“In the early days, MacMillan Bloedel tried to take us to court for building trails into the valley, and they lost.
“That loss and that image going everywhere nationally stoked a sense of pride and fear that we had beautiful places in the country, and fear we were losing them.”
“That loss and that image going everywhere nationally stoked a sense of pride and fear that we had beautiful places in the country, and fear we were losing them.”
How the Walbran Blockade Echoes Another Famous Stand in the Forest | The Tyee
Thirty-five years ago, BC attempted to saw the Carmanah in half.
thetyee.ca
September 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Exceptional broadcast of #SecretsOfTheForest this evening on #NovaPBS With #TomCrowther and @georgemonbiot.bsky.social among other leading scientists, they make the case for protecting #OldGrowthForests and essential #Biodiversity to help capture carbon. Be a voice for #Nature + #Force4Good
April 17, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Exceptional broadcast of #SecretsOfTheForest this evening on #NovaPBS With #TomCrowther and @georgemonbiot.bsky.social among other leading scientists, they make the case for protecting #OldGrowthForests and essential #Biodiversity to help capture carbon. Be a voice for #Nature + #Force4Good
Here’s Why No One Can Agree on How to Manage America’s Old Growth Forests
www.outdoorlife.com/conservation...
#forestconservation #oldgrowthforests #climateproofing #conservation #logging #USFS #climateresilience
www.outdoorlife.com/conservation...
#forestconservation #oldgrowthforests #climateproofing #conservation #logging #USFS #climateresilience
Here’s Why No One Can Agree on How to Manage America’s Old Growth Forests
A recent proposal from the U.S. Forest Service would address old growth and mature forest conservation on federal lands. Opinions on the plan vary.
www.outdoorlife.com
March 4, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Here’s Why No One Can Agree on How to Manage America’s Old Growth Forests
www.outdoorlife.com/conservation...
#forestconservation #oldgrowthforests #climateproofing #conservation #logging #USFS #climateresilience
www.outdoorlife.com/conservation...
#forestconservation #oldgrowthforests #climateproofing #conservation #logging #USFS #climateresilience
Qld just removed Environment Defenders Office funding. We can fight back #nature #koalas #GreatBarrierReef #CleanFutures #Hope #OldGrowthForests #community
www.edo.org.au
Link to info & donations
www.edo.org.au
Link to info & donations
Home - Environmental Defenders Office
We work with you and the law to protect wildlife, culture, community and climate. Our legal resources are designed to help you understand how the law applies to the environment and empower you to take...
www.edo.org.au
May 15, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Qld just removed Environment Defenders Office funding. We can fight back #nature #koalas #GreatBarrierReef #CleanFutures #Hope #OldGrowthForests #community
www.edo.org.au
Link to info & donations
www.edo.org.au
Link to info & donations
Fascinating article and extraordinary photos of old-growth forests, particularly in the PNW. The beauty gave me a lump in my throat and tears in my eyes, and to think it is disappearing. 🥹
@sonofsandor.bsky.social
#PNW #OldGrowthForests #Forests #NaturePhotography
@sonofsandor.bsky.social
#PNW #OldGrowthForests #Forests #NaturePhotography
This is the environment I grew up in Oregon. At the time it was some of the most remote country in the lower 48 states. I never thought it would disappear.
March 22, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Fascinating article and extraordinary photos of old-growth forests, particularly in the PNW. The beauty gave me a lump in my throat and tears in my eyes, and to think it is disappearing. 🥹
@sonofsandor.bsky.social
#PNW #OldGrowthForests #Forests #NaturePhotography
@sonofsandor.bsky.social
#PNW #OldGrowthForests #Forests #NaturePhotography
Biden’s rhetoric on forests standing in stark contrast with his policies..."It is very disappointing to see it end with kind of nothing,” said Jerry Franklin, a retired forest ecologist and professor who spent decades at the Forest Service and became known as the “guru of #oldgrowthforests.”
Biden Had A Chance To Protect Ancient Trees — And Failed (HuffPost)
Sporting aviator sunglasses and standing in front of a lectern last month in Manaus, Brazil, in the heart of the Amazon, outgoing President Joe Biden s...
l.smartnews.com
December 28, 2024 at 1:24 PM
Biden’s rhetoric on forests standing in stark contrast with his policies..."It is very disappointing to see it end with kind of nothing,” said Jerry Franklin, a retired forest ecologist and professor who spent decades at the Forest Service and became known as the “guru of #oldgrowthforests.”
