HOME - ANCIENT FOREST ALLIANCEPORT RENFREW BIG TREES MAPCONTACTDIRECTIONS TO AVATAR GROVENEWSCAMPAIGNSPHOTOS The emerald-green ancient forests of the Fairy Creek Valley in Pacheedaht territory from above. Last week we took to the skies to document old-growth forests and logging across the west coast of Vancouver Island and, when you’re in the air, it’s clear just how incredibly rare a sight this is – a roadless valley free from

clearcuts.

STORE - ANCIENT FOREST ALLIANCE Ancient Forest Alliance 2021 Calendar featuring spectacular photos of BC by TJ Watt. Printed on 100% post-consumer recycled paper with vegetable-based inks. FAIRY CREEK HEADWATERS Here are photos from the headwaters of Fairy Creek, the last unlogged old-growth valley on southern Vancouver Island (outside of parks), located northeast of Port Renfrew in Pacheedaht territory. AFA campaigners identified and documented massive yellow cedar trees, which appear to be within a proposed cutblock. One of them measured 9.5 feet in diameter, making EDEN GROVE - ANCIENT FOREST ALLIANCE Below are photos of the incredible ancient trees in the Eden Grove found in the Gordon River Valley, only a 45 minute drive from Port Renfrew within the traditional territory of the Pacheedaht First Nation. The Grove includes about 30 hectares of unprotected, valley bottom ancient forest. The grove is home giant Douglas-fir and western LOGGING OF MASSIVE, ANCIENT CEDARS IN CAYCUSE WATERSHED Shocking before-and-after photos reveal destruction of irreplaceable ancient redcedars in Vancouver Island’s Caycuse watershed and highlight urgent need for immediate protection of at-risk old-growth and funding to support First Nations’ protected areas and economies.

JURASSIC GROVE

Check out these photos of the magnificent “Jurassic Grove”, recently identified by the Ancient Forest Alliance as an exceptional stand of unprotected, monumental old-growth trees only a 90 minute drive west of Victoria. It spans a 3 kilometer stretch alongside a portion of the 48 kilometre Juan de Fuca Marine Trail Provincial Park

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NAHMINT VALLEY

Hundreds of hectares of the grandest old-growth forests in Canada are being logged at breakneck speeds right now in the Nahmint Valley near Port Alberni, including thousands of old-growth western redcedars – some 4.3 meters (12 feet) in diameter – and exceptionally large Douglas-firs. BC’s 5th and 9th widest Douglas-fir trees, according

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Klanawa Valley - TFL 44 - Western Forest Products. Klanawa Valley - TFL 44 - Western Forest Products. Klanawa Valley - Vancouver Island. Klanawa Valley - TFL 44 - Western Forest Products OLD GROWTH FORESTS OF FAIRY CREEK, VANCOUVER ISLAND 2 Introduction Fairy Creek is a small, forested, mostly intact watershed tributary to the San Juan River, on southwestern Vancouver Island. The Fairy Creek valley is slated to be logged starting this

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HOME - ANCIENT FOREST ALLIANCEPORT RENFREW BIG TREES MAPCONTACTDIRECTIONS TO AVATAR GROVENEWSCAMPAIGNSPHOTOS The emerald-green ancient forests of the Fairy Creek Valley in Pacheedaht territory from above. Last week we took to the skies to document old-growth forests and logging across the west coast of Vancouver Island and, when you’re in the air, it’s clear just how incredibly rare a sight this is – a roadless valley free from

clearcuts.

