Why Vancouver Island’s Walbran Valley Rainforest Matters
A new Sierra Club map of B.C.’s southern coastal rainforest shows why the Walbran rainforest on Vancouver Island matters, and what we stand to lose for […]
Doing the Boardwalk at Avatar Grove in Port Renfrew BC
The Ancient Forest Alliance on Vancouver Island is building a boardwalk at the Avatar Grove near Port Renfrew in British Columbia. Significant progress was made in the Lower Avatar […]
All About Otters! Sea Otters and River Otters in BC
As a naturalist onboard our whale watching vessels, I often get a lot of questions about the otters we see in Victoria, British Columbia. Although we do have a healthy population of otters living around the rocky […]
Drones used in BC Old-Growth Forest Conservation
Central Walbran Valley Logging Conflict Escalates
A logging permit for the first of eight proposed cutblocks in the Central Walbran Valley was issued in September by the government of British Columbia to logging company Teal-Jones. The Central Walbran Valley, near Port Renfrew, is Canada’s most spectacular old-growth forest, and one of […]
Paddle for the Inlet with the Saanich Inlet Network
Adam Olsen is the interim leader of the B.C. Green Party, a member of Tsartlip First Nation, and a life-long resident of Brentwood Bay in Greater Victoria. Adam loves […]
Wake Up! Stand Up! Protect Mother Earth!
We are ALL the leaders we’ve been waiting for
The legendary Detroit activist Grace Lee Boggs reminds us that “We are the Leaders We’ve Been Looking […]