Yeah, it's the excuse Brazilian governments have always used when North Americans preach Amazonian rain forest conservation. It's pious hypocrisy unless we are doing the same.
Yeah, I think it’s something like 3% of existing forestland is considered “old-growth” in the whole of Europe. The Bialowieza Forest in Poland/Belarus is about the only one of any decent size. Then there’s the Biogradska Gora in Montenegro. The other 97% is all managed forestland that gets cut every few years.
I live in Kitsap County in Washington State. The pace of logging near me has increased. The companies make no effort to preserve soils or habitat. They leave behind a scraggly moonscape of clearcut land. It is heartbreaking. If you ride a motorcycle or bicycle past these areas, you can feel the higher air temps from the baking soil. It harms habitat, and our climate---and the human spirit.
And then they set aside tiny areas of land near roads and with paths through them, like Clear Creek, and think that that really makes a difference. I used to live there, too. My parents still do.
It's great that we have so many people willing to record the wonders of these environments. Inevitably, when the wealthy and powerful destroy all of the old, natural world, we can have record of its existence, at least.
I don't think it is inevitable. I think we can save forests. I don't think we should clearcut. Selective logging, yes: allows for new growth and helps prevents extensive wildfire damage. Wood is a useful product. We should be sure to keep trees around instead of destroying it all now. We need to think in more long term.
@@epauletshark3793 this entire country was covered in massive trees like that. Look up pictures that people took of cutting them down. There's lots of black and white pictures. Trees bigger than the ones in this video all across the country. know what they use them for? Firewood, that's it, they just burned them for fire
@@annastasijaspellman2536 Then how do you build houses for the rich and poor in western countries that use mostly wood as primary structure for their houses. People don't think about why these forest are being cut it for their own selfish needs.
These forests haven't been 'lost by logging', they've been destroyed by humans. And while that might have been necessary in the distant past, it no longer is now. Greedy bastards.
@@srpenguinbr That depends on your definition of a "reasonable amount of time." There are no structural materials more renewable than wood. Stone isn't renewable (unless you live near an active volcano and find a way to build stone structures out of igneous rock). Rammed earth isn't renewable, but it's at least plentiful. The vast majority of logging takes place in regions that have already been logged. They take a forest and divvy it up into 40 sections, and log and replant one section every 40 years, giving each second enough time to mature so it can be logged again. Such logging projects do not cut into old-growth forests that haven't been logged before, and as I said before, they make up the majority of logged areas (hence the "pro-logger, pro-old growth" sign at 3:39 in this video--it's possible to be pro-logger while maintaining old growth since most loggers spend their time harvesting rotating forests that are essentially "lumber farms" on a 40-year harvest cycle, rather than old growth). As for the canopy ecosystem, I--as a resident of the Pacific Northwest--have observed it myself (the things this video describes, such as fungus growing in the moss on tree branches, is a common sight for me when I walk in the woods). It does begin to form on trees within the 40-year logged areas within their lifetime, and fortunately, the animals that inhabit the old-growth ecosystem seem to generally do well within the rotating forests as well. The ecosystem isn't identical, but it's at least close enough to avoid threatening animals with extinction. But one thing that you'll find encouraging is that while the majority of acreage in most of the Pacific Northwest is cyclically logged, when you're in this region, you're never far away from small islands of old-growth forest that are never logged. For instance, I happen to live near this waterfall and the short trail that leads to it: www.alltrails.com/trail/us/oregon/elk-creek-falls-trail I can assure you that it, and many places like it, will NEVER be logged, not only because the land in that little valley is managed by the US Forest Service as a recreational area, but also because the loggers themselves wouldn't want to log their favorite trails, picnic areas, swimming holes, and campgrounds. They make great economic sacrifices to live in rural forestland because they WANT to live there, and counterintuitive as it may seem to a city person, they are loggers because they appreciate the forests, not because they want to get rid of all of them.
@blueseaview 11 Most of the parcels I see are owned by lumber companies and harvested at predetermined intervals, rather than being owned by individuals who somehow are rich enough to afford huge tracts of forestland and yet poor enough to need to cut them down just to retire. I do see the same effect you do, with the thickness of a single row of trees separating roads from clear-cuts (it's not like you can't see through the trees to know what's going on). However, I mostly just see that happening with non-virgin forests that are fewer than 50 years old, not new old-growth that wasn't cut before. Just because you can afford $40 plywood doesn't mean you have to be callous to the individuals, households, and entire communities for whom the high prices of building materials has caused a full-blown crisis.
You can make a change as well. Plant trees in your city. Plant trees in the park. It is technically Illegal but you sometimes have to break the law to do the right thing. I planted 60 Trees in Appartment Complex ls, along Roads, In Parks. No one notices. Everyones like "oh look honey the city planted fruit trees how neat" and the city is like "Hey look what we did" everyone is honestly to busy to notice
If it's ok for you to break the rules, it's ok for them to break the rules. "But it's ok for us because we are the good guys!" is the same exact excuse the other side uses. That means that you aren't really on opposite sides, you and them are on the "break the rules" side while the people on the "follow the rules" side are not only fighting the people following the rules on the other side, they are fighting the negative blowback you cause. People like you are why I have no hope for the future.