STORE - ANCIENT FOREST ALLIANCE Ancient Forest Alliance 2021 Calendar featuring spectacular photos of BC by TJ Watt. Printed on 100% post-consumer recycled paper with vegetable-based inks. FAIRY CREEK HEADWATERS Here are photos from the headwaters of Fairy Creek, the last unlogged old-growth valley on southern Vancouver Island (outside of parks), located northeast of Port Renfrew in Pacheedaht territory. AFA campaigners identified and documented massive yellow cedar trees, which appear to be within a proposed cutblock. One of them measured 9.5 feet in diameter, making EDEN GROVE - ANCIENT FOREST ALLIANCE Below are photos of the incredible ancient trees in the Eden Grove found in the Gordon River Valley, only a 45 minute drive from Port Renfrew within the traditional territory of the Pacheedaht First Nation. The Grove includes about 30 hectares of unprotected, valley bottom ancient forest. The grove is home giant Douglas-fir and western LOGGING OF MASSIVE, ANCIENT CEDARS IN CAYCUSE WATERSHED Shocking before-and-after photos reveal destruction of irreplaceable ancient redcedars in Vancouver Island’s Caycuse watershed and highlight urgent need for immediate protection of at-risk old-growth and funding to support First Nations’ protected areas and economies.

JURASSIC GROVE

Check out these photos of the magnificent “Jurassic Grove”, recently identified by the Ancient Forest Alliance as an exceptional stand of unprotected, monumental old-growth trees only a 90 minute drive west of Victoria. It spans a 3 kilometer stretch alongside a portion of the 48 kilometre Juan de Fuca Marine Trail Provincial Park

on Crown

MASSIVE OLD-GROWTH YELLOW CEDARS, INCLUDING CANADA’S NINTH Share this far and wide! Take action for ancient forests! Send an instant message to the BC government today. Rare old-growth trees in Fairy Creek headwaters near Port Renfrew, where protesters have been blockading Teal-Jones’ road building efforts since Monday, at risk of logging unless BC government intervenes. Victoria, BC – Conservationists with the Ancient

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Hundreds of hectares of the grandest old-growth forests in Canada are being logged at breakneck speeds right now in the Nahmint Valley near Port Alberni, including thousands of old-growth western redcedars – some 4.3 meters (12 feet) in diameter – and exceptionally large Douglas-firs. BC’s 5th and 9th widest Douglas-fir trees, according

to the BC

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Klanawa Valley - TFL 44 - Western Forest Products. Klanawa Valley - TFL 44 - Western Forest Products. Klanawa Valley - Vancouver Island. Klanawa Valley - TFL 44 - Western Forest Products OLD GROWTH FORESTS OF FAIRY CREEK, VANCOUVER ISLAND 2 Introduction Fairy Creek is a small, forested, mostly intact watershed tributary to the San Juan River, on southwestern Vancouver Island. The Fairy Creek valley is slated to be logged starting this

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PHOTOS - ANCIENT FOREST ALLIANCE The photos you see on this website were captured by AFA Photographer, Campaigner, and Co-Founder, TJ Watt. TJ has been photographing both the beauty and destruction of BC’s old-growth forests for over a decade now and his images play a vital role in making these remote areas visually accessible for people across the globe. TJ shoots with BEFORE & AFTER OLD-GROWTH MAPS Old-Growth (OG) Forest Statistics – Southern Coast (i.e. Vancouver Island and SW Mainland) Original Total OG: 5.5 million hectares Low Productivity OG: 2.2 million hectares Original Productive OG: 3.3 million hectares Remaining Productive OG: 860,000 hectares (26% of original) In Parks – Productive OG: 200,000 hectares (6% of original) In Parks and OGMAs – Productive LOGGING OF BC’S GRANDEST ANCIENT FORESTS CONTINUES AS OLD Conservationists with the Ancient Forest Alliance are calling for both immediate and longer-term steps to protect old-growth following the logging of some of Vancouver Island’s grandest ancient forests along Haddon Creek in the Caycuse River watershed. DIRECTIONS TO AVATAR GROVE Working to protect BC’s endangered old-growth forests and ensure a sustainable, second-growth forest industry. OLD GROWTH FORESTS ARE VITAL TO INDIGENOUS CULTURES. WE The BC government wants to hear from the public as it reviews old growth logging policies. The Tyee, OPINION- Joe Martin January 28, 2020 Joe Martin is a master canoe carver and artist from the Tla-o-qui-aht Nation, a tribe of the Nuu-Chah-Nulth First Nations, located in Clayoquot Sound on Vancouver Island. EDEN GROVE - ANCIENT FOREST ALLIANCE Below are photos of the incredible ancient trees in the Eden Grove found in the Gordon River Valley, only a 45 minute drive from Port Renfrew within the traditional territory of the Pacheedaht First Nation. The Grove includes about 30 hectares of unprotected, valley bottom ancient forest. The grove is home giant Douglas-fir and western

