‘A Garage Sale for the Last Old Growth’ | The Tyee

Two summers ago, Brenda Sayers knelt atop what was left of British Columbia’s likely ninth widest Douglas fir tree. Sayers, a member of the Hupačasath First Nation, has long fought to protect old growth in her territory on the west coast of Vancouver Island.ANNOUNCEMENTS, EVENTS & MORE FROM TYEE AND SELECT PARTNERSJoin Us To Launch JB MacKinnon’s New Book: ‘The Day The World Stops Shopping’ Expect provocative conversation about the future of consumerism, and our planet, at this live event.Finding The Mother Tree: A Conversation With Suzanne Simard This May 19 webinar will celebrate an important new book and the wisdom of the forest. Register now.“The old growth holds a lot of our history,” she said. “That tree must have been 800 years old.”It had been felled in the Nahmint Valley by companies given the go-ahead by BC Timber Sales, the province’s own logging agency, and the largest tenure holder in the province.On Wednesday, B.C.’s forestry watchdog found that BC Timber Sales erred when it allowed that tree and the forests surrounding it to be clearcut.

Source: ‘A Garage Sale for the Last Old Growth’ | The Tyee