Good. Old growth #forests are more #fire resilient than #clearcuts, and protecting them is a better preventative than cutting them down. oregonwild.org/court-strike...
#ecology #WildFires #forestry #biodiversity #environment #conservation #trees #OldGrowthForests 🌿
#ecology #WildFires #forestry #biodiversity #environment #conservation #trees #OldGrowthForests 🌿
Court Strikes Down Illegal BLM Logging in Protected Old-Growth Reserves - Oregon Wild
A federal court ruled against BLM’s illegal old-growth logging, protecting Late Successional Reserves from increased fire risk and habitat destruction.
oregonwild.org
April 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Good. Old growth #forests are more #fire resilient than #clearcuts, and protecting them is a better preventative than cutting them down. oregonwild.org/court-strike...
#ecology #WildFires #forestry #biodiversity #environment #conservation #trees #OldGrowthForests 🌿
#ecology #WildFires #forestry #biodiversity #environment #conservation #trees #OldGrowthForests 🌿
#ClimateCollapse #Watershed #OldGrowthForests
Lumber baron & cops on one side. Indigenous land, tree, water protectors on the other. You know the drill.
'Today is a good day to die': Fairy Creek land defenders face RCMP (therealnews.com)
Lumber baron & cops on one side. Indigenous land, tree, water protectors on the other. You know the drill.
'Today is a good day to die': Fairy Creek land defenders face RCMP (therealnews.com)
‘Today is a good day to die’: Brandi Morin reports from inside a new RCMP raid at Fairy Creek
Inside the fight against Teal-Jones Group to save one of the last ancient old growth forests on the planet
therealnews.com
August 23, 2023 at 4:37 PM
#ClimateCollapse #Watershed #OldGrowthForests
Lumber baron & cops on one side. Indigenous land, tree, water protectors on the other. You know the drill.
'Today is a good day to die': Fairy Creek land defenders face RCMP (therealnews.com)
Lumber baron & cops on one side. Indigenous land, tree, water protectors on the other. You know the drill.
'Today is a good day to die': Fairy Creek land defenders face RCMP (therealnews.com)
🚨Help Protect Northwest Old-Growth Forests and Their Imperiled Birds 👇
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#Politics #USPolitics #Congress #TrumpAdministration #Science #Climate #Environment #Animals #Wildlife #Birds #Forests #OldGrowthForests #TakeAction #EmailYourSenators #EmailYourRep 👇
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#Politics #USPolitics #Congress #TrumpAdministration #Science #Climate #Environment #Animals #Wildlife #Birds #Forests #OldGrowthForests #TakeAction #EmailYourSenators #EmailYourRep 👇
Speak Up to Protect NW Old-Growth Forests and Their Imperiled Species
Encourage the USDA to boost efforts for the Northern Spotted Owl and Marbled Murrelet.
act.abcbirds.org
August 19, 2025 at 3:17 AM
🚨Help Protect Northwest Old-Growth Forests and Their Imperiled Birds 👇
act.abcbirds.org/a/take-actio...
#Politics #USPolitics #Congress #TrumpAdministration #Science #Climate #Environment #Animals #Wildlife #Birds #Forests #OldGrowthForests #TakeAction #EmailYourSenators #EmailYourRep 👇
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#Politics #USPolitics #Congress #TrumpAdministration #Science #Climate #Environment #Animals #Wildlife #Birds #Forests #OldGrowthForests #TakeAction #EmailYourSenators #EmailYourRep 👇
Earth Day needs to be a week this year; I will posting other summaries [source: Library of Congress Research Guides]
#EarthDay
#EnvironmentalThreats
🌿 #GardenSky
#Resist
🌲🌳 #OldGrowthForests
#EarthDay
#EnvironmentalThreats
🌿 #GardenSky
#Resist
🌲🌳 #OldGrowthForests
April 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Earth Day needs to be a week this year; I will posting other summaries [source: Library of Congress Research Guides]
#EarthDay
#EnvironmentalThreats
🌿 #GardenSky
#Resist
🌲🌳 #OldGrowthForests
#EarthDay
#EnvironmentalThreats
🌿 #GardenSky
#Resist
🌲🌳 #OldGrowthForests
l.smartnews.com/p-inEEUIg/ox... #California & Newsom are NOT models for a Democratic Party which leaves the #corporatism and #neoliberalism of the #Clinton, #Obama and #Biden eras behind. #OldGrowthForests
Google Earth images reveal startling discovery in California forest: 'Looks like a ... bomb went off' (The Cool Down)
Conservationist TikToker Jessie Dickson (@sacramentofoodforest) shared screenshots from Google Earth that show vast swaths of old-growth forest in California...
