#ForestProtectors Arrested at #FairyCreek

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, August 16, 2023

"Three forest protectors were arrested on Tuesday protecting the old-growth forests west of Victoria, as Canada continues to target #NativePeople with police operatives protecting the interest of destructive industries. The police ops are #BritishColumbia's C-IRG, the Community #Industry Response Group.

"Mourning the invasion of the #MilitarizedPolice squad who arrested the #ForestDefenders, who were his guests, #Pacheedaht #FirstNation Elder Bill Jones said, 'We are at the end times of our great forests.'

"Abolish C-IRG said, 'Due to the increasing amount of #indigenous-led anti-resource extraction movements in British Columbia, the Community-Industry Response Group was born. C-IRG is unique to British Columbia. They are militarized, have no budget limit, and the officers get paid handsomely to force #pipelines, #mines, #dams, and #logging through unceded #IndigenousTerritories, without consent. This is just another extension of the #RCMP’s original task- to remove and separate people from the land and enforce #ColonialRule. They do not keep us safe, they protect #capital."

Background: Back to Fairy Creek

"The last time the world was watching Fairy Creek, we witnessed the largest act of #CivilDisobedience in #CanadianHistory. Well over 1,000 Indigenous and non-Indigenous forest defenders were arrested by the RCMP over months of tense standoffs in 2021 as #activists sought to halt the logging of rare #AncientTrees.

"The courts hammered that movement, with charges and bail conditions keeping many away, and the tussle in the trees went dormant for most of the last two years.

"Until now.

"A new blockade, led by #IndigenousYouth and supported by non-Indigenous allies, has just been erected on a key bridge crossing an arterial logging road. The RCMP's specialized tactical team that responds to land defence actions is present and surveilling the camp. A raid could come any day, and having #media on the ground is of crucial importance to keep tabs on police and document the latest developments as land defenders seek to protect their unceded territories from old-growth logging."

Full article and more information:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2023/08/forest-protectors-raided-at-fairy-creek.html

#VancouverIsland #ACAB #ProtectTheForests #CIRG #Colonialism #Capitalism #Corporatism #Oligarchy

Hobo Cedar Grove Botanical Area in Northern Idaho. What a treat to visit this old growth stand of western red cedars. #stjoenationalforest #Idaho #AncientTrees

Old beech trees in Epping Forest

I discovered this scene a couple of years back and have returned several times in different seasons. It's such a dark part of the forest, but a few gaps in the canopy allow the light to filter down into this hollow.

This version was shot a few days back late on in the evening.

#forest #woodland #trees #nature #landscapeart #mastoart #landscapephotography #ancienttrees

The UK's oldest and most important trees are vulnerable. Most #AncientTrees have no real legal protection in the UK.
Join the Woodland Trust's campaign and tell the government to protect our most important trees! https://campaigns.woodlandtrust.org.uk/page/99702/petition/1?locale=en-GB&en_chan=tw&ea.tracking.id=twitter&en_ref=261550482 🌳 #LivingLegends #Petition

Vancouver Island’s elected officials vote against resolution to protect all of BC’s old-growth forests

AVICC delegates vote instead to support old-growth panel’s recommendations

https://www.vicnews.com/news/islands-elected-officials-vote-against-resolution-to-protect-all-of-b-c-s-old-growth-forests

#conservation #AncientTrees #OldGrowth #extinction #bcpoli #30x30

#UK #woodland #AncientTrees #trees #environment #DfT #GovernmentPolicy #roads #transport #wildlife #nature #carbon #ClimateCrisis Please help save irreplaceable habitats like ancient woodlands and let the UK Government know that their Transport Policy needs more transparency and community input https://campaigns.woodlandtrust.org.uk/page/120772/action/1

#Mosstodon #AncientTrees #Sundays Here’s a meeting with a lovely old plane tree at #Mottisfont with humans for scale. 😍🌳

Moving from the city to rural Wales & exploring its ancient landscape has taught us how temporary our stay is.

