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Jul 2 2020

Photos: Taylor River Valley – Old-Growth Under Threat

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Our exploration of the Taylor River Valley near Port Alberni in June 2020 exposed BC Timber Sales’ plans to auction off nearly 200 football fields worth of old-growth forest.

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