l.smartnews.com
January 25, 2025 at 12:43 PM
l.smartnews.com/p-inEEUIg/ox... #California & Newsom are NOT models for a Democratic Party which leaves the #corporatism and #neoliberalism of the #Clinton, #Obama and #Biden eras behind. #OldGrowthForests
#BC forests minister introduces bill to overhaul forest practices
#FRPA #OldGrowthForests #IndigenousRights
https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/b-c-forests-minister-introduces-bill-to-overhaul-forest-practices-1.5632611
#FRPA #OldGrowthForests #IndigenousRights
https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/b-c-forests-minister-introduces-bill-to-overhaul-forest-practices-1.5632611
B.C. forests minister introduces bill to overhaul forest ...
British Columbia's forests minister has introduced a bill...
vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca
November 20, 2024 at 4:14 PM
#BC forests minister introduces bill to overhaul forest practices
#FRPA #OldGrowthForests #IndigenousRights
https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/b-c-forests-minister-introduces-bill-to-overhaul-forest-practices-1.5632611
#FRPA #OldGrowthForests #IndigenousRights
https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/b-c-forests-minister-introduces-bill-to-overhaul-forest-practices-1.5632611
Britain's largest power plant subsidized for its use of biomass for fuel.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/nov/09/drax-still-burning-250-year-old-trees-sourced-from-forests-in-canada-experts-say
#uk #trees #OldGrowthForests #power #electricity
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/nov/09/drax-still-burning-250-year-old-trees-sourced-from-forests-in-canada-experts-say
#uk #trees #OldGrowthForests #power #electricity
Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say
Exclusive: report by Stand.earth says subsidiary of power plant received truckloads of whole logs at biomass pellet sites
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Britain's largest power plant subsidized for its use of biomass for fuel.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/nov/09/drax-still-burning-250-year-old-trees-sourced-from-forests-in-canada-experts-say
#uk #trees #OldGrowthForests #power #electricity
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/nov/09/drax-still-burning-250-year-old-trees-sourced-from-forests-in-canada-experts-say
#uk #trees #OldGrowthForests #power #electricity
We don’t just need forests. We need #OldGrowthForests.
Basically, we need to give the forests TIME to help us, by NOT cutting them down every 45 years or less.
Basically, we need to give the forests TIME to help us, by NOT cutting them down every 45 years or less.
The Biggest Climate Scam Ever?
YouTube video by PBS Terra
www.youtube.com
April 25, 2025 at 12:22 AM
We don’t just need forests. We need #OldGrowthForests.
Basically, we need to give the forests TIME to help us, by NOT cutting them down every 45 years or less.
Basically, we need to give the forests TIME to help us, by NOT cutting them down every 45 years or less.
SafeNet #HEUProject aims at supporting conservation-management efforts and policies at local & EU levels. @luke.fi and @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social teams proudly presenting their project poster at #OikosFin2025 conference. @safenet-eu.bsky.social #OldGrowthForests @oikosfinland.bsky.social #JSDM
March 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
SafeNet #HEUProject aims at supporting conservation-management efforts and policies at local & EU levels. @luke.fi and @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social teams proudly presenting their project poster at #OikosFin2025 conference. @safenet-eu.bsky.social #OldGrowthForests @oikosfinland.bsky.social #JSDM
WATCH: Activists dress as trees to stage dance protest in York city centre #ClimateCrisis #Drax #OldGrowthForests
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May 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
WATCH: Activists dress as trees to stage dance protest in York city centre #ClimateCrisis #Drax #OldGrowthForests
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"When I think about logging companies looking to chop down #OldGrowthForests in 2024 as the whole world works out ways to get MORE forests into the ground so we can stop roasting ourselves to death I find myself thinking (not for the first time) where are the adults in all this?"
Activists shared a win on the #Kananaskis logging slowdown, temporarily saving 2000 football fields worth of climate-preserving forest & trails but for how long & what comes next? We asked the Hub's @jennyyeremiy.bsky.social & Josh Killeen of #CPAWS
PODCAST: www.podcastics.com/episode/3094...
PODCAST: www.podcastics.com/episode/3094...
