September Elders for Ancient Trees Update
Dear Friends of the Ancient Forests, Fall is upon us. Sweet. Beautiful. Crunching leaves and intense fall colours touch our senses. Too dry. The promise of moisture is in the air as we lean towards the rainy season. My gratitude is all wound up with grief. On this... Read more
Reflecting Together on the Past & Future of Ada’itsx/Fairy Creek
Please consider filling out this survey below (use a computer rather than a phone to be certain to save your answers). Aysha Emmerson is a brave young student at Harvard doing ambitious undergraduate research. Her invitation: Hello! My name is Aysha Emmerson. I am... Read more
Urge Government to Respond
The following urgent plea to save the rare lush Old Growth Forest habitat and Marbled Murrelet (Ma Mu) and endangered species at risk was hand delivered by MP Elizabeth May to Federal Environmental Minister Steven Guilbeault at the end of March, 2022 . The... Read more
Elders for Ancient Trees Newsletter
Elders for Ancient Trees Newsletter, April 14. It’s a cool and wet spring. Despite the chilliness, there is so much to be grateful for. Our friends and families. The blossoms along urban streets and in the forests. The first bees and small butterflies. The beautiful tumbling garlands of blooms nestled in the uncurling leaves of the Bigleaf maples.
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Fairy Creek Defendants Launch Leave to Appeal Application to the Supreme Court of Canada
Applicants seek opportunity to argue that the public interest should be a consideration in court decisions. Lək̓ʷəŋən Territories (Victoria BC), April 5, 2022: Three members of the Fairy Creek forest defenders who are advocating to stop the old-growth logging at... Read more
Old Growth Forest Government Contact Information
Find your MLA’s email here: https://www.leg.bc.ca/learn-about-us/members Premier John Horgan premier@gov.bc.ca 1-250-387-1715 Hon. Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Natural Resources jonathan.wilkinson@parl.gc.ca 1-604-775-6333 Hon. Terry Duguid, Parliamentary Secretary... Read more
Teal Jones in violation of criteria
A Call for a New Forest Framework in British Columbia Not only do forestry firms acknowledge they permanently destroy majestic old-growth environments, which is NOT sustainable, but they claim they must do so for economic survival. In other words, money trumps the... Read more
Teal Jones Timber Review Period Open
Here’s your chance to review Teal Jone’s timber analysis and management plan for Timber Forest License #46 (Fairy Creek) and submit your feedback. Teal Jones would like you to send your comments directly to them, however, please copy to... Read more
November 10th Elders for Ancient Trees December 7th Newsletter
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Reflections from Fairy Creek
As Creatively United’s media person, I have spent a large part of the past year learning about all things old-growth and Fairy Creek. I follow all the essential accounts (see @fairycreekblockade and @rainforestflyingsquad for on-the-ground updates), I have gathered... Read more
Oct 20 Elders for Ancient Trees Newsletter
This week’s Elders for Ancient Trees Newsletter
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Elders for Ancient Trees Newsletter
Weekly blog with the latest news and upcoming events from the Elders for Ancients Newsletter.
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Donate to Elders for Ancient Trees Fairy Creek injunction court case
Elders for Ancient Trees needs your help, your donations, to sustain their legal challenge against the injunction at Fairy Creek in the BC Supreme Court.
Read moreScience Must Trump Politics
This is an excellent statement from Dr. Suzanne Simard* re: Judge’s ruling opens window to save Fairy Creek as well as remaining old growth forests in British Columbia. Simard discusses the economic and ecological reasons, to which we might add eco-humanist values... Read more
Sign Up Today for an Old Growth Lawn Sign / Window Sign
Do you want a lovely Protect Old Growth sign for your lawn? Of course you do! Sign up today for an Old Growth Lawn Sign / Window Sign! We are focusing right now on distribution of signs to households in Greater Victoria, to get the message out to the Premier and his... Read more
Forest Defenders Supreme
Feeling a deep gratitude for the united Fairy Creek front line forest defenders.
