Avatar Grove now more accessible

Avatar Grove more accessible

Avatar Grove now more accessible

Volunteers have helped make the gnarly forest easier to explore

May. 29, 2013 5:00 p.m.
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Five volunteers with the Ancient Forest Alliance at the first viewing platform they built by Canada’s Gnarliest Tree in the Upper Grove of Avatar Grover in Port Renfrew. There is still more work to be done there but they’re off to a good start.

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