Thursday night we went up to Port Clements to a town meeting about land use planning and a new ecosystem-based management system they are attempting to implement on the islands. Port is an old logging town and there were a lot of angry loggers and foresters concerned about their livelihood- it gave a good perspective and face to a lot of forestry issues in BC.
Saturday was a trip to the thrift store where I found a score- a pair of Viking waterproof logging caulk boots (an industry standard) that were a men's size 7, so with a pair of insoles fit a women size 9 pretty perfectly. She sold them to me for $2 and they look like they've never been worn.
After that great score we went over for a walk around in the woods.
Today a guy in his program set up a drive for us with his dad to see some old growth Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis). We ventured off the trail quite a bit, past some old cut blocks and new cut blocks, following the Yakoun river the whole way. We ended up at a bohemith- my best guess is around 1100 years, but it is hard to say. The only reason this would have been left is because it had defects and therefore was undesirable for market.
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