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Scientists Call for Urgent Protection of Fairy Creek Biodiversity
Many endangered species inhabit the remaining old-growth forests that lie within and just outside Fairy Creek on the southern end of BC’s Vancouver Island, as well as nearby in areas like Eden, the Walbran, Bugaboo and Caycuse, say a group of scientists. The... Read more
Come to Fairy Creek Friday, August 13 – This is an Urgent Request
The RCMP have now invaded HQ – 50 arrested Monday, 35+ on Tuesday. They are stealing people’s belongings, smashing car windows to get inside, towing vehicles. Folks are still finding ways to resist and have set up a new camp. Meanwhile the court written... Read more
A Wooden Stake – A Poem
I was affected by the May 27, 2021 article written by Justine Hunter in the Globe and Mail and in turn wrote a little rhyme. I’m a Delta, BC resident who writes poetry as a way to explore and understand myself and the wider world.
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Could lichens and bats help bring real protection to Fairy Creek?
Fairy Creek is home to a number of species at risk, and should be protected, say several scientists. At-risk species sighted in recent months include a variety of birds, little brown bats, and a lichen described as “cute” and sensitive. Could these species help Fairy Creek find true protection — beyond its present two-year deferral of logging?
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Ada’itsx/Fairy Creek Blockades, One Year Milestone Event
Voices from the Ancestral Forest Frontlines This gathering is in honour of the 1 year milestone of the Ada’itsx/ Fairy Creek blockades, began one year ago on the night of August 9th on the ridge into the headwaters of the unlogged Fairy creek watershed, where... Read moreOne Year Anniversary and Ceremonial Celebration
I am excited to invite you all to this One Year Anniversary & Ceremonial Celebration. This will be a momentous occasion; a time of unity and possibility. By coming from the city a valuable heartfelt connection will be made. It would be wonderful if we could create a glorious convoy from the cities showing our big hearts and supportive presence. Everybody’s face lights up at Fairy Creek when the Shuttle Bus arrives.
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Shareable Fairy Creek Infographics
What is going on in Fairy Creek? Why do we need to protect old-growth? What are indigenous perspectives on this issue? What can I do? Creatively United has created these free shareable infographics to help spread the world about the old growth logging at Fairy Creek.... Read more
A Call To Provincial & Federal Governments
British Columbia has the greatest ecological and biological diversity in Canada, from magnificent but highly endangered old-growth temperate rainforests to semi-arid grasslands, from valley-bottom wetlands to high alpine tundra. The BC NDP government can become a... Read more
Of Fairy Tales and Fairy Creek – How Fairy Creek is Far From Being Saved
Once upon a time, there was a premier who pretended that saving the magnificent old-growth forests of BC might be of some interest for him. “We are embarking on the journey to transform forestry.” he declared to the media while announcing two-year old-growth... Read more
Children of the Trees
This past summer I watched two dozen cedars slowly die outside my window in False Creek. In a matter of months, they turned from green to rust, stood like candles ready to be lit on a day of mourning. I watched men climb them with chainsaws, slice them, and feed them to the wood chipper. I sat behind my glass door in vigil.
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Who Has the Right to Cut Old Growth?
The new ‘War in the Woods’ to protect old-growth forest in Fairy Creek and far beyond raises an important issue that has been neglected. By what right are those trees being cut? Who gets to decide?
