Logging
Solid coverage in the October 20th Times Colonist newspaper with this article from Judith Lavoie about BC Timber Sales alledged logging violations in the Nahmint Valley near Port Alberni. See: www.timescolonist.com/islander/why-is-a-b-c-government-agency-violating-old-growth-logging-rules-1.23981779
Last week I took The Weather Network out to Port Renfrew to chat about old-growth conservation at Big Lonely Doug and the Eden Grove. See the video here: https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ca/videos/gallery/meet-big-lonely-doug-and-the-many-other-historic-trees-that-need-saving-in-bc/
Mia Gordon of The Weather Network at the base of Big Lonely Doug, Canada’s 2nd largest Douglas-fir tree.
See the latest old-growth article in Douglas Magazine: A Closer Look at B.C. Forestry and Tall Tree Tourism, which looks at the old-growth issue, tourism, & raw log exports, and features photos and interviews from myself and others.
The BC government's own logging agency, BC Timber Sales, is failing to comply with the Province's own inadequate standards for old-growth forest protection, according to a Ministry of Forests investigation into old-growth logging in the Nahmint Valley near Port Alberni.
The Narwhal: “‘Indicative of a truly corrupt system’: government investigation reveals BC Timber Sales violating old-growth logging rules”
Solid coverage on the old-growth issue in this past Sunday's Times Colonist! See the article by Judith Lavoie, which focuses largely on the destructive practices of BC Timber Sales, here: www.timescolonist.com/islander/the-old-growth-logging-showdown-1.23932754
Check out the summer issue of Explore Magazine for a feature interview I did on the topic of BC's ancient forests! The article covers the history of the Avatar Grove campaign, the economic value of standing old-growth forests, and debunks the BC government's claim that these forests are not endangered. Port Renfrew Chamber of Commerce President, Dan Hager, and Spirit of the West co-owner, Rick Snowdon, share their personal experiences as tourism operators as well.
New logging has commenced on Edinburgh Mountain, an exceptional old-growth forest “hotspot” near Port Renfrew on Vancouver Island and the location of Big Lonely Doug (Canada’s second largest Douglas-fir tree) and the spectacular Eden Grove. AFA campaigners visited the cutblock December 15th and were dismayed to find scores of giant trees cut down, including two-meter-wide cedars and an extremely rare, two-meter-wide, old-growth Douglas-fir. Over 15 hectares is being logged by Teal Jones, which adds to the over 75 ha of old-growth forest the company has logged on the mountain since 2016.
Just 50 meters away from the active cutblock stands a Douglas-fir tree that is the 6th widest Douglas-fir tree on record, according to the BC Big Tree Registry, and the 7th widest when including the Alberni Giant in the Nahmint Valley. While the near record-sized tree is located within a Wildlife Habitat Area, it remains vulnerable to future logging. Old-growth hotspots of high conservation and recreational value, like Edinburgh Mountain, are disappearing before our eyes and will be reduced to tattered fragments if action isn’t taken soon. The BC government must enact an immediate halt to logging in hotspots to ensure the largest and best stands of remaining ancient forests are kept intact and develop a science-based plan to protect endangered old-growth forests across BC! Send them an instant message at: www.ancientforestalliance.org/send-a-message
Article in the Victoria Times Colonist featuring two of my photographs.
Read the Times Colonist article here
Watch the Global News TV piece as well below, featuring my video footage and an interview with Ancient Forest Alliance’s Andrea Inness.