NOOTKA ISLAND

Nootka Island. The heavenly, 35 kilometre long Nootka Trail – the finest coastal hike in Canada that traverses ancient rainforests, beaches, cliffs, and spectacular rocky intertidal coastlines – is under direct logging assault by Western Forest Products, in Nuchatlaht

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OLD GROWTH FORESTS

The logging of old growth forests in British Columbia has been a highly-charged issue, emotionally and politically, since at least the 1970s. This is particularly true on Vancouver Island, home to outstanding old growth stands of the Pacific temperate rainforest. The most well-known example is Cathedral Grove, which the highway to Port

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OLD-GROWTH LOGGING ON MOUNTAINSIDE ABOVE CATHEDRAL GROVE Old-growth logging on private lands on the mountainside above Cathedral Grove has put Canada’s most famous old-growth forest at risk and illustrated the urgent need for provincial funding to purchase and protect endangered ecosystems on private lands. COMOX LAKE WATERSHED LOGGING UNDER THE MICROSCOPE Logging company officials maintain harvesting increases in the Comox Lake watershed in recent decades had nothing to do with the extended boil water advisory in the Courtenay area. But as more severe storms wreck havoc on the ecosystem, which provides the drinking water for tens of thousands in the Comox Valley, a local conservation group says it's time to rethink forestry practices. HOME - ANCIENT FOREST ALLIANCEPORT RENFREW BIG TREES MAPCONTACTDIRECTIONS TO AVATAR GROVENEWSCAMPAIGNSPHOTOS The emerald-green ancient forests of the Fairy Creek Valley in Pacheedaht territory from above. Last week we took to the skies to document old-growth forests and logging across the west coast of Vancouver Island and, when you’re in the air, it’s clear just how incredibly rare a sight this is – a roadless valley free from

clearcuts.

STORE - ANCIENT FOREST ALLIANCE Ancient Forest Alliance 2021 Calendar featuring spectacular photos of BC by TJ Watt. Printed on 100% post-consumer recycled paper with vegetable-based inks. CAMPAIGNS - ANCIENT FOREST ALLIANCE The McKelvie Valley is the last intact watershed in the Tahsis region and is home to rare, ancient Douglas-fir stands, provides high quality habitat for the endangered marbled murrelet, ensures clean water for the town of Tahsis, and is an important spawning ground for wild

salmon.

PHOTOS - ANCIENT FOREST ALLIANCE The photos you see on this website were captured by AFA Photographer, Campaigner, and Co-Founder, TJ Watt. TJ has been photographing both the beauty and destruction of BC’s old-growth forests for over a decade now and his images play a vital role in making these remote areas visually accessible for people across the globe. TJ shoots with FAIRY CREEK HEADWATERS Here are photos from the headwaters of Fairy Creek, the last unlogged old-growth valley on southern Vancouver Island (outside of parks), located northeast of Port Renfrew in Pacheedaht territory. AFA campaigners identified and documented massive yellow cedar trees, which appear to be within a proposed cutblock. One of them measured 9.5 feet in diameter, making MASSIVE OLD-GROWTH YELLOW CEDARS, INCLUDING CANADA’S NINTH Share this far and wide! Take action for ancient forests! Send an instant message to the BC government today. Rare old-growth trees in Fairy Creek headwaters near Port Renfrew, where protesters have been blockading Teal-Jones’ road building efforts since Monday, at risk of logging unless BC government intervenes. Victoria, BC – Conservationists with the Ancient LOGGING OF MASSIVE, ANCIENT CEDARS IN CAYCUSE WATERSHED Shocking before-and-after photos reveal destruction of irreplaceable ancient redcedars in Vancouver Island’s Caycuse watershed and highlight urgent need for immediate protection of at-risk old-growth and funding to support First Nations’ protected areas and economies. OLD GROWTH FORESTS OF FAIRY CREEK, VANCOUVER ISLAND 5 Clayoquot Sound (in BC). The definition above is widely accepted among foresters and ecologists, and is now (ostensibly) part of the rubric of the BC government.26,27 Working definitions for BC old growth are based on stand age, mostly as estimated from aerial