Thank you for bringing this into view for more people. The all mighty dollar shouldn’t hold sway over intelligent decisions… you end up buying less than you loose.
The world is being ruled by an elite class of degenerate schemers who feast upon the misery and soul starvation of societies spiritual decay simply to extend their wealth. Awaken your spirit and fight back
Same like in Germany. Here motor ways and lignite exploitation are more important to the legal system than ancient forests. When the police tore down huts in the crowns of trees they even caused a journalist fell from the trees and died. The legal system is sick. Protecting money over future life basics of many species.
I only recently learned about Fairy Creek and I was really glad to see it here! Great reporting, helped me see more about it and now I can show others. Thanks.
We also learned that older forests are the most effective at carbon capture. Planting new saplings aren't as effective as old growth at capturing carbon. PBS Terra also has a great video about this. Protect the old growth!
If you are in the States, you will have to wait until the border is open, if you are in Canada come to Vancouver Island. Get to Vancouver and take the ferry, (they are running now), to Victoria then rent a car and drive to Port Renfrew. There you will find the organizers and will help you to protest.
Once the forest is chopped down what is there will never again be. The thousands of years it took for for that biological peak of development mankind just won't have the time or patience for it to regrow. It must make Lumber corporations livid because they only talk to themselves and only know their own culture and worldview. I'm sure they are putting serious threats to the government to replace people sympathetic to the forest harvesting. I pray there's enough public outcry and enough Integrity in the Canadian government to resist. I'm absolutely certain they will use the fires as an excuse to clear-cut old growth forest. And that is a tragic excuse because it's man-made climate change not Forest made climate change. The forest are doing everything they can do to reduce the carbon dioxide and old-growth trees even more so.
So grateful to the forest and land defenders, plus media, like PBS, for getting the word out about the importance of protecting and preserving these one-of-a-kind biodiverse intact ecosystems. It is total insanity to have these amazing forests and ecosystems sanctioned by the government for cutting. This is not where jobs are created. Shame on the shareholders of forest companies like Teal Jones and the NDP government of British Columbia! Please take a stand for these life giving forests for the benefit of all humanity on this one planet we all call home. Divest if you have stock that may be supporting this destruction and let the media and government of British Columbia know this is NOT acceptable. Thank you!
Thank you for bringing this to the world’s attention. Please can you do a story covering a similar fight to save the ancient rainforests of Southern Tasmania, Australia. The ancient tall trees are among the tallest flowering plants in the world, with unique diversity found no where else on earth. But the constant logging and destruction of our ancient temperate rainforests to turn into wood chips is heartbreaking !! The practices the logging company ‘Sustainable Timbers Tasmania’ is disgraceful! The use of Clear Felling and fire bombing and then aerial seeding of monoculture plantations and aerial poisoning of native wildlife using 1080 inside of carrot baits needs to stop at once! Please help by doing a story on the fight to save our Ancient Gondwana Rainforests of Southern Tasmania. 🙏
If you’ve never stood in the presence of these huge trees, seen the moss dripping off of the branches or felt the ferns against your legs, or taken a deep breath in and smelled the whole forest.. I highly recommend it.
Awesome!! I also think it is way past time to reign in these massive companies and corporations. I hope that the talks about passing laws to criminalize "Ecocide" will lead to actual results.
Across from my place there used to be this big Himalayan cedar. The neighbors cut it down recently. I could never forget that feeling of having company being near a tree
Moved to the Puget Sound Basin in April, 1960. I was 6 weeks old. Do the math. Note my name. In my 60+ years of living here, it's just worsening. 😢 What used to be pristine living has become a concrete jungle where you cannot afford a house, let alone pay taxes, or even buy a vacant lot for under $500K.
Leaving a comment just for more recognition because there hasn't really been a video on youtube that really gave detailed ideas on how significant these forests are to our ecosystem. Also it's important that we have more indigenous voices explaining this since they have been saying voicing value in our untouched lands much longer than any of us. Bill Jones is a voice for the Pacheedaht community but Canadian government will only listen to the "elected chiefs" instead of Hereditary Chiefs. Hereditary Chiefs are the known voices and officially recognized leaders for Indigenous peoples according to their tribe/nation. Elected chiefs is only but a colonial construct put in place so that Canadian government will only listen to the "chiefs" they themselves have elected. It's a sham. I'm thankful this video gave us some words from Bill Jones and we need to continue on this trend to lending more moments to Indigenous People and their respectful Hereditary Chiefs. They have been on the frontlines longer than any of us.
Canadian here. No one cares about Native land until business finds something to exploit. Then the Native Canadians are just "standing in the way of progress".
There are more forests like this than this program lets on. Source: I live in an area with lots of areas that are on the 40-year clearcutting rotation, and it's still not hard to find areas that the loggers don't touch.
