Vancouvers Big Trees

Providing info, photos, and history on big trees and amazing forests near Vancouver BC. Promoting an awareness of old forests in general

[Vancouvers Big Trees @VanBigTrees]

Take a good long look at those posters.

[Howe Sound Biosphere Region (Átl’ka7tsem) @HoweSoundBRI]

This week, we attended a two-day workshop to co-create a declaration for #OldGrowth. This workshop, hosted by Ministry of Water, Lands and Resource Stewardship, is part of the Old Growth Strategic Review and once the declaration is completed, it will apply to all sectors.
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[Nina Munteanu @AlienNextDoor]

"Towering Douglas-fir with grooves in their bark up to 20 centimeters deep pierce the sky with their crowns..." Old Growth Forest of Lighthouse Park: One of Vancouver’s Gems @VanBigTrees @TreeGirlUK @treebeing @AllTreesMatter @TreeCanada https://t.co/iNdJwzeoGy

[Jens Wieting @JensWieting]

If you are looking for background & news about the last #Oldgrowth #forests in BC, at-risk #forest maps, the big 2020 @bcndp old-growth promise, the epic 2021 letdown & #Fairycreek conflict: check out @SierraClubBC's media center & sign up #bcpoli
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[TJ Watt @TJWattPhoto]

BREAKING: The Pacheedaht, Ditidaht, & Huu-ay-aht First Nations have formally given notice to the @bcndp to defer #oldgrowth logging for two years in the #FairyCreek & Central #Walbran areas on while the nations prepare resource management plans. #bcpoli
https://t.co/dTLeL7TpYD

[TJ Watt @TJWattPhoto]

Media Release: In his forest policy announcement yesterday, @jjhorgan missed a critical opportunity to halt logging in at-risk #oldgrowth forests, build public trust, & prove the @bcndp are serious about the forestry paradigm shift they promised last fall. https://t.co/dmlW1O6296

[TJ Watt @TJWattPhoto]

The @bcndp government has just been handed the keys to ensure much of the grandest, most endangered #oldgrowth forests in B.C. get protected.

@jjhorgan @KatrineConroy, will you use this golden opportunity to finally end the War in the Woods? #bcpoli https://t.co/gDG5OVi6J2

[Ira @ira_sutherland]

This is where the protection thresholds land (blue line) against the distribution of tree size diameters in the BC Big Tree Registry.

To the right of blue line are protected.

That 'spruce on a logging truck' is but a stick in the woods compared to other known giants, >4m dbh

[Ira @ira_sutherland]

I doubt this behemoth is 'large enough' to warrant protection

Under the current regulation, a Sitka spruce must be 2.85m diameter at breast height (dbh) to warrant protection.

I believe this tree is closer to 2.6m dbh (diagram below)

[Torrance Coste @TorranceCoste]

Arrests on logging roads mark a dramatic escalation, but the root cause of this conflict is the BC government’s delay and inaction on old-growth.

@jjhorgan needs to know that Talk And Log isn’t acceptable.

Raise your voice here: https://t.co/lkKKTrq857

📷: @TJWattPhoto

[Charlotte Dawe @ClimateChar]

Police moving in at Caycuse Protection Camp on Unceeded Ditidaht territory.

@jjhorgan protects corporate profits over people + our rights to a healthy planet & safe future.

Corporations have logged old growth down to almost nothing, when is it enough?

📸Emily #FairyCreek

[Serena Renner @serena_renner]

We have confirmation of what many suspected from @jwsthomson and @CapitalDailyVic: that the #bcndp @jjhorgan government was involved in the Pacheedaht Band Council's statement against third-party interference and activism at #FairyCreek #bcpoli https://t.co/QjPelyUfGH

[West Coast Environmental Law @WCELaw]

BC Timber Sales (BCTS) couldn't even comply w/BC's low-bar #OldGrowth forest policies - and despite a new report highlighting errors + risks to #biodiversity, they're still auctioning off cutblocks https://t.co/OLEkCz3vSv #bcpoli

[Vancouvers Big Trees @VanBigTrees]

The times are a changing. Gotta change forestry along with it!

"When I grew up, the ranchers were not environmentalists... It was very black and white. There were the loggers, and then there were the tree huggers. Now it’s not really like that." https://t.co/V5RBfbnGeb

[TJ Watt @TJWattPhoto]

Thrilled to have landed the cover story of @bcmagazine with my before & after images from the Caycuse Valley. So much effort goes into capturing these shots and my hope is always that they reach as wide an audience as possible. @jjhorgan @bcndp, you can't hide from this. #bcpoli

[Vancouvers Big Trees @VanBigTrees]

Short film just released about forestry (>1000 ha clear-cuts) and floods in the Boundary-Kootenay region of BC.

Also, watch the 'live' interviews which gave valuable forward-looking ideas for building a more sustainable forestry in BC.

[Heartwood Documentree @HeartwoodDoc]

Here is the replay of my live screening of Water Logged and discussion w Jennifer Houghton + Herb Hammond about BC forestry. It was a great conversation. Check it out! (Forgive the dropouts of Herb's connection, he always comes back within a few seconds :)
https://t.co/RncnWQuKU7

[Vancouvers Big Trees @VanBigTrees]

@ramshacklefilms Great film, Daniel, and a very enlightening discussion today.

[Vancouvers Big Trees @VanBigTrees]

@OrcaCedarbough Remember that what you are doing is important. Your just the vessel for something that needs to happen, for things that need to be said.

[Torrance Coste @TorranceCoste]

The photos of the thousand year-old trees in #FairyCreek are obviously powerful, but it's the simple google earth screen grab that really highlights this issue.

It's the only watershed for 100s of kilometres with no logging in it.

Be sure to follow @SaveFairyCreek.
#bcpoli

[Vancouvers Big Trees @VanBigTrees]

Register for this free online lecture tonight 7pm PST on forging a new approach to our relationship with old-growth forests.

[Ira @ira_sutherland]

Join the conversation in forging BC's new relationship with old-growth forests. Register now.

Tuesday March 16, 7pm

Lots of spots left, please RT! @ubcforestry @StanleyParkEco @ABCFP @ThomasforBC @AncientForestBC @truckloggerBC @authorwadedavis
https://t.co/NXIXMGsnyK

[Vancouvers Big Trees @VanBigTrees]

Public old-growth talk March 16

[Ira @ira_sutherland]

On Tuesday March 16, 7pm I'll discuss BC old-growth forests online with Capilano University: what's left and how to steward what remains. Register now.

I hope it can contribute to evolving our relations with old-growth in the post-old-growth-review era

https://t.co/NXIXMGsnyK