Muir Creek Logging

Timber West logging of second growth forests in the Muir Creek watershed. This logging is contentious at this time due to the CRD's interest in preserving the whole watershed as a park. The water you see along the bottom is where they have ignored falling boundaries and logged straight through a stream. Muir Creek is one of only three steelhead spawning grounds on the southwest corner of Vancouver Island. Logging co-ordinates: 48.40296, -123.86794

It was an extremely wet and windy day. Not ideal conditions for using a camera or going on a long hike.

Beginning the long walk out...

This pretty much sums up the weather that day

Time to head for soup and hot chocolate.

The subsequent news article published in the Times Colonist, Nov.24th.2009.

Tower Point Sunrise

I woke up early to shoot sunrise a couple of weeks ago down at Tower Point in Metchosin. You never really know what your going to get. Sometimes it's just grey clouds that slowly get lighter until it's daytime while other mornings it's a fiery glow of warm striking colors. One thing for certain though is that each one is uniquely different and always an invigorating experience.

Countdown to Copenhagen

On Tuesday night I photographed the Countdown to Copenhagen climate change event hosted in the Victoria Conference Center. Speakers such Guy Dauncey of  BCSEA, Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Andrew Weaver, and Green Party leader Elizabeth May were there to set the facts straight and motivate people to act on climate change. Over 1000 people turned out in what was most likely the largest indoor environmental event in Victoria's history.

Tofino Trip 2009

Gisele Martin of  Tlaook Cultural Adventures lead the group through a very wet but enchanting Meares Island tour. Gisele shares with people the first nations deep insight and knowledge of this land.

Everybody from the activism workshop sits in front of the giant Poster Tree Cedar.

The trail also passes by the gigantic and ever strange Hanging Garden Tree.

On the drive back home we stopped for a storm walk and some photos along Long Beach. Camera's and people were soaked to the core.

The weekend was definitely a wet one with flooding rivers and pounding rain but it really is that which brings the west coast landscape to life.

Clearcut Panoramas

A clearcut in the hills far above Port Renfrew.  48.6169669949, -124.489133752

A vast swath of Sitka spruce forest clearcut along side the Gordon River.  48.60003, -124.43805

A giant sprawling clearcut of second-growth Douglas-fir off the side of the road from Port Renfrew to Lake Cowichan. 48.629656828, -124.24632

International Day of Climate Action

Victoria citizens gathered at Centennial Square on October 24th to participate in the most widespread environmental action in the planet's history. Events were hosted in nearly every country in the world, drawing attention to the number 350. This number is considered by scientists to be the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. We are currently sitting at a high, 390 ppm.

Find out more about the continuing action at http://www.350.org/ 

James Bay Architecture

This is a shot I made with a 4x5 view camera on Fuji Velvia film during my 2007 school year. The building is quite futuristic looking with all the glass work and really reflected the blue twilight tones.