In April 2020, Ancient Forest Alliance campaigner and photographer TJ Watt explored and documented old-growth logging totalling over 70 hectares along Haddon Creek in the Caycuse Valley in Ditidaht territory and found monumental redcedar trees over 11 feet (3.5 meters) in diameter cut down.
Without question, this was one of the grandest forests on southern Vancouver Island, rivalling the renowned Avatar Grove near Port Renfrew or the Walbran Valley, which lies a few kilometers away. These photographs would later become the “before” images in the shocking before and after series that went viral around the world. The logging of globally rare ancient forests such as these must not continue.
Take action by sending an instant message to protect old-growth forests.
