Infographic: 5 years after the Old Growth Strategic Review, the BC Government stalls progress and starts to backslide.

Here's what has happened in the 5 years since the Old Growth Strategic Review, and what the BC government still needs to do to ensure the full protection of old-growth forests in BC.
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Vancouver Sun: Languishing ‘in the doldrums’: Conservation groups demand action on B.C.’s old-growth logging review

Conservation groups and First Nations are calling on the B.C. government to act on five-year-old promises to overhaul the logging industry to protect old-growth forests.
News Coverage
Ancient Forest Alliance photographer and campaign director TJ Watt stands beside the fallen remains of an ancient western redcedar approximately 9 feet (3 metres) wide, cut down by BC Timber Sales in the Nahmint Valley near Port Alberni in Hupačasath, Tseshaht, and Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ First Nation territory. (2024)

Victoria Buzz: Images expose ongoing old-growth logging as BC government misses key deadline

On the five-year anniversary of the Old Growth Strategic Review (OGSR), Ancient Forest Alliance urgently calls on the BC government to take action to protect old-growth forests and highlights images that expose ongoing old-growth logging.
News Coverage
Old-growth cedar stump - Quatsino

Five Years After Old Growth Strategic Review, BC Government Stalls Progress and Starts to Backslide

To mark OGSR's fifth anniversary and recent BC government backsliding, we highlight five of the most shocking images of old-growth logging from the past five years.
Media Release

NOW HIRING: Vancouver Canvass Director

The Ancient Forest Alliance (AFA) is seeking a dedicated Canvass Director to drive our fundraising and awareness-raising efforts in the Greater Vancouver Region.
Employment
Lumber made from second-growth wood rolls through the former San Group Mill in Port Alberni. Facilities processing smaller diameter logs would have benefited from a fund with the stipulations that we are proposing.

$1.2B Federal Forestry Funding Is BC’s Chance to Future-Proof Economy With Smart, Modern Forest Industry

The Ancient Forest Alliance (AFA) and Endangered Ecosystems Alliance (EEA) are calling on the BC and federal governments to tie the federal government’s $1.25 billion softwood lumber industry support package, announced by Prime Minister Carney in August and reaffirmed at his “strategic response fund” announcement to US tariffs last week, to help transition BC’s forest industry into a sustainable, value-added second-growth industry and away from old-growth logging.
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