The Ancient Forest Alliance is a grassroots environmental organization in British Columbia, Canada. It was founded in January 2010, and is dedicated to

ISBN 0-295-98140-7. "Canada's Largest Tree - The Cheewhat Giant!". Ancient Forest Alliance. 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2020-08-15. Hammock, Dan (2016-08-23). "The

Rustad. These measurements were made by forest ecologist Andy MacKinnon on behalf of the Ancient Forest Alliance and University of British Columbia on 18

Conservation of Biodiversity Free the Bears Fund Save Cambodia's Wildlife Ancient Forest Alliance Bird Protection Quebec Canadian Association of Physicians for the

worldwide conservation of animals and their habitats Ancient Forest Alliance - conserving old growth forests in British Columbia, Canada American Prairie Foundation

The ancient Forest of Bleasdale is less well known than its more famous neighbour, the Forest of Bowland but its history is recounted by Smith.[5] Being …

The Ancient Forest Alliance says in late May trees up to 70 metres tall and as wide as three metres in diameter were cut down as part of logging on Crown…

Spectacular drone footage and photos reveal climbers more than 20 stories in the air in the “hydra-like” canopy of an old-growth Sitka spruce, highlightin…

The Western Ancient Forest Campaign Join the directors of the Hells Canyon Preservation Council and the Northwest Ecosystem Alliance June 1 for a benefit…

WHAT SAN FRANCISCO FOREST ALLIANCE STANDS FOR San Francisco Forest Alliance is a 501(c)4 not-for-profit organization with a mission of inclusive environm…

Tag Archives: 2022 The San Francisco Forest Alliance, a 501(c)4 not-for-profit organization with a mission of inclusive environmentalism, continues our c…

Tag Archives: EIR Rally for Trees & Against Pesticides in Our Parks! Join Our City and San Francisco Forest Alliance to demand that the San Francisco Boa…

ABOUT US San Francisco Forest Alliance is a 501(c)4 not-for-profit organization with a mission of inclusive environmentalism. We fight to protect our env…

Tag Archives: NAP For many years now, we have been obtaining and compiling monthly pesticide use reports from San Francisco Recreation and Parks Departme…

Tag Archives: NRD San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department’s Natural Resources Division (NRD), in conjunction with Fran Martin’s Visitacion Valley G…

Tag Archives: DEIR On September 22, 2017, the Aqua Terra Aeris Law Group, on behalf of its client, San Francisco Forest Alliance, submitted the following…

On this page, we want to record some of the lovely things we’re fighting to preserve. We’ll have photographs and maybe video-clips of the Natural Areas. (…

Tag Archives: Axxe For many years now, we have been obtaining and compiling monthly pesticide use reports from San Francisco Recreation and Parks Departm…

We re-publish with permission (and added emphasis) an article from MillionTrees.me, a website that fights the unnecessary felling of trees in the Bay Area…

Tag Archives: fire We received this letter from a frequent visitor to McLaren Park. It’s published here with permission and minor edits. I was at McLaren…

Tag Archives: bats Bats are insect-eating machines. According to the USGS, “Bats normally eat about half their weight in flying insects each night.” So e…

In recent weeks, we heard of another project to cut down eucalyptus trees, despite the negative impact on climate change, wildlife, and neighborhoods. And…

Tag Archives: play It’s been wonderful weather in San Francisco lately – clear, sunny and cold. Early in the morning, there’s frost on the long steps. Ev…

Editor Note: This is a re-posting of a recent article in sfist about poisoned meatballs being discovered in the Twin Peaks neighborhood of San Francisco.…

Tag Archives: bees We’ve reported here before about the bee tree that was cut down as part of the “improvements” to Glen Canyon Park – and the one that w…

Tag Archives: owls In recent weeks, we heard of another project to cut down eucalyptus trees, despite the negative impact on climate change, wildlife, an…

Tag Archives: SFFD Our readers have been following the story of Sutro Forest, the beautiful Cloud Forest that lies in San Francisco’s fog belt. It captur…

