A collage of images featuring various sections of the Avatar Grove boardwalk completed over the May Long Weekend.

PHOTO GALLERY: Avatar Grove Boardwalk Construction Begins

See GREAT PHOTOS of the initial phase of the boardwalk's construction. It has begun! Over the May Long Weekend, construction began on the initial phase of the Avatar Grove Boardwalk! As thousands of visitors continue to flock to see the Avatar Grove, the boardwalk is needed to protect its ecological integrity, ensure visitor safety, and help promote eco-tourism for the Pacheedaht First Nations and the town of Port Renfrew to see the economic benefits of keeping one of the last old-growth forests in their region standing.

AFA photographer TJ Watt stands beside two large old-growth Douglas-fir trees in the Children's Forest along James Creek on Cortes Island.

NEW PHOTO GALLERY featuring Cortes Island’s endangered forests!

See new photos by AFA's TJ Watt from the Squirrel Cove Ancient Forest in the headwaters of Basil Creek and from the Children's Forest along James Creek, both areas of which are slated to be logged by Island Timberlands.