Suzanne Simard and family

Suzanne Simard … laments that B.C. has become a province of clearcuts, with only remnants of old growth left. On Sunday, she flew by helicopter from Port Renfrew on southern Vancouver Island to the disputed Fairy Creek area, diverting north to pass over Caycuse, an old-growth watershed recently clear cut after forest protectors were evicted by the RCMP. “The clear cutting is disgraceful,” she told The Tyee… “It looks like a war zone.” Whole hillsides have been scalped and once majestic ancient trees reduced to gaping stumps. “You see clearcuts everywhere in B.C., on the Island, Prince George, Nelson. The soils are so shallow, it will take geological time to recover.” …After the Caycuse flyover, the helicopter veered south to the headwaters of Fairy Creek, landing on a logging road. Two forest protectors met Simard … and guided [her group] to an ancient forest on a steep hillside.