#ForestFriday #FlashbackFriday combo 2020.
At #Tlaoquiaht First Nations #TribalPark on #MearesIsland off shores of #Tofino.
Along the big trees trail. With #Cedar #TreeOfLife 
#oldgrowth
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@Windspeaker We need to #StopDeforestation too. Planting a zillion trees won't make a difference if government keeps allowing mass #deforestation to happen during climate crisis chaos. Our #OldGrowth forests are still being cut. 2nd growth & 3rd growth forests are still clearcutted.
Delicate plants like Western Sword Fern (Polystichum munitum) and Solomon's Plume (Maianthemum dilatatum) grow directly at the foot of majestic, giant old redwood trees. Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, California; May 2025.
For #ForestFriday
https://alexander-kunz.pixels.com/featured/delicate-undergrowth-alexander-kunz.html
Found this beautiful giant Douglas Fir. A good reminder how nature uses time to maximize the ecosystem of the land, slowly, but steadily. My fellow guide suggested this one to possibly be 600 years old.
Ode to the old tree. This one is around 700 years. Thankful to find a few legends still here, imagine the wisdom one could share!
#ThickTrunkTuesday Oh, to be back amongst the #CulturallyModified #Trees of the #PNW #VancouverIsland #MearesIsland, in the #OldGrowth #Forest rather than stuck in the office working on #plantation #forestry consultancy.
We had to say goodbye to this old timer. It’s been on our property for 20 years.
The hole it left behind is surreal. Old-growth trees consume space and energy that’s difficult to explain. Their presence (and absence) is felt.
Good bye, old friend.
#ThickTrunkTuesday
Mossy #OldGrowth #cedar trees in coastal temperate #rainforest.
Old growth logging is still happening in Tasmania—despite claims to the contrary. The industry spin doesn't match the devastating reality on the ground.
#oldgrowth #tasmania #forests #deforestation #greed
https://tasgreensmps.org/media-releases/old-growth-logging-continues-apace-despite-industry-spin/
Tasmanian Greens MPs · Tasmanian Greens MPs | Old Growth Logging Continues Apace Despite Industry SpinIn an act of blatant ecocide, yet another enormous "single rider" rolled through the Derwent Valley this morning. Old growth logging must end as soon as possible.
Hard to show the scale of this old growth beauty from this shot. It takes about 4 humans, holding hands, to hug the whole trunk of this ancient yellow cedar tree.
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#SilentSunday.
Honour the ancient elder trees 
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a short comment thread from a Lemme user with pinpoint accuracy. (this is also the alt-text)
Millions of acres of national forest are targeted for logging under an emergency order from the Trump administration (article)
What’s the emergency? Climate change isn’t catastrophic enough yet?
It’s so the US can build more vacant houses.
2020 on #MearesIsland. #ThickTrunkTuesday
A colossal #ancient yellow #cedar #tree is part of the #Tlaoquiaht #FirstNations #TribalPark.
I hiked the big trees trails there - magnificent!
This #ancient yellow #cedar #tree is older than the Great Wall of China & older than the Vatican.
All #ElderTrees - of this colossal & majestic scale, must be preserved & their ecosystems protected.
Scientists, conservation groups slam government over protection of #oldgrowth #forests in #finland
#eu #biodiversity #ForestProtection
https://yle.fi/a/74-20150836
News · Scientists, conservation groups slam government over protection of old-growth forestsResearchers and NGOs have criticised the government’s strict criteria for defining old-growth forests as "a farce" and "a total flop".
A beautiful moss covered Western red #cedar #tree - still unprotected.
Only a human, with a compromised & unwell soul, would be OK killing an elder tree this magnificent. Some things are just plain wrong.
These ancient old growth trees are essential to fighting accelerated #ClimateChange. #OldGrowth ecosystems in our coastal temperate rainforests supports much biodiverse lifeforms. The naturally moist environment helps to lower impacts of wildfires & other natural disasters that have increased as our governments continue to fund & enable more ecocidal projects.
This beautiful, ancient yellow #cedar tree has a massive, moss covered trunk. It is estimated at over 500 years old. There are very few #ElderTrees of this scale found outside of protected parks on Southern Vancouver Island now. The few remaining unprotected old growth forest tracts should be conserved for stability & longevity of our wild, ancient ecosystems & for the future generations to enjoy/admire/study.
The need to protect old growth forests has been the case for decades but even more important in present times because of accelerated climate change & the increased greedy desperation of corporate ecociders & our governments who aid/abet the pillaging which destroys wild environments that are essential for humans to sustain our lives on Earth. Valuable medicines are found & several medicines have yet to be found in these old growth, coastal temperate, wild rainforests. We need to protect these ancient forests for the above listed & many more important reasons.
#SelfPortrait with ancient elder yellow #cedar #tree. I have a longtime deep connection with #OldGrowth #forests & have spent decades of activism work to try to save & protect them from ecocidal monsters.
How we think about nature, how we treat wild living ecosystems, speaks volumes on our personal character. If we become too disconnected from wild nature, we will turn into demons who destroy our natural life forces.