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The two journalism students put together an audio/visual story on the Avatar Grove. Follow this link to watch and listen: https://thethunderbird.ca/2011/03/31/old-trees-find-new-value-in-historic-logging-town/

Old trees find new value in historic logging town

Nestled on the southwest coast of Vancouver Island, the town’s livelihood and identity grew out of logging old-growth forests for most of the 20th century. Mechanization of the logging industry in the 1980s led to significant job loss, which forced the town to find new ways to thrive.
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Secrets of Clayoquot Event – Tuesday, April 5th, 7:30-9:00pm, Ambrosia Event Centre, Victoria, BC.

Learn about the ecology of the region’s globally significant ancient rainforests, and how industrial activity threatens this UNESCO Biosphere reserve.
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The international news group Al Jazeera filming near Canada's Gnarliest Tree in the Avatar Grove

New INCREDIBLE High-Definition (HD) Video Shot in the Avatar Grove!

Shooting with the Canon 5D MK II, the Canon 7D, and using a pocket dolly to roll smooth shots, Darryl has captured some of the most stunning, Planet Earth-like video of these incredible yet threatened forests.
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Port Renfrew Chamber of Commerce President Rosie Betsworth makes her speech during the AFA hosted fundraiser at the Sooke Harbour House.

Port Renfrew aided by donations

At a fundraiser on March 17 at the Sooke Harbour House, local area business people and interested conservationists came together to raise funds for an information centre in Port Renfrew.
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MP Keith Martin stands in front of "Canada's Gnarliest Tree" in the endangered Upper Avatar Grove.

A South Vancouver Island National Park Reserve

The solution: that the lands of Mary Hill, Race Rocks, and the undeveloped portions of William Head and Rocky Point be designated a National Conservation Area. This should be part of a larger canvas— a South Vancouver Island National Park Reserve—which would include parks in East Sooke, Albert Head, and Fort Rodd Hill connected to the Juan de Fuca Marine Trail system and an expanded Pacific Rim National Park Reserve.
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San Juan Spruce tree and the Red Creek Fir - some of the Canada's largest trees found right nearby!

Sooke fundraiser aims to raise awareness of Island’s ancient trees

The aim of the free-drink-and-free-appetizer event at Sooke Harbour House is to increase tourism to monumental trees around Port Renfrew.
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UVic Law students gather around one of the giant

Avatar Grove profile on the rise

The environmental advocates with the AFA have worked steadily at publicizing the site of old growth trees they became aware of in late 2009. Some of the cedar and spruce trees located there are reportedly among the oldest and largest on the continent.
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Al Jazeera's Imtiaz Tyab stands reports on BC's endangered old-growth forests while standing on a giant Sitka spruce stump in the Gordon River Valley near Port Renfrew.

In B.C., Al Jazeera finds a new war to cover

"We're always interested in environmental stories," said al Jazeera producer Jet Belgraver, on the phone from Toronto. The story, which will air Saturday, aims to give global viewers "a bit of a reality check" about B.C. logging practices.
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The international news group Al Jazeera filming near Canada's Gnarliest Tree in the Avatar Grove

Al Jazeera Reports on Ancient Forest Alliance’s Campaign to Save Old-Growth Forests and the Avatar Grove

Watch the news clip from Al Jazeera, one of the largest TV news networks on Earth that reaches 220 million homes in over 100 countries, who have just featured the Ancient Forest Alliance’s campaign to protect British Columbia’s endangered old-growth forests and the Avatar Grove on Vancouver Island.

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The international news group Al Jazeera filming near Canada's Gnarliest Tree in the Avatar Grove

BC’s ancient forests draw Al Jazeera’s gaze

Al Jazeera English is actually available to 220 million homes in more than 100 countries around the world, which is what has local environmentalists excited.
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