Things are heating up in BC’s forests and the world is taking notice. Check out this recent article in The Guardian.
Without funding to protect old-growth forests, BC’s ancient giants will continue to fall. Speak up today! Send a message to the BC government before April 20th, demanding funding be allocated in Budget 2021 to protect old-growth forests & support communities.
We would like thank our recent business supporters Seaflora Skincare, Cascadia Ring Co. & Astral Impressions for generously supporting the AFA!
Victoria City Council has unanimously approved a motion to call on the BC government to immediately defer logging in all at-risk old-growth forests on Vancouver Island and fund an economic transition away from old-growth logging! See the full resolution below. Kudos to Victoria Councillors Isitt, Loveday, and Dubow for putting the motion forward.
AFA photographer TJ Watt’s shocking before & after photos of old-growth logging by Teal-Jones in the Caycuse Valley are the cover story of the latest British Columbia Magazine.
Great news! City of Nanaimo Local Government and City of Port Moody have BOTH passed motions to oppose the logging of BC’s endangered old-growth forests.
A great article in Chek News exposing the BC government’s PR spin, delay tactics, and sophistry that’s allowing for continued old-growth logging in highly endangered areas.
BC Green Party leader Sonia Furstenau and Green MLA Adam Olsen have been holding John Horgan’s feet to the fire in the BC legislature this past week. But the BC NDP’s response has been hugely disappointing.
Environmental groups and the BC Green Party say the province’s failure to defer old-growth logging will exhaust the last remaining stands while a new forestry plan is developed.
When interviewed by the Globe and Mail about BC’s old-growth forests and the government’s election promise to fully implement the Old Growth panel’s recommendations, Premier Horgan said, “It is not my intention to see the last big tree felled.”
But actions speak louder than words and so far Premier Horgan and the BC NDP are failing on old-growth. Read more…
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