Absolutely heartbreaking to see that one of these places is being threatened with logging. And the company will probably say they ofset it by planting some saplings, disgusting!
If you've ever been in one of these old growth forests you can feel the difference from the majority that are tree farms. We can keep logging 2nd growth and leave these alone to be nature sanctuaries and hot spots for global eco-tourism
If I could get there, I would happily occupy to keep them from being destroyed! I didn't realize that this barbaric practice was still going on. Greedy corporations will take everything until they're gone, then blame everyone else and demand corporate welfare from the government!
It's worse than you know. The land was appropriated from the First Nations and given to the Railway Companies by the Government who sold it to the logging companies who are making a huge profit from lands that don't belong to them. They are also putting gates at almost all the access points and blocking off the use for recreation by local populations because they say "they are afraid of vandalism". To me, they are the vandals.
@@stevenbridge Wow! The media is just as bad seeing that in years past they would have been all over this. Sadly, they now do as their new masters say. There would be a hell of allot more people there from everywhere if they only knew. Thank you for this info and stay safe!
It’s so weird how the world is money-hungry. It shouldn’t be and maybe I should be used to it but this reminds me of going to the beach only to see ugly ass rich people houses blocking the sea line. And it makes me so depressed to see the road full of “land for sale” billboards.
I used to criicize these type of protestors when they did it in California on private land. Now, I want those old growth giants to be protected even on private land. When I visited the Sequoia Parks in CA and saw the few remaining giants still standing I felt like I was at the scene of a previous massacre.
Shame on those logging companies, motivated only by profit. Kudos to the researchers and protectors of the old growth forests. This both breaks my heart, and fills me with optimism. Resist
It did feel a little hopeful for awhile, until Teal Jones went ahead and logged in TFL 46… set aside by government for logging to generate revenue. So short cited, and the loss is staggering.
Greed is at the root of thousands of crimes against populations of both humans and living organisms. These greedy people have no heart, at least not enough of a heart to resist their greed. How does our society create these people?
If they can look progressive they don't have to actually do all the progressive things. Just look at the recent news that came about about the mass graves of kids.
(Lecture time) The federal - i.e. Canadian - government doesn't get a say, because resources were made a provincial matter by our Constitution. So in this case, it's the government of British Columbia that's to blame. But don't fool yourself that they aren't doing anything. They've done lots... they sold the rights to cut the trees... they sent in the police to arrest the protester/protectors. And they fight the native land claims in court, because they want the revenue from selling the logging rights. There's a big difference between not doing anything, and doing the wrong things.
I have never seen so much detritus on a tree branch. It's hardly any wonder that the mycorrhizal relationships normally associated with ground soil, would get a start there too.
Is there an update to this situation? This video seems to have slipped under the radar, and I feel the cause behind it might succumb to the same fate. Gorgeous photography with a vital message - this needs to be seen.
These Old Growth Forests speak...sadly, with too soft a voice for most to listen. Seeing them in person by yourself is truly a magical moment. I'm not the hippie type...but there's just something very much instinctual about these types of woods. You feel like you need to whisper if you're in a small group while threading them even if there's no reason to whisper. And don't even get me started on if you're alone, by yourself in them. It's not creepy. It's not unnerving (unless, of course. You're lost I figure). It very much strikes a primal sense of awe looking up at those towering trees that have been there since before mankind "tamed" most of the continent.
Humanity really needs to put its priorities in order, destroying the planet like we are the rulers with unlimited resources instead of rebuilding the planet and caring for it and being a part of it.
It's so insanely distressing watching our planet being torn apart for money with zero regard for the future or even just any sense of respect for life, not even human life. I don't know what the world is going to look like when i die, but I don't think it's going to be any better
Omg it's such a gorgeous video about such a painful matter. 2 years have passed, what's the status atm? Have they stopped logging Fairy Creek? Or does the fight continue? I would love to contribute however I can
How comes the logging company can press a claim to cut down trees in first nations territory if the local first nation seems to be against it? Can someone elaborate?
The bigger question might be is who wants this wood and do they know the importance of the forest it comes from? Always seek out the monetary motive. 🤔
The answer is this: Remember how many people complained about the spike in lumber prices last year due to lack of availability? (I remember the meme offering to trade a sheet of plywood for a classic car, and saying "Don't lowball me--I know what I've got.")
This could be made into a film. Maybe change the set to an alien moon, and the natives into tall blue aliens. It will be a blockbuster! What’s that? Oh.
it’s funny, people in NA will criticize other countries for not protecting their forests enough but here we are with beautiful, essential forests that aren’t being protected by law. and for what? a few million dollars?
I think the video title and thumbnail could be better for more click through. Like, "Why we need Old Growth" "Fight to save the OldGrowth" "The last giants in America" "Save Fairycreek" Also, maybe include more First Nation voices and traditional knowledge holders. These indigenous scientists will know a lot!
