Ahousaht and Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations and the BC government announced 760 sq km of old-growth forests in Clayoquot Sound are now safeguarded in 10 new conservancies.
With Avatar Grove closed since 2022 and unmaintained since 2018, there are many questions as to when the beloved old-growth forest will reopen.
See this Global News video coverage featuring Ancient Forest Alliance's recent documentation of old-growth logging in the Nahmint Valley.
BC old-growth activists have taken before and after photos of a large area of an ancient grove that was clear-cut on Vancouver Island near Port Alberni in the Nahmint Valley.
A significant stretch of endangered caribou habitat in northeast BC has been permanently protected in the newly expanded Klinse-Za / Twin Sisters Park, First Nations and the BC and federal governments announced today.
Ancient Forest Alliance photographer TJ Watt's award-winning image of a giant old-growth cedar on Flores Island in Clayoquot Sound was also featured in The Guardian alongside the other winning images from the Earth Photo 2024 contest.
A photograph of a solitary man walking along terraces in China, rust-red rivers in Alaska and a gargantuan western red cedar are among the winning images of the Earth Photo 2024 competition. The award – created in 2018 by Forestry England, the UK’s Royal Geographic Society and visual arts consultancy Parker Harris – aims to showcase the beauty of our planet, as well as the threats it is facing, from climate change to toxic pollution.
An image of a massive western red cedar towering over an Ahousaht hereditary leader has won an award in the Royal Geographical Society’s Earth Photo 2024 competition. Titled Flores Island Cedar, the photo shows Tyson Atleo standing at the base of a western red cedar that’s estimated to be more than 1,000 years old.
This article explores tall tree tourism in Port Renfrew, the "Tall Tree Capital of Canada," along with the economic and environmental benefits of preserving ancient forests like Avatar Grove on Vancouver Island.
The Times Colonist debunks BC's and Canadian forestry associations' aim to tell a story that places them as the 'hero' in a fight against BC wildfires.
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