Our friends at Conservation North released shocking new interactive maps that illustrate just how little old-growth forest remains across BC after decades of industrial activity.
AFA photographer & campaigner TJ Watt's before and after images of ancient giants in the Caycuse River Watershed garnered massive public attention and spurred thousands to take action for BC's ancient forests. This Outside magazine piece delves into TJ's process behind capturing the beauty and loss of old-growth forests and what's needed to protect them.
Capital DailyJanuary 31, 2021 Logging-dependent communities are facing an existential threat from what conservationists and First Nations say is an overdue change to forestry practices. If there’s a stand of ancient trees anywhere on Vancouver Island, chances are TJ Watt has seen and photographed it. Watt is cofounder of Ancient Forest Alliance, which has taken […]
Cowichan Valley CitizenDecember 14, 2020 Points to clear cutting along Haddon Creek as shocking Conservationists with the Ancient Forest Alliance are urging the province to immediately halt logging in B.C.’s most at-risk old-growth forests. The alliance also wants the Horgan NDP government to commit funding for old-growth protection following the destruction of some of Vancouver […]
Watt said he wants to see the B.C. government commit funding to the transition to sustainable forestry. Photo: TJ Watt Watt walks down a Teal-Jones logging road. Photo: TJ Watt Read the original article Before and after images show the extent of clearcut logging on the slopes of the valley. Photo: TJ Watt Forestry machinery […]
AFA's TJ Watt was interviewed by The Guardian about the logging of ancient cedars in the Caycuse Valley & the ongoing destruction of BC's endangered old-growth in the face of a global environmental emergency. Read more...
CBC News British ColumbiaNovember 29, 2020 Katrine Conroy, MLA for Kootenay-West, was appointed this week as B.C.’s forestry minister Stark photos released this week by a conservation group pushing hard for the province to protect what remains of B.C.’s largest and oldest trees is just one point of pressure the province’s new forestry minister is […]
Note: Last week we welcomed the release of the Old Growth Strategic Review panel’s long-anticipated report, which includes strong recommendations to protect old-growth forests & overhaul BC’s forest management regime.We also welcomed logging deferrals in 9 areas across BC, but closer inspection reveals that some of those areas were already deferred or have little at-risk, […]
Here's the first in series of articles by Serena Renner that take a deep dive into the 'tree of life', western redcedar. "Its future in doubt, no other tree has provided such abundance and identity for northwest peoples, or such habitat and carbon storage in the forest." Read on to learn more & see some photos from AFA's TJ Watt.
My Campbell River NowSeptember 12, 2020 The province is taking a new, holistic approach as a first step for the benefit of its old-growth forests. This will include the protection of nine areas throughout the province, totalling almost 353,000 hectares. In a break from the divisive practices of the past, the government plans to engage […]
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