I think we should save forests. I don't think we should clearcut. Selective logging, yes: allows for new growth and helps prevents extensive wildfire damage. Wood is a useful product. We should be sure to keep trees around instead of destroying it all now. We need to think in more long term.
Buy off their logging contract by turning the forest into tourist attraction. I sure would pay to visit forest with such backstory. Persuade them it worth more to have as forest than logs.
We have lots of epiphytes growing in our old trees too in NZ. I wonder if our trees grow canopy roots like your trees do? I’m planting native plants and controlling weeds around our gardens, around our paddock, and in the wetlands and springs below my house. Before Pākehā came here and logged the trees and altered the waterways and cratered the mountains i live at a place where once stood lowland temperate rainforest and swamp rainforest. In the swamp grows kahikātea which can grow 60m the tallest tree in NZ. NZ forests are composed of trees which can live 2,000 years so i think our forests share some commonalities
I've seen these old growth forests , they are very close to where I live. Living in WA all I've seen growing up is people pouring in and land being clearcutted for development. Most people I know don't care about trees or the environment , it hurts me so much seeing trees and habitat being destroyed. I've been planting trees and im to the point where I dont even want to have any kids. Hopefully mother earth cleanses the parasite human race but unfortunately most of her progress will be erased 😔
Wow so your solution to saving old growth forests is for "mother earth" to destroy all of humanity...? WTF?! You're wishing misery and suffering on 8 billion people? Just pass a couple of laws, protect a few forests... What's stopping you? Humans have been around for hundreds of thousands of years. Old Growth forests weren't under threat until just the last couple of centuries. i hardly think that humanity=deforestation.
when i was kid every body told me that peoples in our world are bad but when i grow i realise we made it bad and only we can reverse it in my region looks like only me concern about environment and only i can do something about it
I can’t believe that were just cutting these trees down.. that is so sad.. we should be protecting them an helping them grow.. once there Goan that’s it..and what for so sad..
Old growth forests are like the grandfathers of forests. They should be treated with care and respect. A lot.
I live in the Pacific Northwest. We need to protect our ecology here.
Yeah, it's the excuse Brazilian governments have always used when North Americans preach Amazonian rain forest conservation. It's pious hypocrisy unless we are doing the same.
I am going to re watch this so that it gets recommended to more people and spreads more awareness.
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And I'll reply here so the algorithm helps spread it as well :)
Great Work Everyone!👍🏼🌎✌🏼
Also replying; sharing and keeping it going. Much love and care for all of you, who care 🧡✨
absolutely
This beautiful forest sadly reminds me of the fact that we had huge areas of ancient woods here in Europe too. But almost nothing is left today
Iceland is prime example
Yeah, I think it’s something like 3% of existing forestland is considered “old-growth” in the whole of Europe. The Bialowieza Forest in Poland/Belarus is about the only one of any decent size. Then there’s the Biogradska Gora in Montenegro. The other 97% is all managed forestland that gets cut every few years.
I live in Kitsap County in Washington State. The pace of logging near me has increased. The companies make no effort to preserve soils or habitat. They leave behind a scraggly moonscape of clearcut land. It is heartbreaking. If you ride a motorcycle or bicycle past these areas, you can feel the higher air temps from the baking soil. It harms habitat, and our climate---and the human spirit.
So why do you guys build huge houses with wood then ?
And then they set aside tiny areas of land near roads and with paths through them, like Clear Creek, and think that that really makes a difference. I used to live there, too. My parents still do.
@@GowthamV07 you think he commissions suburbs?
I live not far from you, in Jefferson county, and I have noticed the same. It's infuriating.
Stop killing the trees says the people living in a wood house full of wood furniture 😆
It's great that we have so many people willing to record the wonders of these environments. Inevitably, when the wealthy and powerful destroy all of the old, natural world, we can have record of its existence, at least.
It isn't enough. We need an army that destroyed the machines. And fully "stop" the corporations doing this
when someone burns down my house, i got pictures at least ?!?
I don't think it is inevitable. I think we can save forests. I don't think we should clearcut. Selective logging, yes: allows for new growth and helps prevents extensive wildfire damage. Wood is a useful product. We should be sure to keep trees around instead of destroying it all now. We need to think in more long term.
@@epauletshark3793 this entire country was covered in massive trees like that. Look up pictures that people took of cutting them down. There's lots of black and white pictures. Trees bigger than the ones in this video all across the country. know what they use them for? Firewood, that's it, they just burned them for fire
@@annastasijaspellman2536 Then how do you build houses for the rich and poor in western countries that use mostly wood as primary structure for their houses. People don't think about why these forest are being cut it for their own selfish needs.
Now that I think of it, it is brilliant that massive trees have the ability to gather recourses from roots in the top and bottom
These forests haven't been 'lost by logging', they've been destroyed by humans. And while that might have been necessary in the distant past, it no longer is now. Greedy bastards.