NAHMINT VALLEY

Hundreds of hectares of the grandest old-growth forests in Canada are being logged at breakneck speeds right now in the Nahmint Valley near Port Alberni, including thousands of old-growth western redcedars – some 4.3 meters (12 feet) in diameter – and exceptionally large Douglas-firs. BC’s 5th and 9th widest Douglas-fir trees, according

to the BC

OLD-GROWTH LOGGING ON MOUNTAINSIDE ABOVE CATHEDRAL GROVE Old-growth logging on private lands on the mountainside above Cathedral Grove has put Canada’s most famous old-growth forest at risk and illustrated the urgent need for provincial funding to purchase and protect endangered ecosystems on private lands. HOME - ANCIENT FOREST ALLIANCEPORT RENFREW BIG TREES MAPCONTACTDIRECTIONS TO AVATAR GROVENEWSCAMPAIGNSPHOTOS The emerald-green ancient forests of the Fairy Creek Valley in Pacheedaht territory from above. Last week we took to the skies to document old-growth forests and logging across the west coast of Vancouver Island and, when you’re in the air, it’s clear just how incredibly rare a sight this is – a roadless valley free from

clearcuts.

STORE - ANCIENT FOREST ALLIANCE Ancient Forest Alliance 2021 Calendar featuring spectacular photos of BC by TJ Watt. Printed on 100% post-consumer recycled paper with vegetable-based inks. CAMPAIGNS - ANCIENT FOREST ALLIANCE The McKelvie Valley is the last intact watershed in the Tahsis region and is home to rare, ancient Douglas-fir stands, provides high quality habitat for the endangered marbled murrelet, ensures clean water for the town of Tahsis, and is an important spawning ground for wild

salmon.

PHOTOS - ANCIENT FOREST ALLIANCE The photos you see on this website were captured by AFA Photographer, Campaigner, and Co-Founder, TJ Watt. TJ has been photographing both the beauty and destruction of BC’s old-growth forests for over a decade now and his images play a vital role in making these remote areas visually accessible for people across the globe. TJ shoots with FAIRY CREEK HEADWATERS Here are photos from the headwaters of Fairy Creek, the last unlogged old-growth valley on southern Vancouver Island (outside of parks), located northeast of Port Renfrew in Pacheedaht territory. AFA campaigners identified and documented massive yellow cedar trees, which appear to be within a proposed cutblock. One of them measured 9.5 feet in diameter, making MASSIVE OLD-GROWTH YELLOW CEDARS, INCLUDING CANADA’S NINTH Share this far and wide! Take action for ancient forests! Send an instant message to the BC government today. Rare old-growth trees in Fairy Creek headwaters near Port Renfrew, where protesters have been blockading Teal-Jones’ road building efforts since Monday, at risk of logging unless BC government intervenes. Victoria, BC – Conservationists with the Ancient LOGGING OF MASSIVE, ANCIENT CEDARS IN CAYCUSE WATERSHED Shocking before-and-after photos reveal destruction of irreplaceable ancient redcedars in Vancouver Island’s Caycuse watershed and highlight urgent need for immediate protection of at-risk old-growth and funding to support First Nations’ protected areas and economies. OLD GROWTH FORESTS OF FAIRY CREEK, VANCOUVER ISLAND 5 Clayoquot Sound (in BC). The definition above is widely accepted among foresters and ecologists, and is now (ostensibly) part of the rubric of the BC government.26,27 Working definitions for BC old growth are based on stand age, mostly as estimated from aerial

