trees logged

Check out this article from Radio Canada International highlighting the contentious logging of pristine old-growth forests, including the 9th largest Douglas fir tree in Canada, in the Nahmint Valley near Port Alberni. Blame is being directed at the BC NDP, since its own logging agency, BC Timber Sales, is responsible for planning and auctioning off the cutblocks.

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The AFA's Ken Wu and local Port Alberni conservationists stand atop Canada's 9th-widest Douglas-fir tree
Jun 5 2018

NDP blamed for failing to save Vancouver Island old-growth giants from logging

Check out this CBC News article about the logging of ancient forests and near-record-sized trees in the Nahmint Valley, with quotes from Brenda Sayers of the Hupacasath First Nation. Since the AFA uncovered the intense old-growth logging currently underway in the valley, which is targeting the grandest and highest-productivity monumental groves, the issue has generated widespread media coverage and viral social media attention among millions of people.

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AFA executive director Ken Wu stands beside the Alberni Giant
Jun 1 2018

Blame for felled Nahmint giant placed on NDP

Check out this article in the Alberni Valley News about logging in the Nahmint Valley near Port Alberni. 300 hectares of prime old-growth forest, including near record-breaking-sized trees, are currently being logged throughout the valley, despite BC Timber Sales (the BC government's logging agency which auctioned off the cutblocks) having a policy in place meant to protect exceptionally large trees. 

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