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Showing posts with label logging. Show all posts
11/30/2021

BC Floods and Clearcut Logging

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The discussion following record-breaking rains and floods in British Columbia include speculation about the effects of fires. We sho...
8/22/2020

Standing Up For Big Trees In Fairy Creek Valley

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"If you wanna see real change, you're gonna have to stand up for it." - Old growth protector at roadblock camp Old growth fore...
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4/14/2019

400 + Foot Douglas Fir Trees More Than Mythical

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Some articles you read on historical big trees in Cascadia's region talk about the biggest of the big (the +400 footers) in myth...
3/20/2018

Killing Ancient Trees Until They Are All Gone

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You have to work hard to bring down an ancient red cedar that has been standing in the primal forest for a thousand years, or more. I ...
2/08/2015

BC Exporting Record Amount Of Raw Logs (And Jobs)

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“Growing up in small-town Vancouver Island, I never met anyone who agreed with raw log exports. Even my most conservative, pro-extractio...
3/23/2014

Canada's 2nd Biggest Douglas-fir Tree Identified in Recent Clear Cut

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Big Lonely Doug, the second largest known Douglas-fir tree in Canada. Photo by TJ Watt The second largest known Douglas-fir tree i...
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10/26/2013

Are big-five forest firms about to get a windfall?

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Ancient Douglas fir on Juniper Ridge marked for death so Island Timberlands shareholders (including the BC government, Timberland's ...
10/06/2013

Who is watching our public lands?

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Illegal tree poaching by individuals - this 800 year old red cedar in Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park was cut, sectioned, and hauled awa...
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8/21/2013

Rainbows and Clear Cuts

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A recent  open letter to the Vancouver Island community from the World Rainbow Family had something to say about the ongoing desecrat...
3/20/2013

The People Save The Forests From The Timber Pirates - Again

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Beware the timber pirates - they want the trees... and the land as well.  Beware the timber pirates - they are coming for our trees. H...
3/05/2013

Rolling Over Crown Forests

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BY BRIONY PENN, MARCH 2013 Focus on Line   http://www.focusonline.ca/?q=node/513BC Liberals go ahead with another giveaway of publi...
1/30/2013

Big Trees, Not Big Stumps

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We want big trees, not big stumps! ...unless after we log we replant, then let the forest grow unmolested for the next 250 - 1000 year...
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1/28/2013

BC Government Planning Huge Forest Giveaway

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You will be seeing a lot more Vancouver Island clear cuts if the  BC government  has its way.  Carmanah Contrasts, 1989, Robert Bateman ...
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1/24/2013

Services Provided By Intact Old Growth Forests

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We convert high quality old growth forests into low quality, over-sized houses It is true that different people see the same tree in ...
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1/11/2013

Vandalizing Old Growth Forests

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It is sad that those who would drive old growth forests to extinction for personal profit are lauded as leaders, while those who fight t...
12/30/2012

Take Us To Your Tree People

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"Sorry, we are looking for intelligent life forms with patience and a sustainable, cooperative attitude." "Greetings g...
12/14/2012

The End Of Old Growth Logging

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The photo above is the trunk of Te Matua Ngahere, the 'Father of the Forest'. It is New Zealand's oldest living Kauri tre...
12/03/2012

Cortes Island Ancient Forest Defenders Force Island Timberlands To Table

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"Cutting these ancient, threatened Douglas-fir is like shooting a black rino." Cortes Island ancient forest defenders, led by...
11/28/2012

Stopping Island Timberlands, Saving Cortes Island

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 Will logging of ancient forest be halted before it can begin? November 28, 2012 (Cortes Island, BC)   —  R esidents of Cortes I...
11/12/2012

Vancouver's Urban Streams See Biggest Salmon Returns In 80 Years

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After decades of use and abuse, many former salmon streams in the Vancouver, BC area are again teeming with life. In one stream the ret...