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Frontline Fundraiser for Land Defenders
From the the Unist’ot’en Solidarity Brigade: Frontline Fundraiser for Land Defenders including the Unist’ot’en and Gidemt’en camps has been extended until Saturday June 19th. Please support the fundraiser if you can, and check out the... Read more
The World is Watching: Protect Old Growth Forests in B.C
Indigenous leaders, celebrities and scientists are coming together to demand B.C. Premier John Horgan take urgent action to protect the last old growth forests in British Columbia. Join Mark Ruffalo, Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, David Suzuki and more in calling on the... Read more
Save the Old Growth Event – Bus Ride Available
We are organizing a luxury tour bus which has a washroom for Saturday’s event; there is plenty of luggage space to accommodate bikes, camping gear and supplies etc. Please let your friends know that the bus can pick up donations at the pick up points. The cost is $20... Read more
BC Government Announcement One Small Step to End Old Growth Logging in BC
Despite today’s announcement by the Province of British Columbia, deferring logging in key areas in Fairy Creek and the Central Walbran, protesters will remain in the Fairy Creek Area. Large-scale logging could still occur in old-growth forest directly adjacent to... Read more
Getting to Fairy Creek
“Hop on the bus, Gus. Make a new plan, Stan….” Here’s an ambitious project to bus people up to the front line, maybe even daily. Leaving from the Leg, they offer a pick-up stop at Edward Milne School in Sooke. You can be a day-tripper and know you’ve been there. ... Read more
The Road to Forest Destruction is Paved with Good Intentions Papers
On June 1st, I tuned into the announcement of the BC Government Intention Paper for modernizing forest practices. I had hoped old-growth forests might be thrown a lifeline. No such luck. Premier Horgan and Forest Minister Conroy were all smiles as they described how... Read more
Rainforest Flying Squad Responds to Today’s First Nations’ Request to Defer Logging in Fairy Creek and the Central Walbran Valley
The Rainforest Flying Squad welcomes this morning’s announcement that the Pacheedaht, Ditidaht, and Huu-ay-aht First Nations are calling for logging deferrals on Fairy Creek and the Central Walbran. While it’s a welcome step in the right direction, we, and... Read more
When a Tree Falls in the Forest, The NDP Government Hears Not a Thing
Hears nothing, says nothing. So far, the silence of the NDP government and, most notably, NDP MLAs, continues amid the buzzing sound of clear cutting. Once considered the party of social justice, the NDP have joined the ranks where corporate greed trumps public... Read more
A Call for a New Forest Framework in British Columbia
During Season 2 of Climate and the Artist Series, Creatively United sponsored a Call for a New Forest Framework in British Columbia. One of the authors of the letter is Kathleen Code who is Vice Chair of the Ecoforestry Institute Society which manages the Wildwood... Read more
Keep Up the Pressure for Old-Growth in B.C.
Yesterday, new mapping revealed that the BC provincial government has approved 43% more old-growth logging during the period since it received the Old-Growth Panel Recommendations that it promised to implement last fall:... Read more
Tuesdays for Trees Campaign
Tuesdays for Trees is a campaign devised by the Climate Action Research Team of Greater Victoria Acting Together. The idea is to have something happen every Tuesday to raise public awareness and pressure decision makers regarding the importance of trees and forests in... Read more
Rainforest Flying Squad Serves Notice to Appeal Injunction
The Rainforest Flying Squad (RFS) and others filed a Notice to Appeal in the BC Court of Appeal on April 28, 2021. This legal challenge requests a court hearing to argue that the April 1, 2021 decision by Justice Verhoeven be set aside. For the past nine months,... Read more
Call of the Forest – Support for Fairy Creek
As we maintain our presence at blockades to protect ancient forests, Rainforest Flying Squad members are honoured to receive support from the esteemed Dr. Diana Beresford-Kroeger. Diana Beresford-Kroeger is a renowned biologist and author, and the subject of the... Read more
Old Growth Forest Defenders Share Facts Public Needs to Know
This past week, with hundreds of people busy mobilizing to multiple frontlines prepared to risk arrest for the last real forests at the peak of public support and pressure on government to act now to deliver on its promise to protect old-growth forests, the... Read more
Memo to John Horgan: Don’t Blow it for the Next Generation
I was struck by the immense irony of John Horgan’s recent exhortation to young people not to blow it for the rest of us with respect to COVID. The irony, of course, is that he and his government are blowing it for the younger generation by continuing to treat the environment as a resource for industrial activity and failing to protect species at risk.
Read moreCitizens Stand to Protect BC’s Old-Growth Forests
Premier John Horgan will be making an announcement at a forestry convention Thursday, April 8th Please get your emails and letters in today as soon as possible! On April 1, the BC Supreme Court handed down a decision to impose the injunction sought by Teal Jones. The... Read more