
Big Lonely Doug among largest old-growth trees now on protection list
Check out this piece in the Sooke News Mirror about the BC government's announcement to protect 54 old-growth trees on the BC Big Tree Registry, featuring responses from the AFA's Andrea Inness and Ken Wu of the Endangered Ecosystems Alliance

UBC scientists find high mutation rates generating genetic diversity within huge, old-growth trees
UBC NewsJuly 8th, 2019
Study provides clues on how trees evolve to survive
The towering, hundreds of years old Sitka spruce trees growing in the heart of Vancouver Island’s Carmanah Valley…

Province-wide rallies to protect old-growth forests
Watch this Global News piece about the day of action for ancient forests where concerned and frustrated British Columbians gathered outside 17 MLA offices across the province to demand protection for endangered old-growth forests and a shift to a sustainable, second-growth industry.

Premier’s office one of 17 rallies across B.C. calling for protection of old-growth forest
Check out this article in the Sooke News Mirror about a province-wide day of action for ancient forests!

B.C. Greens call for halt on logging Island old-growth
Read this Times Colonist article about the BC Green Party's call on the provincial government for a moratoria on logging in Vancouver Island's old-growth "hotspots" ( intact ancient forests with the greatest conservation and recreational values).

B.C. Greens call for immediate halt to old-growth logging on Vancouver Island
Check out this CTV article about the BC Greens' call for moratoria on old-growth logging on Vancouver Island and a transition to a sustainable, second-growth economy.

Sonia Furstenau: The Island’s old growth is under attack
Read Green Party MLA Sonia Furstenau's op ed in the Times Colonist about the urgent need for the NDP government to protect BC's endangered old-growth forests.

B.C. Greens call for immediate moratorium on logging of VI old-growth, support sustainable second-growth industry
The BC Green Party has called on the on the provincial government to institute a moratoria on logging in Vancouver Island's old-growth "hotspots". Check out their media release here!

Plan to log near Juan de Fuca park on hold again for consultation with nearby lodge
Check out this Times Colonist article about the BC government's decision to postpone the timber sale of 109 hectares of old-growth forest next to Juan de Fuca Provincial Park.

Port Renfrew chamber decries logging plan
Read this Times Colonist article about the Port Renfrew Chamber of Commerce calling for protection of the old-growth forests currently up for auction by BC Timber Sales next to Juan de Fuca Provincial Park.

