Educational

What is the difference between an old-growth forest and a second-growth tree plantation? Learn why ancient ecosystems are irreplaceable and how tree farms differ.

Learn all about the maidenhair fern: An exquisite example of nature’s delicacy in the cool, shaded forests of British Columbia.

Learn all about the western toad, a widespread and adaptable inhabitant of diverse ecosystems across BC, including the coastal rainforests!

High in the canopy of old-growth forests, one can find “sky gardens”: a collection of epiphytes (plants that grow on other plants) growing on the limbs of ancient trees.

Here's what has happened in the 5 years since the Old Growth Strategic Review, and what the BC government still needs to do to ensure the full protection of old-growth forests in BC.

See this photo of a black bear cub climbing a tree and learn about why old-growth trees are so important for their happiness and survival!

A beautiful highlight in endangered Garry oak meadows is the shooting star, with its vivid purple and swept-back wing-like petals.

Diversity is a defining feature of old-growth forests, whose unparalleled structural complexity develops over centuries to provide habitats for thousands of species, many of which live nowhere else. Learn more about these incredible rainforest ecosystems and take action to protect them!

In the coastal rainforests, you know it's officially spring when the bigleaf maples start to flower with their subtle yellow-green colouring! Learn more about these lovely flowers here.