Nailed it
It's a no brainer to have a whole industry based a resource that cannot grow back in a reasonable amount of time
It's just short sighted capitalism
@@srpenguinbr That depends on your definition of a "reasonable amount of time." There are no structural materials more renewable than wood. Stone isn't renewable (unless you live near an active volcano and find a way to build stone structures out of igneous rock). Rammed earth isn't renewable, but it's at least plentiful.
The vast majority of logging takes place in regions that have already been logged. They take a forest and divvy it up into 40 sections, and log and replant one section every 40 years, giving each second enough time to mature so it can be logged again. Such logging projects do not cut into old-growth forests that haven't been logged before, and as I said before, they make up the majority of logged areas (hence the "pro-logger, pro-old growth" sign at 3:39 in this video--it's possible to be pro-logger while maintaining old growth since most loggers spend their time harvesting rotating forests that are essentially "lumber farms" on a 40-year harvest cycle, rather than old growth).
As for the canopy ecosystem, I--as a resident of the Pacific Northwest--have observed it myself (the things this video describes, such as fungus growing in the moss on tree branches, is a common sight for me when I walk in the woods). It does begin to form on trees within the 40-year logged areas within their lifetime, and fortunately, the animals that inhabit the old-growth ecosystem seem to generally do well within the rotating forests as well. The ecosystem isn't identical, but it's at least close enough to avoid threatening animals with extinction.
But one thing that you'll find encouraging is that while the majority of acreage in most of the Pacific Northwest is cyclically logged, when you're in this region, you're never far away from small islands of old-growth forest that are never logged. For instance, I happen to live near this waterfall and the short trail that leads to it: www.alltrails.com/trail/us/oregon/elk-creek-falls-trail I can assure you that it, and many places like it, will NEVER be logged, not only because the land in that little valley is managed by the US Forest Service as a recreational area, but also because the loggers themselves wouldn't want to log their favorite trails, picnic areas, swimming holes, and campgrounds. They make great economic sacrifices to live in rural forestland because they WANT to live there, and counterintuitive as it may seem to a city person, they are loggers because they appreciate the forests, not because they want to get rid of all of them.
@blueseaview 11 Most of the parcels I see are owned by lumber companies and harvested at predetermined intervals, rather than being owned by individuals who somehow are rich enough to afford huge tracts of forestland and yet poor enough to need to cut them down just to retire.
I do see the same effect you do, with the thickness of a single row of trees separating roads from clear-cuts (it's not like you can't see through the trees to know what's going on). However, I mostly just see that happening with non-virgin forests that are fewer than 50 years old, not new old-growth that wasn't cut before.
Just because you can afford $40 plywood doesn't mean you have to be callous to the individuals, households, and entire communities for whom the high prices of building materials has caused a full-blown crisis.
Thank you for protecting the trees!! I hope it works!
You can make a change as well. Plant trees in your city. Plant trees in the park. It is technically Illegal but you sometimes have to break the law to do the right thing. I planted 60 Trees in Appartment Complex ls, along Roads, In Parks. No one notices. Everyones like "oh look honey the city planted fruit trees how neat" and the city is like "Hey look what we did" everyone is honestly to busy to notice
Great post!Well done. The right hand doesn’t know what the left hand is doing!
Guerilla gardeners unite! Thanks for taking the initiative!
They'll get shit for removing it if you publicize i
If it's ok for you to break the rules, it's ok for them to break the rules. "But it's ok for us because we are the good guys!" is the same exact excuse the other side uses. That means that you aren't really on opposite sides, you and them are on the "break the rules" side while the people on the "follow the rules" side are not only fighting the people following the rules on the other side, they are fighting the negative blowback you cause. People like you are why I have no hope for the future.
@@jnzkngs So Rosa Parks is the same as the Klan because they both "broke the rules". Makes perfect sense lmao
Governments need to be punishing these companies for cutting down these forests. It's absolutely absurd.
Said companies are paying the government
Therefore said companies pretty much ARE the government. And everywhere.
@@SteveHazel theyre parasites
Companies are basically part of the government now.
@@3asianassassin Yeah, unfortunately.
Thank you for bringing this into view for more people.
The all mighty dollar shouldn’t hold sway over intelligent decisions… you end up buying less than you loose.
THERE ARE ECOSYSTEMS ON TREE BRANCHES HOW DID I NOT KNOW THIS??
Not to mention the mycelium and fungus ecosystem living in the soil of forests
@@mrping2603 And that they communicate through this network is mind boggling, I had no idea!
There’s a great story on RadioLab: Forests on Forests. February 4, 2021.
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The world is being ruled by an elite class of degenerate schemers who feast upon the misery and soul starvation of societies spiritual decay simply to extend their wealth. Awaken your spirit and fight back
Same like in Germany. Here motor ways and lignite exploitation are more important to the legal system than ancient forests.
When the police tore down huts in the crowns of trees they even caused a journalist fell from the trees and died.
The legal system is sick. Protecting money over future life basics of many species.
Just breaks my heart...tears
I only recently learned about Fairy Creek and I was really glad to see it here! Great reporting, helped me see more about it and now I can show others. Thanks.
