In recognition of Earth Month, members of AFA decided they would showcase one of Vancouver Island’s largest old-growth giants by climbing and measuring it, and capturing drone footage of the process.
Spectacular drone footage and photos reveal climbers more than 20 stories in the air in the “hydra-like” canopy of an old-growth Sitka spruce, highlighting the incredible grandeur of old-growth forests in British Columbia during Earth Week.
Catch Ancient Forest Alliance Photographer and Campaigner TJ Watt at the TEDxVictoria event on May 15th! Tickets still available.
A graceful straight stem, curving elegantly at the top like a tiny streetlamp with beams of golden light spilling down — the fawn lily is such a picturesque beauty, that once seen, it will never be forgotten.
We’d like to take the opportunity to extend a massive thank you to the following businesses for recently supporting the old-growth campaign.
AFA and EEA are concerned the BC government is backsliding on its previous policy progress to ensure a paradigm shift in the management of old-growth forests in BC.
Thank you for celebrating Ancient Forest Alliance’s 14th birthday and helping us raise $16,427 for the old-growth campaign!
Major tracts of the finest old-growth forests in BC are included in the Ahousaht and Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations’ proposed Provincial Conservancies network.
The presentation on “The Search for the World’s Biggest Trees” was part of Kennedy Center’s two-week “REACH to FOREST” event.
Now that AFA is a charity, we can now accept donations through foundations! Thanks to the following foundations for their generous support in 2023.
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