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TJ Watt2026-02-20 11:35:152026-02-20 13:08:24Welcome, Zeinab, our new Vancouver Canvass Director!Take Action
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Avatar Grove – Making a Stand
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The AFA sends a big THANK YOU to the four bright and dedicated students from Pearson College that put together an excellent 7 minute documentary on the Avatar Grove and Vancouver Island’s threatened old-growth forests. Liz Welliver, Amelia Redmond, Luke Hunter, and Danielle de Jonge toured the Grove with AFA’s Ken Wu and TJ Watt in late February and afterwards also interviewed several local business owners and political representatives during their stay. The result is a fun and informative video that does a great job in capturing the campaign detail nuances which shorter news clips typically lack. Pearson College, located in Metchosin on Vancouver Island BC, is an international school for gifted students in grade 10-12.
You can watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXUPoY7rV4M&tracker=False
You may also view the “making of” the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKUP2EzC_8Y&tracker=False
Port Renfrew Chamber News
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The March 17 Ancient Forest Alliance and Port Renfrew Chamber of Commerce fundraiser was a very big success. I would like to thank the Sooke Harbour House, The Ancient Forest Alliance and Adriane Carr for making the event all possible.
I would also like to thank Paul George and Vicky Husband and all of the folks who came out to support our endeavor.
We raised $6,100 in pledges and cash donations, and made new friends who own companies who are able to give a hand in other areas.
All in all we could not have asked for anything better. Thank you one and all.
We are right on target for opening May 1 and look forward to a very busy season. Please come up for a visit.
On another note, Port Renfrew has also entered the Ultimate Fishing Town competition.
As everyone else, we too feel we have the best fishing in the world.
Good luck to all everyone and may the best town win.
Rose Betsworth – Port Renfrew Chamber of Commerce President
Avatar Grove must get saved
/in AnnouncementsThere’s a lot of nonsense and inaccuracies in Greg Klem’s confused letter (April 13) about the Ancient Forest Alliance and Port Renfrew Chamber of Commerce’s cooperative efforts to protect the Avatar Grove.
Avatar Grove is particularly valuable because it is the easiest to access monumental stand of ancient trees near Port Renfrew. Other old-growth stands are farther away along rough logging roads, on steep slopes.
The thousands of visitors who’ve been there know it’s filled with majestic red cedars and Douglas firs, along with smaller hemlocks. The largest trees in Avatar Grove are about 14 feet in diameter, wider than my living room. You can see photos at https://ancientforestalliance.org/photos-media/
A recent Forest Practices Board report notes that just one per cent of the Gordon Valley landscape unit consists of protected monumental trees over 400 years old. In addition, only about one-fourth or 4,000 hectares of the Gordon River’s 17,000 hectares is still old-growth, of which only half or 2,000 hectares are protected in Old-Growth Management Areas (OGMA’s).
Most of the Avatar Grove’s biggest trees were marked with “Falling Boundary” and “Road Location” ribbons for logging when we started to popularize the area last year. Only 24 per cent of Avatar Grove is within an OGMA, according to Forests Ministry statements.
Similarly, TimberWest flagged their private lands for logging right next to the old-growth fringe around the Red Creek Fir last year, but backed off when we made noise. That was followed by BC Timber Sales logging about 500 metres away. The sign for the Red Creek Fir has never been replaced by the government after being destroyed.
Our old-growth forests have much greater value still alive for tourism, wildlife, and the climate. Let’s sustainably log second-growth and protect the last bits of old-growth like the Avatar Grove.
We’re proud to work with the many forward-thinking local business owners including the Port Renfrew Chamber of Commerce who see a future in keeping the largest trees in Canada standing.