We also learned that older forests are the most effective at carbon capture. Planting new saplings aren't as effective as old growth at capturing carbon. PBS Terra also has a great video about this. Protect the old growth!
Where do we sign up to join these forest defenders?
Same, I love climbing trees and would happily stay up in one until I get kicked out
Rainforest flying squad
Rainforest flying squad
If you are in the States, you will have to wait until the border is open, if you are in Canada come to Vancouver Island. Get to Vancouver and take the ferry, (they are running now), to Victoria then rent a car and drive to Port Renfrew. There you will find the organizers and will help you to protest.
Once the forest is chopped down what is there will never again be. The thousands of years it took for for that biological peak of development mankind just won't have the time or patience for it to regrow. It must make Lumber corporations livid because they only talk to themselves and only know their own culture and worldview. I'm sure they are putting serious threats to the government to replace people sympathetic to the forest harvesting. I pray there's enough public outcry and enough Integrity in the Canadian government to resist. I'm absolutely certain they will use the fires as an excuse to clear-cut old growth forest. And that is a tragic excuse because it's man-made climate change not Forest made climate change. The forest are doing everything they can do to reduce the carbon dioxide and old-growth trees even more so.
Keep up the good fight, friends. The Pacific Northwest forests are stunning and such a blessing to humanity. Protect the forest forever!!!!
So grateful to the forest and land defenders, plus media, like PBS, for getting the word out about the importance of protecting and preserving these one-of-a-kind biodiverse intact ecosystems. It is total insanity to have these amazing forests and ecosystems sanctioned by the government for cutting. This is not where jobs are created. Shame on the shareholders of forest companies like Teal Jones and the NDP government of British Columbia! Please take a stand for these life giving forests for the benefit of all humanity on this one planet we all call home. Divest if you have stock that may be supporting this destruction and let the media and government of British Columbia know this is NOT acceptable. Thank you!
By the time humanity understands the spiritual connection, it will be too late....
Thanks PBS for showing this topic, more people should know this and pressure the Canadian authorities to act
i SUPPORT YOU FELLOW ACTIVISTS. WE NEED TO DO ALL IN OUR POWER TO PROTECT THE TREES
I did not know such vast ecosystems existed that high up!!
Thank you for bringing this to the world’s attention. Please can you do a story covering a similar fight to save the ancient rainforests of Southern Tasmania, Australia. The ancient tall trees are among the tallest flowering plants in the world, with unique diversity found no where else on earth. But the constant logging and destruction of our ancient temperate rainforests to turn into wood chips is heartbreaking !! The practices the logging company ‘Sustainable Timbers Tasmania’ is disgraceful! The use of Clear Felling and fire bombing and then aerial seeding of monoculture plantations and aerial poisoning of native wildlife using 1080 inside of carrot baits needs to stop at once!
Please help by doing a story on the fight to save our Ancient Gondwana Rainforests of Southern Tasmania. 🙏
just commenting to encourage the algorithm to spread this
Thank you for covering them.
We can definitely learn a lot from the relationship between fungi and plants
Just amazing nature, just beautiful
If you’ve never stood in the presence of these huge trees, seen the moss dripping off of the branches or felt the ferns against your legs, or taken a deep breath in and smelled the whole forest..
I highly recommend it.
Awesome!! I also think it is way past time to reign in these massive companies and corporations. I hope that the talks about passing laws to criminalize "Ecocide" will lead to actual results.
Many thanks to the crusaders who sacrifice to slow down the destruction.
Spread the news. Lets all come together for change.
The avarice of man never ceases to sadden me...
Across from my place there used to be this big Himalayan cedar. The neighbors cut it down recently.
I could never forget that feeling of having company being near a tree
Someone once said
We don't ever know what we have until it's gone.
The value of keeping forests need to be recognized by industry.
Spread the word!
Moved to the Puget Sound Basin in April, 1960. I was 6 weeks old.
Do the math.
Note my name.
In my 60+ years of living here, it's just worsening. 😢
What used to be pristine living has become a concrete jungle where you cannot afford a house, let alone pay taxes, or even buy a vacant lot for under $500K.
Leaving a comment just for more recognition because there hasn't really been a video on youtube that really gave detailed ideas on how significant these forests are to our ecosystem.
Also it's important that we have more indigenous voices explaining this since they have been saying voicing value in our untouched lands much longer than any of us. Bill Jones is a voice for the Pacheedaht community but Canadian government will only listen to the "elected chiefs" instead of Hereditary Chiefs. Hereditary Chiefs are the known voices and officially recognized leaders for Indigenous peoples according to their tribe/nation. Elected chiefs is only but a colonial construct put in place so that Canadian government will only listen to the "chiefs" they themselves have elected. It's a sham. I'm thankful this video gave us some words from Bill Jones and we need to continue on this trend to lending more moments to Indigenous People and their respectful Hereditary Chiefs. They have been on the frontlines longer than any of us.
You’d think if it’s on a reserve, then the First Nation there would have full control over the land, but… well… welcome to Canada!
