British Columbia logged a fifth more old-growth forests than reported - BC News castanet.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from castanet.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Conservationists have used the B.C government's own data to show that the logging of old-growth trees in the province went up in 2021 compared to 2020 contradicting assurances that more old forests have been left standing since an overhaul to forestry practices was announced three years ago.
In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at the possible effects of a nuclear winter, as well as the discovery of a humungous old-growth tree in B.C.
Conservation photographer TJ Watt, known for capturing some of B.C.’s most monumental trees, says he recorded the images of a lifetime of a 46 metre-tall, five-metre-wide Western red cedar in the Ahoushat First Nation on Vancouver Island, near Tofino.
Logging reduction aims to save threatened B C seabird - BC News castanet.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from castanet.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.