NAHMINT VALLEY

Hundreds of hectares of the grandest old-growth forests in Canada are being logged at breakneck speeds right now in the Nahmint Valley near Port Alberni, including thousands of old-growth western redcedars – some 4.3 meters (12 feet) in diameter – and exceptionally large Douglas-firs. BC’s 5th and 9th widest Douglas-fir trees, according

to the BC

OLD-GROWTH LOGGING ON MOUNTAINSIDE ABOVE CATHEDRAL GROVE Old-growth logging on private lands on the mountainside above Cathedral Grove has put Canada’s most famous old-growth forest at risk and illustrated the urgent need for provincial funding to purchase and protect endangered ecosystems on private lands. CAMPAIGNS - ANCIENT FOREST ALLIANCE The McKelvie Valley is the last intact watershed in the Tahsis region and is home to rare, ancient Douglas-fir stands, provides high quality habitat for the endangered marbled murrelet, ensures clean water for the town of Tahsis, and is an important spawning ground for wild

salmon.

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The emerald-green ancient forests of the Fairy Creek Valley in Pacheedaht territory from above. Last week we took to the skies to document old-growth forests and logging across the west coast of Vancouver Island and, when you’re in the air, it’s clear just how incredibly rare a sight this is – a roadless valley free from

clearcuts.

PHOTOS - ANCIENT FOREST ALLIANCE The photos you see on this website were captured by AFA Photographer, Campaigner, and Co-Founder, TJ Watt. TJ has been photographing both the beauty and destruction of BC’s old-growth forests for over a decade now and his images play a vital role in making these remote areas visually accessible for people across the globe. TJ shoots with LOGGING OF BC’S GRANDEST ANCIENT FORESTS CONTINUES AS OLD Conservationists with the Ancient Forest Alliance are calling for both immediate and longer-term steps to protect old-growth following the logging of some of Vancouver Island’s grandest ancient forests along Haddon Creek in the Caycuse River watershed. BEFORE & AFTER OLD-GROWTH MAPS Old-Growth (OG) Forest Statistics – Southern Coast (i.e. Vancouver Island and SW Mainland) Original Total OG: 5.5 million hectares Low Productivity OG: 2.2 million hectares Original Productive OG: 3.3 million hectares Remaining Productive OG: 860,000 hectares (26% of original) In Parks – Productive OG: 200,000 hectares (6% of original) In Parks and OGMAs – Productive

NOOTKA ISLAND

The heavenly, 35 kilometre long Nootka Trail – the finest coastal hike in Canada that traverses ancient rainforests, beaches, cliffs, and spectacular rocky intertidal coastlines – is under direct logging assault by Western Forest Products, in Nuchatlaht and Mowachaht/Muchalaht Nuu-Chah-Nulth territory. Many groups of people come to hike this wondrous trail, but the ecological integrity

CASTLE GROVE

The endangered Castle Grove is perhaps the most impressive stand of unprotected monumental ancient redcedars in Canada. The Lower Castle Grove includes the “Castle Giant”, an enormous, 16 foot (5 meter) diameter western redcedar that is one of the largest trees in Canada, and both the Lower and Upper Castle Grove are jam-packed with perhaps EDEN GROVE - ANCIENT FOREST ALLIANCE Below are photos of the incredible ancient trees in the Eden Grove found in the Gordon River Valley, only a 45 minute drive from Port Renfrew within the traditional territory of the Pacheedaht First Nation. The Grove includes about 30 hectares of unprotected, valley bottom ancient forest. The grove is home giant Douglas-fir and western FOREST PROTECTOR CERTIFICATE If this is a gift, please include the recipients name and address in the ‘order notes‘ box during the checkout process. They will also receive one of our greeting cards with your sentiments so, in the same section, please include your message (50 words or less), as well as how you wish for us to sign the name(s) of whom this gift is from. Thank you! Additional donation (if desired) can be