August 22, 2024 at 1:22 AM
"When I think about logging companies looking to chop down #OldGrowthForests in 2024 as the whole world works out ways to get MORE forests into the ground so we can stop roasting ourselves to death I find myself thinking (not for the first time) where are the adults in all this?"
🌳Thank you @ibioconsultants.com for highlighting how old-growth forests nurture complex habitats that enhance freshwater biodiversity , a true testament to their ecological importance.
#FreshwaterConservation #ForestEcology #OldGrowthForests #Biodiversity #JFR #forestryresearch
#FreshwaterConservation #ForestEcology #OldGrowthForests #Biodiversity #JFR #forestryresearch
Need healthy #FreshwaterHabitat?
A new study confirms #oldgrowth #forests (>75 years) are better for freshwater #invertebrates and #vertebrates than young forests.
Diverse #habitats in older trees support more unique and specialized aquatic species 🌍
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A new study confirms #oldgrowth #forests (>75 years) are better for freshwater #invertebrates and #vertebrates than young forests.
Diverse #habitats in older trees support more unique and specialized aquatic species 🌍
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Forest age influences freshwater biodiversity in temperate watersheds
Forests can affect stream structure and function, but evaluations linking freshwater biodiversity to watershed-scale forest-stand conditions are limit…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
🌳Thank you @ibioconsultants.com for highlighting how old-growth forests nurture complex habitats that enhance freshwater biodiversity , a true testament to their ecological importance.
#FreshwaterConservation #ForestEcology #OldGrowthForests #Biodiversity #JFR #forestryresearch
#FreshwaterConservation #ForestEcology #OldGrowthForests #Biodiversity #JFR #forestryresearch
Thanks @rupertseidl.bsky.social for highlighting how climate-driven disturbances are putting Europe’s ancient woods at risk.
Must read!
#ForestryResearch #ClimateChange #OldGrowthForests #Conservation #JFR
Must read!
#ForestryResearch #ClimateChange #OldGrowthForests #Conservation #JFR
Protected areas safeguard old-growth forests against human land use, but not against the impacts of anthropogenic climate change. Here we show that a climate-mediated increase in disturbances could cause a decline in old-growth forests in a national park in C Europe. doi.org/10.1088/1748...
August 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Thanks @rupertseidl.bsky.social for highlighting how climate-driven disturbances are putting Europe’s ancient woods at risk.
Must read!
#ForestryResearch #ClimateChange #OldGrowthForests #Conservation #JFR
Must read!
#ForestryResearch #ClimateChange #OldGrowthForests #Conservation #JFR
🌳 Happy #InternationalDayOfForests! 🌳
At SafeNet, we safeguard biodiversity & carbon-rich forest networks in Europe, balancing conservation with sustainable use for climate, wood, & ecosystem services.
When forests thrive, we do too!🌲✨
#Biodiversity #CarbonRich #OldGrowthForests #EUFundedProject
At SafeNet, we safeguard biodiversity & carbon-rich forest networks in Europe, balancing conservation with sustainable use for climate, wood, & ecosystem services.
When forests thrive, we do too!🌲✨
#Biodiversity #CarbonRich #OldGrowthForests #EUFundedProject
March 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
🌳 Happy #InternationalDayOfForests! 🌳
At SafeNet, we safeguard biodiversity & carbon-rich forest networks in Europe, balancing conservation with sustainable use for climate, wood, & ecosystem services.
When forests thrive, we do too!🌲✨
#Biodiversity #CarbonRich #OldGrowthForests #EUFundedProject
At SafeNet, we safeguard biodiversity & carbon-rich forest networks in Europe, balancing conservation with sustainable use for climate, wood, & ecosystem services.
When forests thrive, we do too!🌲✨
#Biodiversity #CarbonRich #OldGrowthForests #EUFundedProject
Second day of SafeNet #HEUproject kick-off: exploring collaborations with sister projects, including ForBest, BottomsUp, NaturaConnect and a new #HEUproject Trees4Adapt coordinated by two SafeNet-Luke members. @safenet-eu.bsky.social @luke.fi #OldGrowthForests #HorizonEurope #Biodiversity
February 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Second day of SafeNet #HEUproject kick-off: exploring collaborations with sister projects, including ForBest, BottomsUp, NaturaConnect and a new #HEUproject Trees4Adapt coordinated by two SafeNet-Luke members. @safenet-eu.bsky.social @luke.fi #OldGrowthForests #HorizonEurope #Biodiversity
