Vancouver Island Big Trees

This Yamaha guitar has an old growth sitka spruce solid wood soundboard. B.C. wood is in 80% of the world’s solid wood guitar soundboard...

It is time to pay our debt… with interest. Photo: TJ Watt Many researchers believe that if it weren't for the amazing versatili...

Two large Douglas-fir trees greet visitors to the parking lot at the end of Witty Beach Road in Metchosin, BC. Following the short,...

Will industrial development be coming to a park near you? How about in Cathedral Grove? In the news for a while was more evidence th...

Big Lonely Doug, the second largest known Douglas-fir tree in Canada. Photo by TJ Watt The second largest known Douglas-fir tree i...

I was fascinated by these fungal forms on a recent hike. It looks like the start of bracket fungus. Yes, the big trees in the rainfor...

No snow at sea level, but accumulations at elevation in the Sooke Hills. A bit on the ground at Sooke Potholes Park, but not eno...

I photographed this bizarre looking life form recently and wanted to identify what it is, and what planet it comes from. Some light s...

The DeMamiel Creek forest is mostly second growth with old growth trees in places. It is in the Coastal Douglas fir ecozone, and is comp...

Question: Was this photo taken in 1814 or 2014? Photo credit: TJ Watt, AFA The following was taken from the Ancient Forest Alliance Fa...