Tag Archives: UCSF The article below is essentially a sequel to the previous one. More Trees Being Cut Down in Sutro Forest and is also republished with …

Tag Archives: SFMTA Not all the threatened trees in San Francisco are in our parks. San Franciscans have been dismayed to find that many of the SFMTA roa…

Tag Archives: fruit Recently, one of our neighbors was walking on Mt Davidson. It’s the time of the year when the blackberry bushes bear fruit, to the de…

Tag Archives: heron Of course it’s no surprise to any of our readers that eucalyptus stands are an excellent resource for nesting birds. A colony of doub…

Tag Archives: egret Of course it’s no surprise to any of our readers that eucalyptus stands are an excellent resource for nesting birds. A colony of doub…

Tag Archives: racism In 2014, we first published our statement of support. It’s with something between sadness and horror that it’s essential we publish …

Tag Archives: ecology Dr. Scott Carroll of UC Davis, and the founder of the Institute for Contemporary Evolution in Davis, spoke at the Commonwealth Club…

Oakland’s Vegetation Management Plan is to cut down thousands of trees and use toxic pesticides to prevent resprouting. If you wish to comment, the deadli…

Tag Archives: madison This is another of our first-person accounts. A reader visited Madison, Wisconsin and returned this report. We were riding to the a…

Tag Archives: invasive Photographic evidence that eucalyptus is NOT invasive | Death of a Million Trees Guest Post: Death of a Million Trees Our subscrib…

Tag Archives: elections If you’re a Sierra Club member, you’ve probably received a message asking you to vote for the Board of the Sierra Club in the 201…

We are the peak body for forest conservation in WA. Join the team join the team Protect what’s left Donate Donate Every dollar helps WAFA recognises Abor…

Support NEFA's Work The North East Forest Alliance is a volunteer organisation, none of us get paid. We have been working since 1989 to protect rainfores…

History The North East Forest Alliance was formed in 1989 as an alliance of groups and individuals from throughout north-east NSW, with the principal aim…

Fire NEFA letter to NSW Environment Minister Griffin 10/1/22 As follow up to my letter to you of 3 January 2022,yesterdayI undertook a brief3 hourwalk th…

The NSW Government’s decision to abandon the requirement to identify and establish logging exclusions around the homes of Southern Greater Gliders and ot…

North-coast Koala populations have declined by 50% over the past 20 years. In NSW State Forests, the highest quality Koala habitat is being cut down by in…

NEFA engaged Biolink to undertake rapid assessments for Koalas in seven areas of State forests proposed for logging. The ‘Rapid-SAT’ methodology involves…

Logging and Burning Industrialised Logging: Cause of Bushfire Danger Bushfire danger is increasing as a consequence of climate change predicted by scient…

What is Modern Wood Heat? People worldwide have heated with wood for thousands of years. New Englanders are no exception and have long depended on native…

The Klamath-Siskiyou Mountains are a place of raw, rugged beauty, renowned biodiversity and dramatic contrast. Tucked into the remote borderlands of the s…

Over 20,000 acres are slated for cutting and burning, the most devastating project ever proposed in the Hoosier National Forest. YOU can STOP this by comm…

San Francisco Forest Alliance (SFFA) A 501(c)4 not-for-profit organization with a mission of inclusive environmentalism. We fight to protect our environm…

Our Mission AFER's mission is to carry out research and education programs that lead to the identification, description, application and protection of an…

Book Details Use this new guidebook that will be published in 2024 to explore old-growth forests in Ontario’s Greenbelt! See an excerpt below: Ontario's …

Temagami From 1989 to 1992, AFER focused its research on the old growth pine forests in Temagami. Before the initiation of AFER and it’s predecessor the,…

Education Since its formation, AFER has been facilitating environmental education experiences in Ontario's old-growth forests. We believe this kind of ed…

At first it was little more than an idea and a rough sketch, but the Ancient Forest soon grew into a massive undertaking. At 2800 x 2800 pixels in size, …

This is great! I love the way you've used saturation and tone to control the focal point. Also the way you've used the light from his tail to tie his col…

