Photo: Ken Wu, Wilderness Committee - Red Creek fir, Canada's largest Douglas fir tree.

WHEN: July 21

WHERE: Florence Filberg Centre, 411 Anderton Avenue, Courtenay.

TIME: 7- 9 pm

ADMISSION: By donation

The Comox Valley Naturalists will be hosting a slideshow presentation by the Western Canada Wilderness Committee (WCWC), to promote the protection of Vancouver Island's ancient forests and its forestry jobs. The WCWC, with 30,000 members, is Canada's largest membership-based wilderness protection organization.

A 40-minute Power Point presentation will highlight the current status of Vancouver Island's forests and what citizens can do to protect old-growth forests, watersheds, and timber industry jobs.

Currently, 75% of the original productive old growth of Vancouver Island has been logged.

This includes 90% of the original productive old growth forests in valley-bottoms, where the largest trees grow and most biodiversity resides.

The presentation will also focus on how we can establish a sustainable timber industry compatible with a transition away from logging ancient forests towards slower, more sustainable second-growth logging and value-added wood manufacturing.

Please come out and join us for this important topic.

To learn more about the Comox Valley Naturalists please visit the website at www.comoxvalleynaturalist.bc.ca

For more information contact:

Dave Lacelle, lacelle1@telus.net or Ron Wall, ronwall@shaw.ca, Comox Valley Naturalists

or

Tara Sawatsky or Ken Wu, Western Canada Wilderness Committee Victoria, 250-388-9292