Here is one of the oldest living things I’m ever likely to see. Cymru-Wales has the largest number of ancient yews in the world. This one in the equally ancient burial ground at Cyffylliog is over 2000 yrs old, so was there before the Roman legions passed through building their roads & forts. I’m awed by it.

#yew #yewtree #yewtrees #ancientyew #ancienttrees #gayoutdoors #today

Yew at hope bagot churchyard near ludlow #AncientTrees #pagan #trees #oldchurches

Hidden away in Cranbourne Chase is Offa’s Oak. It’s a strange, gangly old thing.
People who know things about trees say it’s at least 1300 years old, which would make it a sapling during the reign of the Mercian King Offa. But they say it might be as much as 1500 years old. Either estimate makes it the oldest oak in Britain.
#ancienttrees #oak #windsorforest #cranbournechase #offasoak #kingoffa #history #folklore #nature #berkshire #berkshirehistory #trees #woodland

#MastoArt #whitemountains #AncientTrees #mountains #trees #ancient
Midnight at the Patriarch Grove, White Mountains, California

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If you've followed my work, you'll note that I talk a lot about big old #trees.

These trees are natural, national monuments. They are a part of our history & heritage.

There are ancient trees near me that have been growing since before the Battle of Hastings.

Sadly, there is little protection under UK law.

An ancient oak tree is able to support more than 2000 species of wildlife & plant life. They are biodiversity goldmines.

They should be protected.

#ancienttrees #woodland #photography

A conversation with an ancient.
I looked back up the track, that led to the Afon Chwefri, to look back at my daughters silhouette, aside an old oak, a sentinel tree of path, a ford of old. A place where Prince Llewelyn was thought to have lost.

If trees could speak, a silent witness of centuries of time, an intergenerational account of old.
#photography #AncientTrees #trees #storytelling #blackandwhite

The Scots Pine: one of our three native pine trees.

I am in the 750 acre Gregynog estate #Powys #cymru which was declared a National Nature Reserve, to protect the #AncientTrees and the rare lichens that grow on them, but also to ensure that many other habitats are conserved.
@CoedCadw are now working with the estate to map and record their many ancient #trees.
#photography

Portrait of an Oak tree for #ThickTrunkTuesday and #NationalTreeWeek
This is Wickwar's "Old Electric Oak" (10.55m girth, 800+ years old). It has survived several attempts to destroy it to accommodate overhead high voltage cables - burning in 1938, severe pollarding in 1970s & it was almost felled in 2017. Now protected by fencing to stop its roots being compacted, it will hopefully survive many more years.
#Treesday #trees #oaks #AncientTrees #Wickwar

Portrait of an Oak tree for #ThickTrunkTuesday and #NationalTreeWeek
This is Wickwar's "Old Electric Oak" (10.55m girth, 800+ years old). It has survived several attempts to destroy it to accommodate overhead high voltage cables - burning in 1938, severe pollarding in 1970s & it was almost felled in 2017. Now protected by fencing to stop its roots being compacted, it will hopefully survive many more years.
#Treesday #trees #oaks #AncientTrees #Wickwar

I called it the #DuhonwOak 7.32m girth, Approx 600 yrs old around in 1400’s Henry IV & the Rebellion in #Wales under Owain Glyndwr.

A single 400-year-old ancient oak tree produces 234,000 litres of oxygen a year, & may support more than 2,000 species of bird, insect, fungus, & lichen.

Rich & rare #AncientTrees, they are irreplaceable #LivingLegends - https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/protecting-trees-and-woods/campaign-with-us/tree-protection-campaign/

#Trees #photography @CoedCadw

#nature #treesandforests #trees #ancienttrees

The Welsh phrase - "dod yn ôl at fy nghoed" means "to return to my trees", literally translating as "to return to a balanced state of mind"

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #Cymru #Wales

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/about-us/where-we-work/wales/?utm_source=/wales&utm_medium=furl

#AncientWoodlands #AncientTrees #Woodlands #Trees #Health #ClimateAction