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ACTION ALERT: Have Your Say on Changes to BC’s Forest Practices Legislation

Right now, we have a MAJOR opportunity to influence changes to BC's key forest practices legislation to protect endangered old-growth forests! Please SPEAK UP and submit your feedback online before July 15th.
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Avatar Grove with BC KAIROS Rolling Justice Bus

The AFA's TJ Watt and forest ecologist Andy MacKinnon joined the BC KAIROS Rolling Justice Bus at Avatar Grove on day one of a four day tour to explore Vancouver Island's most spectacular ancient forests!
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ACTION ALERT: Speak up for Ancient Forests. Submit your Feedback on Budget 2020 Before June 28th!

The BC government is seeking recommendations for the 2020 provincial budget until Friday, June 28th. This presents a golden opportunity to request funding for old-growth forest protection! Please submit your feedback (using our prepared submission) today!
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New Old-Growth Clearcut Mars the Scenery from the Popular Gordon River Bridge at Avatar Grove

Before-and-after images taken by conservationists with the Ancient Forest Alliance highlight the destructive impacts of recent clearcut logging by the Teal Jones Group on Edinburgh Mountain, a “hotspot” of high conservation, scenic, and recreational value near Port Renfrew on Vancouver Island.
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Province-wide rallies to protect old-growth forests

Watch this Global News piece about the day of action for ancient forests where concerned and frustrated British Columbians gathered outside 17 MLA offices across the province to demand protection for endangered old-growth forests and a shift to a sustainable, second-growth industry.
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Premier’s office one of 17 rallies across B.C. calling for protection of old-growth forest

Check out this article in the Sooke News Mirror about a province-wide day of action for ancient forests!
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AFA’s Youth Supporters

We find inspiration knowing that younger generations are taking action to learn about and protect BC’s ancient forests as our now and future leaders. We’d like to send a shout-out to some of these…
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B.C. Greens call for halt on logging Island old-growth

Read this Times Colonist article about the BC Green Party's call on the provincial government for a moratoria on logging in Vancouver Island's old-growth "hotspots" ( intact ancient forests with the greatest conservation and recreational values).
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B.C. Greens call for immediate halt to old-growth logging on Vancouver Island

Check out this CTV article about the BC Greens' call for moratoria on old-growth logging on Vancouver Island and a transition to a sustainable, second-growth economy.
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Sonia Furstenau: The Island’s old growth is under attack

Read Green Party MLA Sonia Furstenau's op ed in the Times Colonist about the urgent need for the NDP government to protect BC's endangered old-growth forests.
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