#oldgrowthforests — Public Fediverse posts

#EPBC_Act An outcome that can be celebrated for many reasons & this one in particular! 🍾 🥂 #Greens #Environment #Liberals The #RegionalForestAgreements that enabled the logging of #OldGrowthForests will be gone! And I spared you having to see a pic of #JonnoDuniam 😄 who needs a slap!

#EPBC_Act An outcome that can be celebrated for many reasons & this one in particular! 🍾 🥂 #Greens #Environment #Liberals The #RegionalForestAgreements that enabled the logging of #OldGrowthForests will be gone! And I spared you having to see a pic of #JonnoDuniam 😄 who needs a slap!

#EPBC_Act An outcome that can be celebrated for many reasons & this one in particular! 🍾 🥂 #Greens #Environment #Liberals The #RegionalForestAgreements that enabled the logging of #OldGrowthForests will be gone! And I spared you having to see a pic of #JonnoDuniam 😄 who needs a slap!

#EPBC_Act An outcome that can be celebrated for many reasons & this one in particular! 🍾 🥂 #Greens #Environment #Liberals The #RegionalForestAgreements that enabled the logging of #OldGrowthForests will be gone! And I spared you having to see a pic of #JonnoDuniam 😄 who needs a slap!

Have you ever noticed when trees get old enough they grow their own personality?

I found some really big old growth trees. So big I couldn't quite fit them in a photo. So I experimented with some trick photography taking these wide panorama shots. The first two photos deceive the width so much I added two more flat photos for comparison.

When Western red cedars reach this age their trunk grows into a unique shape. These are likely more than a 1000 years old and 200 years ago trees this size covered much of the Pacific North West.

#thicktrunktuesday #oldgrowth #oldgrowthforests #westernredcedar #cascadia #PacificNorthwest #pnw #trees

We need the #BCgovernment to get the message from concerned communities across B.C. that we must work together and with urgency to #protect #OldGrowthForests and #reform #forestry practices. To do so, the next steps are crucial:

#StopLogging in the most at-risk #OldGrowth #forests, and other #ecosystems identified by First Nations, by providing promised funding for #LoggingDeferrals.

Provide full #FinancialSupport to #FirstNations for long-term #IndigenousLed #conservation solutions, including #compensation for lost revenues and employment.

Move away from the “all or nothing” approach common in forestry practices across B.C. and most evident in #ClearcutLogging. In its place, work with First Nations, local residents, industry and other stakeholders to implement forestry practices that prioritize important values like #biodiversity, #habitat, #WaterRetention, #Indigenous #CulturalUse, and #tourism.

#PleaseSignPetition & boost to help #SpreadTheWord ->

https://sierraclub.bc.ca/wildfire-old-growth-action/?utm_source=Marketo&mkt_tok=Nzg4LVlCRi0yOTYAAAGUhI07OaAEm0rqJmnaIkJZ86kkxfjsoItqT8lV-PjGDPO76P-vg90DRUML_EZKE0LJuydxkT67xuIPkQwJvTXXuoFzggBVh2haQrALzqP7

#SierraClubBC #BCpoli #StopEcocide #BritishColumbia #Environmental #SaveOldGrowth #ClimateCrisis #BCNDP #BanCorporateLobbyists #Wildfires #floods #ClimateEmergency #BCwildfires #BCfloods #NaturalDisasters #ClimateMitigation #StopDeforestation #JustStopOil #DoTheRightThing #OneEarth #BCForestryReform

"The increasing severity of #wildfires and #drought highlights that reforming #ForestStewardship – taking better care of the forests, including safeguarding #OldGrowthForests – is one of our best hopes to protect communities across B.C.

Harmful #forestry practices like #clearcutting and #unsustainable #IndustrialLogging make extreme heat and wildfires worse. #Clearcuts are #tinderboxes, more prone to creating embers because dead trees and branches dry out in the hot sun and become more #flammable. Tree plantations and improperly tended young forests also increase wildfire risk: Younger trees have thinner bark and low-hanging branches that can act as ladder fuels, and the trees are often planted too close together, making it easy for fire to spread.

Fortunately, intact and properly managed #forests are more resilient to the worsening wildfires and heatwaves. For example, #OldGrowth #rainforests have dense canopies which provide cooling shade that resists fire. They are cooler and wetter than young forests, acting as giant sponges. Old-growth trees in the drier interior have thick bark, high branches and are widely spaced which all reduce #WildfireRisk.

#SierraClubBC #BCpoli #StopEcocide #BritishColumbia #Environmental #SaveOldGrowth #ClimateCrisis #BCNDP #BanCorporateLobbyists #Wildfires #floods #ClimateEmergency #BCwildfires #BCfloods #NaturalDisasters #ClimateMitigation #StopDeforestation #JustStopOil #DoTheRightThing #OneEarth #BCForestryReform

Notably missing is any mapping of ecologically mature or #OldGrowth in the Forest Service report. Hopefully agencies will work toward site specific identification of these #forests which can be used for management.
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RT @DDellasala
#WildHeritage published the first independent inventory of the nation's #oldgrowthforests and the Forest Service announced rulemaking would take place to determine conservation options https://www.washingto…
https://twitter.com/DDellasala/status/1649069613555273733