Watch Please note Use of geocaching.com services is subject to the terms and conditions in our disclaimer. Geocache Description: Happened to be at a kids…

In an age when ‘well-managed’ forests are in fact short-lived monocultures with little climate resilience, scientists in the Pyrenees are discovering how …

In one of the last low-elevation old-growth forests in the Pacific Northwest, we are transforming curiosity into knowledge and outdoor experiences int…

Repost from May 2016 from Konrad’s blog that’s gone under. Over the last years I’ve been had the privilege of traveling quite a bit and been able to atte…

So you want to know stats: who has done how many things in your git repo. So you launch `git shortlog` since you know (or your team-mate knows), that it’…

For some reason you are using j.u.l instead of log4j or slf4j. And you want to se your logs of level LOWER than WARNING. You’ve done even logger.setLevel…

Many would agree that magic is the energy that gives motion to life itself. It creates, renews, supports and even destroys when properly channeled and fo…

Deep in the ancient forest resides "the elder," a mysterious figure, perhaps a spirit or an ancient awakened tree. Seekers of truth find him when they nee…

In an ancient temperate forest in what is now Oregon, an insect dug deep into a sandy bank near a creek. There, in a damp burrow, she laid dozens of oblo…

Hallerbos: an ancient forest with young trees and lots of bluebells Hallerbos – ‘The Blue Forest’ – is the most important and most extensive forest area …

An ancient forest located east of the Rhine river in southern Germany. The precise location and extent of the forest remains uncertain, although the Blac…

Val'sharah The ancient forest of Val'sharah is the home of the demi-god Cenarius and the birthplace of druidism. Malfurion Stormrage has returned to thes…

Profile "Ringbearers are Ancient forest gods that roam old and new graveyards. Getting their name from their behaviour of digging up graves and prying co…

Cormanthor Cormanthor is an ancient forest realm in the fictionalfantasy setting of the Forgotten Realms. Cormanthor was long the place of the elven empi…

The Ancient Forest Alliance is a grassroots environmental organization in British Columbia, Canada. It was founded in January 2010, and is dedicated to

Latest news The AFA seeks a driven and highly motivated conservationist with exceptional campaigning aptitudes, extensive knowledge of ecosystems in BC, a…

ISBN 0-295-98140-7. "Canada's Largest Tree - The Cheewhat Giant!". Ancient Forest Alliance. 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2020-08-15. Hammock, Dan (2016-08-23). "The

Rustad. These measurements were made by forest ecologist Andy MacKinnon on behalf of the Ancient Forest Alliance and University of British Columbia on 18

Conservation of Biodiversity Free the Bears Fund Save Cambodia's Wildlife Ancient Forest Alliance Bird Protection Quebec Canadian Association of Physicians for the

worldwide conservation of animals and their habitats Ancient Forest Alliance - conserving old growth forests in British Columbia, Canada American Prairie Foundation

The ancient Forest of Bleasdale is less well known than its more famous neighbour, the Forest of Bowland but its history is recounted by Smith.[5] Being …

The Ancient Forest Alliance says in late May trees up to 70 metres tall and as wide as three metres in diameter were cut down as part of logging on Crown…

Spectacular drone footage and photos reveal climbers more than 20 stories in the air in the “hydra-like” canopy of an old-growth Sitka spruce, highlightin…

The Western Ancient Forest Campaign Join the directors of the Hells Canyon Preservation Council and the Northwest Ecosystem Alliance June 1 for a benefit…

WHAT SAN FRANCISCO FOREST ALLIANCE STANDS FOR San Francisco Forest Alliance is a 501(c)4 not-for-profit organization with a mission of inclusive environm…

Tag Archives: 2022 The San Francisco Forest Alliance, a 501(c)4 not-for-profit organization with a mission of inclusive environmentalism, continues our c…

Tag Archives: EIR Rally for Trees & Against Pesticides in Our Parks! Join Our City and San Francisco Forest Alliance to demand that the San Francisco Boa…

