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BC's ninth widest Douglas-fir cut down by BC Timber Sales (BCTS) in the Nahmint Valley in 2018.

Media Release: BC Timber Sales Review Protects Destructive Status Quo Over Old-Growth Forests

Conservation groups criticize BC Timber Sales' latest report for neglecting old-growth forest protections, highlighting concerns over expanded logging and policy backsliding by the BC NDP.
Media Release
BC's ninth widest Douglas-fir cut down by BC Timber Sales (BCTS) in the Nahmint Valley in 2018.

BC Timber Sales (BCTS) Review Submission – AFA & EEA

AFA & EEA's BC Timber Sales review submission: Protect old-growth, fund Indigenous stewardship, and build BC’s sustainable forest future.
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An immense redcedar measuring roughly 9 ft (3 m) wide recently felled in a BC Timber Sales cutblock in the Nahmint Valley.

Global News: BC advocates raising alarm due to recent clear-cut on Vancouver Island

See this Global News video coverage featuring Ancient Forest Alliance's recent documentation of old-growth logging in the Nahmint Valley.
News Coverage
A giant old-growth redcedar tree cut down in the Namhint Valley

Massive Old-Growth Trees Cut in the Nahmint Valley via BC Timber Sales

Shocking photos and drone footage reveal carnage as old-growth trees upwards of 9 feet wide and over 500 years old are logged under the management of BC Timber Sales in the famed Nahmint Valley on Vancouver Island, BC.
Media Release

B.C. timber agency didn’t adequately protect old forest on Vancouver Island: watchdog

CTV News Vancouver Island - An investigation by British Columbia's forest practices watchdog has found the provincial agency responsible for auctioning timber sale licenses did not adequately protect old forest in an area of Vancouver Island.
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Forestry Watchdog finds BC Timber Sales failing to protect old-growth, biodiversity in Nahmint Valley

An investigation by the Forest Practices Board - sparked by a complaint lodged by the AFA - has found that BC Timber Sales’s logging plans for the Nahmint Valley have consistently failed to comply with legally-binding land-use objectives for biodiversity protection.
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