The Ancient Forest Alliance (AFA) are calling for the protection of an at-risk forest on Vancouver Island known as the “Jewel of the Tahsish.” According to the old growth advocates, this stand is nationally significant and one of the largest remaining unprotected old-growth karst forests in BC. Karst forests are located in areas where trees grow atop limestone,and are among the rarest, most productive and sensitive old-growth ecosystems in Canada.  The karst forest the AFA are referring to with this call to action is around 235 hectares in size and is located in the upper watershed of the Tahsish River near Cross Lake on northwestern Vancouver Island, within the territories of the Kyuquot/Checleseht and Quatsino First Nations.