ABOUT US San Francisco Forest Alliance is a 501(c)4 not-for-profit organization with a mission of inclusive environmentalism. We fight to protect our env…

Tag Archives: NAP For many years now, we have been obtaining and compiling monthly pesticide use reports from San Francisco Recreation and Parks Departme…

Tag Archives: NRD San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department’s Natural Resources Division (NRD), in conjunction with Fran Martin’s Visitacion Valley G…

Tag Archives: DEIR On September 22, 2017, the Aqua Terra Aeris Law Group, on behalf of its client, San Francisco Forest Alliance, submitted the following…

On this page, we want to record some of the lovely things we’re fighting to preserve. We’ll have photographs and maybe video-clips of the Natural Areas. (…

Tag Archives: Axxe For many years now, we have been obtaining and compiling monthly pesticide use reports from San Francisco Recreation and Parks Departm…

We re-publish with permission (and added emphasis) an article from MillionTrees.me, a website that fights the unnecessary felling of trees in the Bay Area…

Tag Archives: fire We received this letter from a frequent visitor to McLaren Park. It’s published here with permission and minor edits. I was at McLaren…

Tag Archives: bats Bats are insect-eating machines. According to the USGS, “Bats normally eat about half their weight in flying insects each night.” So e…

In recent weeks, we heard of another project to cut down eucalyptus trees, despite the negative impact on climate change, wildlife, and neighborhoods. And…

Tag Archives: play It’s been wonderful weather in San Francisco lately – clear, sunny and cold. Early in the morning, there’s frost on the long steps. Ev…

Editor Note: This is a re-posting of a recent article in sfist about poisoned meatballs being discovered in the Twin Peaks neighborhood of San Francisco.…

Tag Archives: bees We’ve reported here before about the bee tree that was cut down as part of the “improvements” to Glen Canyon Park – and the one that w…

Tag Archives: owls In recent weeks, we heard of another project to cut down eucalyptus trees, despite the negative impact on climate change, wildlife, an…

Tag Archives: SFFD Our readers have been following the story of Sutro Forest, the beautiful Cloud Forest that lies in San Francisco’s fog belt. It captur…

Tag Archives: UCSF The article below is essentially a sequel to the previous one. More Trees Being Cut Down in Sutro Forest and is also republished with …

Tag Archives: SFMTA Not all the threatened trees in San Francisco are in our parks. San Franciscans have been dismayed to find that many of the SFMTA roa…

Tag Archives: fruit Recently, one of our neighbors was walking on Mt Davidson. It’s the time of the year when the blackberry bushes bear fruit, to the de…

Tag Archives: heron Of course it’s no surprise to any of our readers that eucalyptus stands are an excellent resource for nesting birds. A colony of doub…

Tag Archives: egret Of course it’s no surprise to any of our readers that eucalyptus stands are an excellent resource for nesting birds. A colony of doub…

Tag Archives: racism In 2014, we first published our statement of support. It’s with something between sadness and horror that it’s essential we publish …

Tag Archives: ecology Dr. Scott Carroll of UC Davis, and the founder of the Institute for Contemporary Evolution in Davis, spoke at the Commonwealth Club…

Oakland’s Vegetation Management Plan is to cut down thousands of trees and use toxic pesticides to prevent resprouting. If you wish to comment, the deadli…

Tag Archives: madison This is another of our first-person accounts. A reader visited Madison, Wisconsin and returned this report. We were riding to the a…

Tag Archives: invasive Photographic evidence that eucalyptus is NOT invasive | Death of a Million Trees Guest Post: Death of a Million Trees Our subscrib…

Tag Archives: elections If you’re a Sierra Club member, you’ve probably received a message asking you to vote for the Board of the Sierra Club in the 201…

We are the peak body for forest conservation in WA. Join the team join the team Protect what’s left Donate Donate Every dollar helps WAFA recognises Abor…

Support NEFA's Work The North East Forest Alliance is a volunteer organisation, none of us get paid. We have been working since 1989 to protect rainfores…

History The North East Forest Alliance was formed in 1989 as an alliance of groups and individuals from throughout north-east NSW, with the principal aim…

