The Mossy Maple Campaign

With their mossy and fern-draped branches, luxuriant green understories, and giant meandering trunks, BC's spectacular ancient bigleaf maple forests resemble those of fairy tales. Bigleaf maples can grow up to 3 meters (10 feet) in trunk diameter and live to over 300 years, making them among the largest deciduous trees in North America. They are also among the mossiest trees on Earth, covered from bottom to top in hanging plants.

One ancient bigleaf maple forest, the unprotected "Mossy Maple Rainforest" was recently located by the Ancient Forest Alliance campaigners near Cowichan Lake on Vancouver Island. It is in the traditional territory of the Hul'qumi'num First Nations, whose Land Use Plan calls for the protection of the remaining old-growth forest in their territory.

Social Coast and the Ancient Forest Alliance are teaming up for the months of January and February to catalyze community support to protect this area.

The SocialCoast events that will be happening within the next couple months to support this campaign are posted above this article.

Through these events, our goal is to raise over $1000, distribute 1000 flyers, and get 100 petition signatures. We are going to need a lot of help to meet these objectives, so please come out to an event, and if you are interested in organizing one of these events, please get in touch with us at Social Coast.

For more information about this issue, please go to the full campaign page here: http://socialcoast.org/index.php/campaigns/viewgroup/21-protect-bcs-mossy-maple-rainforest