Parthenon Grove, east of Prince George in the Upper Fraser Valley, is one of the most magnificent old-growth forests. This is a globally significant, ten-kilometer-long track of valley-bottom old-growth redcedars unlike any remaining stands of Inland Temperate Rainforest that we know of. Most of these forests are found in much smaller fragments on more rugged terrain. While some of it is protected in Old Growth Management Areas, there are various “holes” in the protection that have excluded some of the finest and largest ancient cedars. This area is also an important wintering area for the highly endangered Mountain Caribou, an old-growth-dependent ungulate that has dwindled to 1300 individuals when tens of thousands or more once roamed the inland rainforest of BC.
Thanks to local conservationist Hugh Perkins for guiding Ancient Forest Alliance as we explored and photographed this magnificent grove.
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