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Nahmint Valley, Port Alberni - Huge Tree Logging
Aug 28 2018

Hupacasath First Nation calls on BC Government to Halt Logging of Old-Growth Forest in Nahmint Valley on Vancouver Island

The Hupacasath First Nation has sent an open letter to the BC NDP government, calling for an end to old-growth logging in the Nahmint Valley, in their traditional territory near Port Alberni, where Canada's ninth-widest Douglas-fir tree was felled in May. The letter calls on the provincial government to extinguish existing old-growth cutblocks and to work collaboratively with the band to ensure the protection of the area’s old-growth forests, biggest trees, and monumental cedars.

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Aug 9 2018

VIDEO: Clayoquot Tribal Parks and First Nations Old-Growth Protection

Watch this important video about the inspiring, cutting-edge, First Nations-led efforts of the Tla-o-qui-aht, Ahousaht, and Hupacasath people to protect Vancouver Island’s old-growth forests. While the BC government has yet to officially recognize and support these Nations' initiatives, there is hope - with your support for Indigenous conservation efforts.

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Jane Morden of the Port Alberni Watershed Forest Alliance photographs giant Douglas-fir trees in the Cameron Valley near Port Alberni.
Jul 24 2018

B.C. moves to protect forests ‘jam-packed’ with species at risk

The Ancient Forest Alliance gives commendation and thanks to the BC NDP for protecting 1,000 hectares of critically endangered Coastal Douglas fir forests. It's an important step toward conserving more of BC's endangered forests found both on private and public lands.

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Clayoquot Sound protesters at a blockade in 1993.
Jul 11 2018

It’s not safe forever: Clayoquot Sound logging protesters reflect on 25 years

CHEK TV has done a news piece about the 25-year anniversary of the launch of the Clayoquot Sound mass blockades, where 12,000 people took part in protests near Tofino in Nuu-chah-nulth territory starting on July 5, 1993. The story includes comments by former Friends of Clayoquot Sound campaign organizer Valerie Langer and Ancient Forest Alliance executive director Ken Wu, along with footage of recent, destructive old-growth logging in the Nahmint Valley.

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Jun 28 2018

223 international scientists call for urgent action to protect British Columbia’s endangered temperate rainforests

A total of 223 scientists from nine countries have signed a letter urging the provincial government to take immediate action to protect B.C.'s remaining temperate rain forests! “BC’s temperate rainforests are globally rare, they offer habitat for many imperiled species and, globally, the vast majority of these unique rainforests has already been logged. Protection of remaining intact tracts of these carbon-rich, climate saving forests is a global responsibility." - Dr. Dominick DellaSala, chief scientist at the Geos Institute in Ashland, Oregon

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Ancient yellow cedar slated for logging in Schmidt Creek
Jun 13 2018

BC Government Targets Another Old-Growth Rainforest Forest For Clearcut Logging

VICTORIA, Unceded Lekwungen Territories – After visiting and documenting Schmidt Creek, the next valley slated for logging by government agency B.C. Timber Sales (BCTS), environmental organizations and Indigenous leaders are ramping up the call for the agency to discontinue logging permits in remaining endangered old-growth rainforests. The documentation of new BCTS logging roads in Schmidt Creek follows the recent discovery by the Ancient Forest Alliance of BCTS logging of endangered rainforest in the Nahmint Valley, near Port Alberni, including near record-sized ancient giants, wider than the biggest Douglas-fir in Cathedral Grove.

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TJ Watt beside an enormous
Jun 12 2018

Environmentalists accuse B.C. government of fudging the numbers to log some of the world’s biggest trees

Check out this article which explains why statistics released by the BC NDP about the protected status of old-growth forests on BC's coast are misleading and how this is impacts efforts to protect the last of BC's coastal giants. 

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BC's 9th widest Douglas-fir cut down in the Nahmint Valley
Jun 8 2018

B.C. “legacy tree” policy under review after ancient fir logged

B.C. Timber Sales is reviewing its best management practices for legacy trees with the intent of strengthening a policy brought into question by old-growth logging near Port Alberni. The Crown agency (BCTS) and the B.C. government have been roundly criticized in recent weeks by conservationists and local First Nations for continuing to allow logging of ancient fir and cedar in the Nahmint Valley.

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Ancient Forest Alliance campaigner Andrea Inness walks beside an enormous
Jun 6 2018

The fall of giants: irreplaceable trees logged

Check out this article from Radio Canada International highlighting the contentious logging of pristine old-growth forests, including the 9th largest Douglas fir tree in Canada, in the Nahmint Valley near Port Alberni. Blame is being directed at the BC NDP, since its own logging agency, BC Timber Sales, is responsible for planning and auctioning off the cutblocks.

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The AFA's Ken Wu and local Port Alberni conservationists stand atop Canada's 9th-widest Douglas-fir tree
Jun 5 2018

NDP blamed for failing to save Vancouver Island old-growth giants from logging

Check out this CBC News article about the logging of ancient forests and near-record-sized trees in the Nahmint Valley, with quotes from Brenda Sayers of the Hupacasath First Nation. Since the AFA uncovered the intense old-growth logging currently underway in the valley, which is targeting the grandest and highest-productivity monumental groves, the issue has generated widespread media coverage and viral social media attention among millions of people.

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