Canadian here. No one cares about Native land until business finds something to exploit. Then the Native Canadians are just "standing in the way of progress".
It's not on a reserve.
It is on unceded land occupied b First Nation Paheendhat@@andymackinnon5084
It's not on a reserve, it's on crown land owned and managed by the Canadian Government. The province sets the logging policies.
@@ChipsReid1 "Occupied by" is not owned by. The land is owned by the Canadian Government.
I want to live in a little cottage in an old forest like this. I guess it'll have to be in my dreams.
There are more forests like this than this program lets on. Source: I live in an area with lots of areas that are on the 40-year clearcutting rotation, and it's still not hard to find areas that the loggers don't touch.
@@philipmcniel4908 yes it is still possible to find remnants, but they are dwindling.
Is there anything we can do to support these people protecting the trees?
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Simply google” Rainforest flying squad. They are on the ground and in the air as defenders and could use your help.Ask them please,
@@ChipsReid1 Thanks! That provided a good starting point
"When the last tree is cut down, the last fish eaten, and the last stream poisoned, you will realize that you cannot eat money."
Absolutely heartbreaking to see that one of these places is being threatened with logging. And the company will probably say they ofset it by planting some saplings, disgusting!
If you've ever been in one of these old growth forests you can feel the difference from the majority that are tree farms. We can keep logging 2nd growth and leave these alone to be nature sanctuaries and hot spots for global eco-tourism
Yes! This!! The system is broken that these small bastions of big old growth are being logged to extinction. So sad.
If I could get there, I would happily occupy to keep them from being destroyed! I didn't realize that this barbaric practice was still going on. Greedy corporations will take everything until they're gone, then blame everyone else and demand corporate welfare from the government!
It's worse than you know. The land was appropriated from the First Nations and given to the Railway Companies by the Government who sold it to the logging companies who are making a huge profit from lands that don't belong to them. They are also putting gates at almost all the access points and blocking off the use for recreation by local populations because they say "they are afraid of vandalism". To me, they are the vandals.
Smash Teal Jones--Burn Their Machines!!!!
@@stevenbridge Wow! The media is just as bad seeing that in years past they would have been all over this. Sadly, they now do as their new masters say. There would be a hell of allot more people there from everywhere if they only knew.
Thank you for this info and stay safe!
This deserves more views
It’s so weird how the world is money-hungry. It shouldn’t be and maybe I should be used to it but this reminds me of going to the beach only to see ugly ass rich people houses blocking the sea line. And it makes me so depressed to see the road full of “land for sale” billboards.
I love this channel
I used to criicize these type of protestors when they did it in California on private land. Now, I want those old growth giants to be protected even on private land. When I visited the Sequoia Parks in CA and saw the few remaining giants still standing I felt like I was at the scene of a previous massacre.
Great video!
Very informative.
Holy cow I went to High School with Korena!! So glad to see you on here 😃
Shame on those logging companies, motivated only by profit.
Kudos to the researchers and protectors of the old growth forests.
This both breaks my heart, and fills me with optimism.
Resist
It did feel a little hopeful for awhile, until Teal Jones went ahead and logged in TFL 46… set aside by government for logging to generate revenue. So short cited, and the loss is staggering.
True heroes. The trees will rule this world again one day!
a combination of both planting new trees and preserving certain old trees will be the most effective.
I agree! Simply plant a new tree, wait 1000 years, and voila! Its right back where it was!
Greed is at the root of thousands of crimes against populations of both humans and living organisms. These greedy people have no heart, at least not enough of a heart to resist their greed. How does our society create these people?
I think the more pressing question is how we are going to get rid of them.
see you sunday
I thought the Canadian government was progressive. Why aren’t they doing anything?
If they can look progressive they don't have to actually do all the progressive things. Just look at the recent news that came about about the mass graves of kids.
@@squid1524 What about the horror that is the tar sands, not only destroying forests but also polluting the air and soil
@@billyboy1093 That's not something I know anything about unfortunately.
They are about on par with the US, they just have a prettier face at the moment
(Lecture time) The federal - i.e. Canadian - government doesn't get a say, because resources were made a provincial matter by our Constitution. So in this case, it's the government of British Columbia that's to blame.
But don't fool yourself that they aren't doing anything. They've done lots... they sold the rights to cut the trees... they sent in the police to arrest the protester/protectors. And they fight the native land claims in court, because they want the revenue from selling the logging rights.
There's a big difference between not doing anything, and doing the wrong things.
I highly recommend the Radio Lab episode on this
Do you know the title of the episode
I have never seen so much detritus on a tree branch. It's hardly any wonder that the mycorrhizal relationships normally associated with ground soil, would get a start there too.
This mossy forest 8:36 is amazing. Anyone know where exactly it is and if it can be visited?
Is there an update to this situation? This video seems to have slipped under the radar, and I feel the cause behind it might succumb to the same fate. Gorgeous photography with a vital message - this needs to be seen.
