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5/08/2018

Tree of Life Gets Little Respect

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Wolf head canoe in Sooke River estuary approaching T'souke Nation Tribal Journey, 2009 - photo by Trickster Art In the coastal f...
3/28/2018

Mystery Tree

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There are many fantastical things in an old forest. As evidence of this, a Vancouver Island Big Trees blog reader sent two photographs...
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 ...
1/12/2018

Help To Protect Endangered Coastal Douglas-Fir On Vancouver Island

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Big beautiful Coastal Douglas Fir Trees need protection. Photo credit: AFA The following is from Ancient Forest Alliance. It is not t...
3/08/2017

Ahousaht First Nation Saving Their Big Trees on Vancouver Island

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"Environmentalists are applauding a move by the Ahousaht First Nation to ban mining and clear cutting in favour of sustainable de...
10/17/2015

Sooke River Bridge Candelabra Tree Now Gone

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When some trees lose their tops they will grow multiple stems in a candelabra effect. A reader of Vancouver Island Big Trees sent me a...
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6/14/2015

War In The Walbran

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Black bear in the Upper Walbran Valley stand to lose more old growth habitat if Teal Jones has its way. Photo: TJ Watt,  Ancient Forest A...
5/08/2015

Wisdom Of The Trees

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Visiting an increasingly rare 1000+ year old Western Red Cedar along West Coast Road between Sooke and Port Renfrew. "Because ...
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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...
12/24/2014

Al Carder: Big Tree Defender Honoured By AFA

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Al Carder - big tree lover and protector. When it comes to promoting the beauty of big trees, there are few humans as influential as Al...