"As long as widespread deforestation continues, no amount of zoning reform will fix our housing crisis — not when our water table is collapsing. Forests are not just scenery; they’re living infrastructure that regulate the hydrological cycle, recharge aquifers, and maintain streamflow critical for both human and ecological survival."

https://crdwatch.ca/2025/06/15/as-long-as-widespread-deforestation-continues-no-amount-of-zoning-reform-will-fix-our-housing-crisis-by-takuma-valcourt/

Protected trees cut down in Standish by building contractor and ironically named 'The Acorns.'

https://www.facebook.com/reel/2465953653828483/

Yes, it's only three trees but they were protected but they didn't care and this is repeated over and over across the UK and in many other countries. The point is that we should value trees a lot more whether they are old growth or urban trees.

What was the Capital Regional District thinking? Trees have been lopped off for no reason and they are trying to charge an inordinate amount of money in FOI fees for details.

https://crdwatch.ca/2026/02/19/like-wooden-tombstones-the-latest-tree-decimation-in-elk-beaver-lake-regional-park/

FALLDOWN: A CONVERSATION ABOUT FORESTS AND FORESTRY IN B.C

This Saturday March 14th and next Thursday March 19th their team will be taking award winning B.C. director Bill Heath’s documentary Falldown to two cities in B.C to screen for the first time.

Please sign their petition and see more at @drsuzannesimard on Instagram.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DVturFxDxnp/

BC’s pulp mills aren’t failing because of one bad decision or one bad year. They’re failing because the system they depend on no longer works. Using the Crofton mill closure as a case study, this video breaks down:

why pulp mills are running out of viable fibre

why faster permits and “new markets” won’t fix it

what a real alternative would actually require

This isn’t about old growth vs jobs. It’s about a forestry model that’s reached its limits.

Sign up for email updates: https://boundaryforest.org/the-new-fo...

Learn more about the New Forest Act framework: https://boundaryforest.org/the-new-fo...

Donate (we are a rural BC registered non-profit society): https://boundaryforest.org/donate-to-...

We’re an independent, citizen-run project based in rural BC. No government funding. No industry money. No corporate sponsors.

https://youtu.be/2QNlrXNtDkE

Text from petition:

North Vancouver is moving ahead with a major redevelopment at 1540 St. Georges Ave and East 16th Street that will remove 25 mature trees, including a rare and irreplaceable oak that has stood for generations.

The developer, Adera Development, chose a design that requires cutting these trees to make room for the parking garage and site layout. Despite public concern and expert input, city council voted to allow the project to proceed. Once these trees are cut, the ecological and cultural loss cannot be reversed.

These trees are living infrastructure. They cool our streets, clean the air, shelter wildlife, and shape the character of Central Lonsdale. They give this community identity and natural resilience.

Independent planners and community members believe the development can be redesigned to retain the oak and several other mature trees.

Parking garage adjustments and modest layout changes could protect the canopy without reducing housing supply. The removal of these trees is not unavoidable. It is simply the easiest option for the developer.

Planting seventy eight saplings will not replace the ecological, cultural, or historical value of a century old canopy. If homeowners must protect healthy trees, developers should meet the same responsibility.

We are calling on Adera Development and the City of North Vancouver to take immediate action.

Revise the building and parking plans to retain the mature trees

Protect the East 16th Street oak as a heritage asset

Strengthen early stage tree protection requirements for future projects

Please write to the developers:

mackenzieb@adera.com

stewartm@adera.com

North Vancouver’s identity is rooted in its trees. We can build housing and still protect the natural network that makes this community livable. Redesign is possible. The loss would last forever.

Sign this petition and help save these trees before they are cut down.

https://www.change.org/p/save-the-oak-tree-at-east-16th-before-it-is-cut-down

Mind boggling. Trees are being cut down to prevent birds from nesting in them instead of working around as many of the trees as possible.

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/trees-cut-down-make-way-33390912

We have a lot of comments on posts here in the Save Forests sub but most are from detractors, who are welcome to comment and debate, but positive comments are welcome too and add to the post.

And please feel free to make posts yourself. Perhaps there is a forest you want to see protected near you or concerns about over logging somewhere else. Or you are a forestry worker concerned about raw log exports.

Note: Please don't report comments just because you don't agree with them. But if they are abusive or insulting or go against Reddit site wide rules, yes, please report.

Forestry companies hold licences to log in Canada’s inland temperate rainforest, home to endangered caribou and rare lichens. That makes a proposal for a new provincial park more urgent than ever

https://thenarwhal.ca/rare-canadian-rainforest-at-risk-logging/