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October 2021 | Things have been changing rapidly at the Fairy Creek blockades, with the injunction, the weather, RCMP enforcement, and the defensive structures. Was lucky enough to o head up with the @capitaldaily last week to document what the situation was at the time. As of now, most if not all the structures that are in the photos are gone from what I can gather. And the state of the more remote camps is unknown. #FairyCreek #PortRenfrew #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada #onassignment #CapitalDaily #CapitalDailyphotos #therainsarecoming (at Fairy Creek Blockade) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVO9RN0FLFy/?utm_medium=tumblr

July-September 2021 | Wood is important, we all use it, we all need it. There just has to be a better way we go about getting it. The patchwork of policies and protections is almost as chaotic as some of the regrowth patterns you can find across the landscape of the South Island. But as is always the case, nature, and in the case of the final side, a family of Black Bears, find a way to thrive. #VancouverIsland #PortRenfrew #LakeCowichan #BritishColumbia #BigLonelyDoug #AvitarGrove #onassignment #oldgrowth #logging https://www.instagram.com/p/CVE2WNwrDtg/?utm_medium=tumblr

July-Sept 2021 | A tiny peak at some of the results of my giant hunts over the past few months for Canopy Conservation in Vancouver. We had the goal of finding both standing and cut old growth, turns out finding intact old growth is much easier than logged. An absolutely amazing opportunity to get to visit some of these places first hand. And a big thanks to @robtomroe who I convinced to squeeze into my tiny car, drive three hours, hike another one, and then spend most of the day wracking through brush, and “just look up”. Big thanks my friend. #EdenGrove #AvitarGrove #PortRenfrew #VancouverIsland #PacificCoast #PacificNorthWest #BritishColumbia #Canada #oldgrowth #oldgrowthforest #huntinggiants #onassignment #justlookup (at Avatar Grove) https://www.instagram.com/p/CU61J1GLjlC/?utm_medium=tumblr

May 2021 | The last protestor at the Waterfall Camp was suspended out over the waterfall itself. Having removed the individual from the road, the RCMP decided it was too much to even attempt to remove this individual and left him. Though from what I’m seeing today, this camp has been entirely re occupied. Preventing access again to the backside of the watershed, and the old growth tracks that could be accessible via this road. Shot for @bloombergbusiness #PortRenfrew #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada #onassignment #FairyCreek #FairyCreekblockade #WaterfallCamp #Bloombergphotos (at Port Renfrew, British Columbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPfJtxOtYka/?utm_medium=tumblr

May 2021 | The last protestor at the Waterfall Camp was suspended out over the waterfall itself. Having removed the individual from the road, the RCMP decided it was too much to even attempt to remove this individual and left him. Though from what I’m seeing today, this camp has been entirely re occupied. Preventing access again to the backside of the watershed, and the old growth tracks that could be accessible via this road. Shot for @bloombergbusiness #PortRenfrew #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada #onassignment #FairyCreek #FairyCreekblockade #WaterfallCamp #Bloombergphotos (at Port Renfrew, British Columbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPfIz_RtJu-/?utm_medium=tumblr

May 2021 | I was fortunate enough to get up to the Waterfall Camp in the Fairy Creek blockades as the RCMP continued their enforcement of the injunction against protestors fighting to stop the old growth logging in the watershed. There was only one arrest today, a young man who had embedded his arm into the logging road. It took a specialized police unit over an hour to extract him. On assignment for @bloombergbusiness #PortRenfrew #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada #FairyCreek #FairyCreekblockade #onassignment #Bloombergphotos #oldgrowth (at Fairy Creek Blockade) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPcZw25te2N/?utm_medium=tumblr

April 2021 | What some say could be the second ‘War in the Woods’, hundreds of forest protectors, protestors, and supporters have set up camps throughout the Fairy Creek Rainforest in an attempt to protect what little ancient old growth forest is left along the Fairy Creek watershed. They have been blockading the logging road access since August and have prevented the road construction from continuing into the logging tract. But with a BC Supreme Court injunction last week, the future is wholly up in the air as to what happens next, and if these 1000+ year old trees, these unique ecosystems, and vital carbon sinks, will be saved. Shot for @bloombergbusiness #PortRenfrew #FairyCreek #FairyCreekblockade #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada #oldgrowth #logging #forestry #Bloombergphotos #onassignment (at Port Renfrew, British Columbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNbnT0cARJN/?igshid=pqmacezb9r5c