Scenes from Europe, act 2

#SaveTheWalbran

Hey Everybody, Please give this a read! I’ve been doing a lot of work in the Walbran lately and crucial to try to save this irreplaceable and incomparable forest. I first posted this story on my photography site.

Les Adventures de ClipClop, le French Horse

Home to some of the last tracts of intact old growth forest on Vancouver Island, the Central Walbran Valley is home to one of the most impressive ecosystems on the west coast. The forest supports volumes of plant biomass double that of a tropical rainforest, some of biggest and oldest trees ever recorded (Western Red Cedars, Sitka Spruce, Hemlock and Douglas Fir), and is home to species like the Pigmy owl, Roosevelt Elk, and the critically endangered Marbled Murrelet (which nest exclusively in old growth trees).

Tragically, the forest is critically close to being clear cut.

Last week (September 18), the government approved the first of 8 proposed cut blocks by Teal Jones. With only 4 % of the original low-elevation temperate rainforests left on southern Vancouver Island, we cannot afford to lose one of the most important carbon sequestering, culturally and recreationally important forests.

A 1200 year old cedar

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