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PROFESSOR FINDS MORE THREATENED OWLS AND BIRDS IN FAIRY CREEK REGION, PROVINCE SENDING BIOLOGISTS

June 3, 2021

Chek News – Western Screech Owls, which are protected under Canada’s Species at Risk Act, have been spotted in the Caycuse and Fairy Creek Valleys, putting even more pressure on governments to intervene to stop old-growth logging in these areas. Posted In: News Coverage

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CBC British Columbia – Critics of the plan have expressed concern that deferrals were not being made soon enough — that old-growth is being logged right now, and said these actions need to be taken

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The Narwhal – In the midst of escalating protests over logging, Horgan released an intentions paper on Tuesday that critics say fails to implement any immediate solutions Posted In: News Coverage

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The AFA reacts to the BC government’s forest policy intention paper, released June 1, 2021, which fails to address the ongoing old-growth

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CBC British Columbia – After weeks of arrests and attempts to block old growth logging on Vancouver Island, the province’s anticipated forestry announcement proved to be a disappointment Tuesday to protesters and environmentalists. Posted In: News Coverage

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National Observer – Environmental groups already riled by the pace of protections for ancient forests in B.C. were further provoked after the province failed to announce any new old-growth logging deferrals in its new vision for forestry Tuesday Posted In: News Coverage

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National Observer- The federal government’s recent $2.3 billion investment in conservation is a tremendous opportunity for the BC NDP. With a ballpark figure of $200-$300 million coming to BC, this funding is key to ‘unlocking’ the protection of BC’s highest-value

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Located near Port Alberni on Vancouver Island in Hupacasath and Tseshaht territory, the Nahmint Valley boasts some of Canada’s grandest old-growth forests, supports a variety of wildlife, and is considered a recreational paradise by hikers, campers, and anglers alike. Despite its high conservation, recreation, and scenic value, and despite a Ministry of Forests investigation finding non-compliance by the government’s own logging agency, BC Timber Sales, the Province continues to allow the Nahmint Valley to be destroyed clearcut by clearcut.

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MCKELVIE VALLEY

The McKelvie Valley is the last intact watershed in the Tahsis region and is home to rare, ancient Douglas-fir stands, provides high quality habitat for the endangered marbled murrelet, ensures clean water for the town of Tahsis, and is an important spawning ground for wild salmon. Thanks to years of advocating for its protection by the community of Tahsis, the AFA’s work to raise awareness about this special place, and the thousands of people who sent letters, it’s now safe from logging!

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MT. HORNE

Canada’s most famous old-growth forest, Cathedral Grove, has been visited by millions of people around the world. Sadly, due to inaction by the BC government, the mountainside above this world-famous grove, Horne Mountain, has been clearcut by Mosaic (previously Island

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EDINBURGH MOUNTAIN ANCIENT FOREST The Edinburgh Grove, the most spectacular part of the Edinburgh Mountain Ancient Forest on its southwestern side, has also been nicknamed the ‘Eden Grove’. More than half of the Edinburgh Mountain Ancient Forest is open for logging, while other parts are protected as a ‘core’ Wildlife Habitat Area (the ‘buffer’ zone can still be logged, and has already been logged in several areas) for the endangered Queen Charlotte Goshawk, as an Ungulate Winter Range, and as Old-Growth Management Areas.

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ECHO LAKE

Echo Lake is a spectacular, unprotected, lowland ancient forest near Agassiz, BC, in a region where virtually all of the valley bottom old-growth forests have been logged. The area is home to perhaps the largest concentration of bald eagles on Earth, where thousands of eagles come each fall to eat spawning salmon in the Harrison and Chehalis Rivers and hundreds roost in the old-growth trees at night

around Echo Lake.

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MOSSY MAPLE RAINFOREST The unprotected “Mossy Maple Grove” is a several kilometer long stretch 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 along a creek just south of Cowichan Lake on Vancouver Island.

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