<p>Dr. Rachel Holt is a renown forest ecologist who has been working for the past 30 years on protecting old growth forests in BC. After witnessing the first Old Growth Strategic Review in the 90s fall short on its promises, and then watching the recent one she contributed to follow a similar path, Rachel shares her frustrations and learnings from these experiences, along with thoughts on what more is needed to create change for a better future.</p><p>In this episode, we&#39;ll learn about what makes the old growth forests of BC so unique, their current state, how much is left and what is still threatened under the guidance of our current government. We&#39;ll also learn of ongoing industry-funded propaganda, and how it contributes to policy failures that allow these incredibly rare and important forests to still be logged today.</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://veridianecological.ca/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Learn more</a> about Rachel and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dr.rachelholt/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">give her a follow</a>.</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://veridianecological.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/bcs-old-growth-forest-report-web.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Last Stand for Biodiversity Report</a></p><p><a href="https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/farming-natural-resources-and-industry/forestry/stewardship/old-growth-forests/strategic-review-20200430.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Old Growth Strategic Review</a></p><p><br></p><p>Each episode of Nerdy About Nature makes a donation to a non-profit of the guests choosing using funds from Patreon supporters, and in this episode Rachel chose to support <a href="https://neighboursunited.org/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Neighbours United.</a></p><p><br></p><p>Nerdy About Nature is an independent passion project that relies on support from folks like you.  If you’re enjoying this podcast and videos, help me keep making them by becoming a paid subscriber on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/nerdyaboutnature" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>or<a href="https://nerdyaboutnature.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Substack.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><br></p><p>You can also make a one-time donation, get NAN merch, resources and more information at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠<a href="www.NerdyAboutNature.com" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.NerdyAboutNature.com</a></p>