Campaign Launched to Protect Rare Lowland Old-Growth ...

Monday, October 15 2012 @ 01:35 PM EDT

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Between Mission and Agassiz, Echo Lake?s old-growth Douglas fir and redcedars are home to hundreds of roosting bald eagles during the fall salmon run. A new BC government proposal would protect some of the area but is still missing key old-growth groves.

Ancient Forest Alliance Media Release, October 11, 2012

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AFA's Hannah Carpendale stands near a giant red cedar and Douglas-fir in the Echo Lake Ancient Forest.
Photo by TJ Watt

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October 11, 2012
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Campaign Launched to Protect Rare Lowland Old-Growth Rainforest and Internationally Significant Eagle Roosting Area east of Vancouver
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Between Mission and Agassiz, Echo Lake?s old-growth Douglas fir and redcedars are home to hundreds of roosting bald eagles during the fall salmon run. A new BC government proposal would protect some of the area but is still missing key old-growth groves, with public input ending on Nov.5
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See SPECTACULAR photos of Echo Lake?s ancient forest at: ?http://www.ancientforestalliance.org/photos.php?gID=20
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Conservationists with the Ancient Forest Alliance (AFA) have launched a new campaign to fully protect one the last endangered lowland old-growth forests left in the Lower Mainland at Echo Lake east of Mission, as part of the organization?s larger campaign to lobby the BC government for a new Provincial Old-Growth Strategy to save endangered old-growth forests across the province. The campaign to protect the Echo Lake Ancient Forest coincides with the onset of a 60 day public input period launched last month by the Ministry of Forests, ending on November 5, in regards to proposed new Old-Growth Management Areas in the Chilliwack Forest District.

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Read the rest of the story here:? http://www.ancientforestalliance.org/news-item.php?ID=483

Source: http://www.hancockwildlife.org/article.php/CampaignLaunchedToProtectRareLowlandOld-

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