Entries by TJ Watt

NDP announces plan to protect old-growth trees

Watch this Global News piece featuring interviews with Endangered Ecosystems Alliance’s Ken Wu, the AFA’s Andrea Inness, and Sierra Club BC’s Jens Wieting about the BC government’s plan to protect 54 of BC’s biggest trees and develop an old-growth management strategy.

B.C. announces protection for old-growth trees

Watch this CTV News clip about the BC government’s announcement that it will protect 54 old-growth trees on the BC Big Tree Registry and create a panel to make recommendations on old-growth management.

Forests minister says 54 of the province’s largest trees will be protected

Check out this Times Colonist article with responses from Green Party MLA Adam Olsen and the AFA’s Andrea Inness to yesterday’s announcement by the BC government that it will protect 54 of BC’s biggest trees on the Big Tree Registry and create a panel to make recommendations on old-growth management.

Avatar Grove with BC KAIROS Rolling Justice Bus

The AFA’s TJ Watt and forest ecologist Andy MacKinnon joined the BC KAIROS Rolling Justice Bus at Avatar Grove on day one of a four day tour to explore Vancouver Island’s most spectacular ancient forests!