Fire NEFA letter to NSW Environment Minister Griffin 10/1/22 As follow up to my letter to you of 3 January 2022,yesterdayI undertook a brief3 hourwalk th…

The NSW Government’s decision to abandon the requirement to identify and establish logging exclusions around the homes of Southern Greater Gliders and ot…

North-coast Koala populations have declined by 50% over the past 20 years. In NSW State Forests, the highest quality Koala habitat is being cut down by in…

NEFA engaged Biolink to undertake rapid assessments for Koalas in seven areas of State forests proposed for logging. The ‘Rapid-SAT’ methodology involves…

Logging and Burning Industrialised Logging: Cause of Bushfire Danger Bushfire danger is increasing as a consequence of climate change predicted by scient…

What is Modern Wood Heat? People worldwide have heated with wood for thousands of years. New Englanders are no exception and have long depended on native…

The Klamath-Siskiyou Mountains are a place of raw, rugged beauty, renowned biodiversity and dramatic contrast. Tucked into the remote borderlands of the s…

Over 20,000 acres are slated for cutting and burning, the most devastating project ever proposed in the Hoosier National Forest. YOU can STOP this by comm…

San Francisco Forest Alliance (SFFA) A 501(c)4 not-for-profit organization with a mission of inclusive environmentalism. We fight to protect our environm…

Our Mission AFER's mission is to carry out research and education programs that lead to the identification, description, application and protection of an…

Book Details Use this new guidebook that will be published in 2024 to explore old-growth forests in Ontario’s Greenbelt! See an excerpt below: Ontario's …

Temagami From 1989 to 1992, AFER focused its research on the old growth pine forests in Temagami. Before the initiation of AFER and it’s predecessor the,…

Education Since its formation, AFER has been facilitating environmental education experiences in Ontario's old-growth forests. We believe this kind of ed…

At first it was little more than an idea and a rough sketch, but the Ancient Forest soon grew into a massive undertaking. At 2800 x 2800 pixels in size, …

This is great! I love the way you've used saturation and tone to control the focal point. Also the way you've used the light from his tail to tie his col…

Watch Please note Use of geocaching.com services is subject to the terms and conditions in our disclaimer. Geocache Description: Happened to be at a kids…

In an age when ‘well-managed’ forests are in fact short-lived monocultures with little climate resilience, scientists in the Pyrenees are discovering how …

In one of the last low-elevation old-growth forests in the Pacific Northwest, we are transforming curiosity into knowledge and outdoor experiences int…

Repost from May 2016 from Konrad’s blog that’s gone under. Over the last years I’ve been had the privilege of traveling quite a bit and been able to atte…

So you want to know stats: who has done how many things in your git repo. So you launch `git shortlog` since you know (or your team-mate knows), that it’…

For some reason you are using j.u.l instead of log4j or slf4j. And you want to se your logs of level LOWER than WARNING. You’ve done even logger.setLevel…

Many would agree that magic is the energy that gives motion to life itself. It creates, renews, supports and even destroys when properly channeled and fo…

Deep in the ancient forest resides "the elder," a mysterious figure, perhaps a spirit or an ancient awakened tree. Seekers of truth find him when they nee…

In an ancient temperate forest in what is now Oregon, an insect dug deep into a sandy bank near a creek. There, in a damp burrow, she laid dozens of oblo…

Hallerbos: an ancient forest with young trees and lots of bluebells Hallerbos – ‘The Blue Forest’ – is the most important and most extensive forest area …

An ancient forest located east of the Rhine river in southern Germany. The precise location and extent of the forest remains uncertain, although the Blac…

Val'sharah The ancient forest of Val'sharah is the home of the demi-god Cenarius and the birthplace of druidism. Malfurion Stormrage has returned to thes…

Profile "Ringbearers are Ancient forest gods that roam old and new graveyards. Getting their name from their behaviour of digging up graves and prying co…

Cormanthor Cormanthor is an ancient forest realm in the fictionalfantasy setting of the Forgotten Realms. Cormanthor was long the place of the elven empi…