The next eight months will be a crucial time period for the fate of BC’s old-growth forests – in fact, the most important in BC’s history for ancient forests. Please DONATE to help the Ancient Forest Alliance build a much-needed “War Chest” of funding during this crucial pre-election period to shape major provincial policy decisions.
This week the Ancient Forest Alliance has launched a campaign, including a new petition, the distribution of 50,000 new brochures into key communities, and outreach to other conservation and recreation groups, calling on the BC Liberal government to establish a dedicated “BC Park Acquisition Fund” of at least $40 million per year. The fund would raise $400 million over 10 years, enabling the timely purchase of significant tracts of endangered private lands of high conservation, scenic, and recreation value to add to BC’s parks and protected areas system.
The Victoria Natural History Society invites you to join the Ancient Forest Alliance¹s Ken Wu and TJ Watt tonight for a spectacular slideshow and talk on the ecology, wildlife, and politics of old-growth forests including Avatar Grove, Walbran Valley, Clayoquot Sound, McLaughlin Ridge, and the newly found Mossy Maple Rainforest (aka "Fangorn Forest"). Tonight, Tues. April 10th at 7:30 p.m. Room 159 of the Fraser building, UVIC
Mon., Feb.27: 100 MILE DINNER and CELEBRATION! (Victoria) Norway House, 1110 Hillside Avenue (by Graham St.), Victoria 6:00-7:30 pm 100 Mile Dinner! ***SOLD OUT*** Course details TBA. Vegetarian and non-vegetarian options. Music by renowned Victoria musician Mike Edel! 7:30—9:30 pm Celebration ***TICKETS LEFT*** To celebrate the organization’s phenomenal growth and success, Social Coast (www.SocialCoast.org) is organizing a 100 Mile Dinner for the AFA with locally-produced, delicious gourmet foods! Yummy! Afterwards, there will be a celebration with music, drinks, speakers, a silent auction, and hob-nobbing with fellow tree-huggers!
Please take a moment to assist with each area – if you commit just 30 minutes, you could help each area listed below right now: Avatar Grove, Cortes Island, the Great Bear Rainforest, Flores Island, McLaughlin Ridge, and Mossy Maple Grove.
This video, created by BC's Ancient Forest Alliance, showcases the mossy beauty of Mossy Maple Grove, a forest near Lake Cowichan on Vancouver Island.
This is the unprotected "Mossy Maple Grove", Canada's mossiest rainforest, a stand of enormous old-growth Bigleaf maple trees -- some as much as 2 meters (7 feet) wide in trunk diameter -- completely draped in hanging gardens of mosses and ferns found just south of Cowichan Lake on southern Vancouver Island, BC.
Conservationists identify and seek to protect Canada's mossiest maple rain forest on Vancouver Island.
Please support the AFA during the last stretch of 2011 – your donation will go furthest with us, we are about the leanest environmental organization in BC with the largest impact! Donate securely online as a Gift, In Memory, or regular donation
MON., DEC.5: VICTORIA 7:00-8:30 pm Ambrosia Center, 638 Fisgard St. near Douglas St. We are excited to finally share with you the latest, incredible old-growth stand that we’ve come across: the “MOSSY MAPLE RAINFOREST”!
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