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Get to know 2021 Trebek Grantee, campaigner and photographer with Ancient Forest Alliance, TJ Watt

Jul 29 2022/in Announcements

Check out this new interview from the Royal Canadian Geographical Society featuring AFA Photographer & Co-Founder, TJ Watt.

Last year, TJ was awarded significant support and recognition as one of the first recipients of the Trebek Initiative grant, naming him a National Geographic Explorer and Royal Canadian Geographical Society Explorer. The grant is supporting TJ’s work exploring and documenting at-risk ancient forests in BC through the creation of new ‘before & after’ series, aerial imagery, and more.

Thank you to our generous business supporters!

Jul 29 2022/in Thank You

Our work to protect endangered old-growth forests in BC and ensure a sustainable second-growth forest industry would not be possible without our generous donors. Thank you to the following businesses and individuals who have supported our old-growth campaign recently!

Naturbana Properties for choosing the AFA as one of the recipients of their Natura Gives Back Program. We are thrilled to receive your generous support!

Corvidae Environmental Consulting Inc. for a generous monthly contribution.

Viva Cacao for supporting the AFA as part of their 1% for the Planet commitment.

Howled the Wolf for including the AFA as one of their priority organizations to receive 25% of proceeds from each beautifully designed bandana sold

PhoenixLeighDesigns for their generous support!

We sincerely appreciate your generosity, and the support we receive from all AFA followers. Thank you for standing with us!

Tooth-Leaved Monkeyflower

Jul 25 2022/in Educational

A rare and beautiful flower, the yellow tooth-leaved monkeyflower (Erythranthe dentata), in Canada, is restricted to a handful of valleys on southwestern Vancouver Island. This diminutive rainforest resident prefers the rich floodplain forests that grow along the valley bottoms, which are home to the largest and most magnificent old-growth trees. These forests are now exceedingly rare, as their massive trees have been a target for logging for well over 100 years, leaving the flower as a blue-listed species of concern.

However, during springtime in BC, you still might catch a glimpse of the tooth-leaved monkeyflower brightening the forest floor in places such as the Nitinat River Provincial Park in Ditidaht territory; its pretty petals a tiny but lovely emblem of these grand and once-abundant ancient forests.