These Old Growth Forests speak...sadly, with too soft a voice for most to listen. Seeing them in person by yourself is truly a magical moment. I'm not the hippie type...but there's just something very much instinctual about these types of woods. You feel like you need to whisper if you're in a small group while threading them even if there's no reason to whisper. And don't even get me started on if you're alone, by yourself in them. It's not creepy. It's not unnerving (unless, of course. You're lost I figure). It very much strikes a primal sense of awe looking up at those towering trees that have been there since before mankind "tamed" most of the continent.
Great wrk guys thank you
Nice video! Just a small correction, a douglas-fir is not a fir
Awesome 🌲⛰ video y’all 👍🏽✌🏽
Save lonely Doug 😢😢😢
Humanity really needs to put its priorities in order, destroying the planet like we are the rulers with unlimited resources instead of rebuilding the planet and caring for it and being a part of it.
It's so insanely distressing watching our planet being torn apart for money with zero regard for the future or even just any sense of respect for life, not even human life. I don't know what the world is going to look like when i die, but I don't think it's going to be any better
Just found this. Nice. Did the Fairy Creek watershed get clear-cut?
Canopy soil is a new concept to me. Makes sense....
Omg it's such a gorgeous video about such a painful matter. 2 years have passed, what's the status atm? Have they stopped logging Fairy Creek? Or does the fight continue? I would love to contribute however I can
How comes the logging company can press a claim to cut down trees in first nations territory if the local first nation seems to be against it? Can someone elaborate?
Enough reason to switch to hemp for wooden needs.
What good is smoking pot gonna do?
great video
The bigger question might be is who wants this wood and do they know the importance of the forest it comes from? Always seek out the monetary motive. 🤔
Excellent point friend !
The answer is this: Remember how many people complained about the spike in lumber prices last year due to lack of availability? (I remember the meme offering to trade a sheet of plywood for a classic car, and saying "Don't lowball me--I know what I've got.")
They speak for the Trees!
This could be made into a film. Maybe change the set to an alien moon, and the natives into tall blue aliens. It will be a blockbuster!
What’s that? Oh.
it’s funny, people in NA will criticize other countries for not protecting their forests enough but here we are with beautiful, essential forests that aren’t being protected by law. and for what? a few million dollars?
god damn Shawna you inspire me.
So depressing. What an unjust system. I hope the tree sitters keep fighting!
I think the video title and thumbnail could be better for more click through. Like, "Why we need Old Growth" "Fight to save the OldGrowth" "The last giants in America" "Save Fairycreek"
Also, maybe include more First Nation voices and traditional knowledge holders. These indigenous scientists will know a lot!
Good luck
I think we should save forests. I don't think we should clearcut. Selective logging, yes: allows for new growth and helps prevents extensive wildfire damage. Wood is a useful product. We should be sure to keep trees around instead of destroying it all now. We need to think in more long term.
Yes!
Buy off their logging contract by turning the forest into tourist attraction. I sure would pay to visit forest with such backstory. Persuade them it worth more to have as forest than logs.
We have lots of epiphytes growing in our old trees too in NZ. I wonder if our trees grow canopy roots like your trees do? I’m planting native plants and controlling weeds around our gardens, around our paddock, and in the wetlands and springs below my house. Before Pākehā came here and logged the trees and altered the waterways and cratered the mountains i live at a place where once stood lowland temperate rainforest and swamp rainforest. In the swamp grows kahikātea which can grow 60m the tallest tree in NZ. NZ forests are composed of trees which can live 2,000 years so i think our forests share some commonalities
Save the trees
I've seen these old growth forests , they are very close to where I live. Living in WA all I've seen growing up is people pouring in and land being clearcutted for development. Most people I know don't care about trees or the environment , it hurts me so much seeing trees and habitat being destroyed. I've been planting trees and im to the point where I dont even want to have any kids. Hopefully mother earth cleanses the parasite human race but unfortunately most of her progress will be erased 😔
Wow so your solution to saving old growth forests is for "mother earth" to destroy all of humanity...? WTF?! You're wishing misery and suffering on 8 billion people? Just pass a couple of laws, protect a few forests... What's stopping you? Humans have been around for hundreds of thousands of years. Old Growth forests weren't under threat until just the last couple of centuries. i hardly think that humanity=deforestation.
Any place that has never been logged never should be.
yeah, when it comes to money, they really stop caring and will try anything to get it
when i was kid every body told me that peoples in our world are bad
but when i grow i realise we made it bad
and only we can reverse it
in my region looks like only me concern about environment
and only i can do something about it
beautifully spoken - beautifully terrifying!
I can’t believe that were just cutting these trees down.. that is so sad.. we should be protecting them an helping them grow.. once there Goan that’s it..and what for so sad..
Meanwhile our community run ski area on Northern Vancouver Island is getting sub-alpine old growth cut blocks right around it - all legal.
This video must smell like onions. I'm not crying
This life we're all contributing to destroying through active ignorance is so beautiful, why continue to let it die?
Trees have Souls.
What does he mean by forcible removed?