Vancouver Island Big Trees

This giant sequoia is located at the corner of Moss and Richardson in Victoria, BC, and may be the largest tree in the city. In the ten year...

Myth: Old growth logging is a thing of the past. Reality: Wrong Tens of thousands of hectares of ancient forests are logged each year in BC,...

If we are looking for effective carbon sequestration, never mind feeble and overpriced industrial solutions. We need to look at a real leade...

After the San Juan Sitka Spruce near Port Renfrew lost its top in 2016 due to a lightning strike, it lost enough volume to be demoted from i...

San Jan Sitka Spruce, photo by Tim Gage   The San Juan Sitka Spruce was the largest Sitka spruce on record in Canada, but is no more. Report...

In most forested places in the world logical thinking people have come to the conclusion that some trees are worth more when left standing i...

  "Every tree has its enemy, few have an advocate. In all my works I take the part of trees against all their enemies." - JRR Tolk...

The discussion following record-breaking rains and floods in British Columbia include speculation about the effects of fires. We sho...

  Moon at Megome   from the series Twenty Views of Tokyo, 1919-1921 Nikkō Kaidō , 1930.

  A big tree is not just a big tree. It is an entire neighbourhood. The human equivalent would be a residential skyscraper.  Imagine if some...