Great Bear National Forest - Sacred Spaces, Day 1: Part Two
Published Wednesday, October 17, 2007 by SROmgmt.
Sept 19, 2007 (All Day) - Kynoch Estuary
Old man's beard hangs from an old cedar
Gulls feast on salmon eggs
Looking up the river
Sept 19, 2007 (All Day) - Traipsing up the Kynoch
Ghastly vestiges of salmon lie along shore after spawning
Any last words?
Nutrients from salmon have been found in the treetops of Great Bear showing how much the health and vitality of this region depends on the salmon runs.
Sept 19, 2007 (All Day) - Fishing like a Pro on Kynoch
I saw a man on National Geographic catch a salmon with his bare hands during a salmon run. It was one of my wishes to do the same...Moments later...
HOLY COW! The one-handed tail grab!
I was obviously excited. Even the Bears were impressed.
"Goooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalllllllllll"
Rob prefers the fishing hook
But he caught this rocking ratfish with mesmerizing emerald eyes. The Kitasoo (xai'Xais) First Nation have some wonderful oral histories about this guy.
"Walk into The Rainforest and sense time. Trees that are centuries old soar three hundred feet high, their trunks like pillars in a nave and the light beneath them like that filtered through cathedral glass." - Ruth Kirk, What is the Rain Forest
Old man's beard hangs from an old cedar
Gulls feast on salmon eggs
Looking up the river
Traversing the estuary's edge
Sept 19, 2007 (All Day) - Traipsing up the Kynoch
Ghastly vestiges of salmon lie along shore after spawning
A whole new meaning to "Freeganism"
Dead salmon point upstream towards the spawning grounds
Dead salmon point upstream towards the spawning grounds
Any last words?
Nutrients from salmon have been found in the treetops of Great Bear showing how much the health and vitality of this region depends on the salmon runs.
I saw a man on National Geographic catch a salmon with his bare hands during a salmon run. It was one of my wishes to do the same...Moments later...
HOLY COW! The one-handed tail grab!
I was obviously excited. Even the Bears were impressed.
"Goooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalllllllllll"
Rob prefers the fishing hook
But he caught this rocking ratfish with mesmerizing emerald eyes. The Kitasoo (xai'Xais) First Nation have some wonderful oral histories about this guy.Photos compliments of: Summer, Tom, Sherrie
Labels: "Summer Rayne Oakes, canada rainforest, Forest Ethics, Great Bear Rainforest, Greenpeace, Rainforest, save great bear, temperate rainforest
Sept 20, 2007 - Sacred Pictographs
Great Bear is rich with native history, like the remains of these pictographs on this rock face. Pictographs were often carved with fingers, sticks and tools and then painted with a mixture of plant material and natural fixatives. They often represent the power of nature. The First Nations have been living on this land for centuries - finding these little road signs to a whole other culture made this a very enriching trip.
"People can only live fully by helping others to live. When you give life to friends you truly live. Cultures can only realize their further richness by honoring other traditions. And only be respecting natural life can humanity continue to exist." - Daisaku Ikeda quote, Japanese peace activist and Buddhist Leader, 1928
"People can only live fully by helping others to live. When you give life to friends you truly live. Cultures can only realize their further richness by honoring other traditions. And only be respecting natural life can humanity continue to exist." - Daisaku Ikeda quote, Japanese peace activist and Buddhist Leader, 1928
Photos compliments of: Sherrie
Labels: "Summer Rayne Oakes, canada forest, Forest Ethics, Great Bear Rainforest, Greenpeace, pictographs, Rainforest, save great bear, temperate rainforest
Great Bear National Forest - Sacred Spaces, Days 2 & 3
Published Tuesday, October 16, 2007 by SROmgmt.
Sept 20, 2007 (All Day) - The Fjordlands
"The streams which thread the Pacific Forest tie the land to the sea in an inseparable relationship. Nowhere on the continent are the forest and its inhabitants more dependent upon water." - Gerry Ellis & Karen Kane, An Evergreen Oasis
Sept 20 & 21, 2007 (All Day) - The Waterfalls
Through the fog
One after another
Heading into the waterfall
Even baby bears get tired too.
Intruder alert
Sushi
Herding along Mussel: Mama and baby girl
The Loch Ness monster of Great Bear
Smoked salmon
Kayaking through bear territory (bottom); Randy watches on (middle); Grizzly with gulls (top)
Approaching grizzly territory...rain lets up
Headed right towards them
"Don't mind me."
Taking off in the kayak for a workout
Kayaking at dusk in Mussel Bay
God's golden light shines in
Sept 21, 2007 (Afternoon) - After the Rain
The rainbow (this was actually a full 180 degree semi-circle - I'll try to upload a shot of it later)
"Walk on a rainbow trail: walk on a trail of song, and all about you will be beauty. There is a way out of every dark mist, over a rainbow trail." - Robert Motherwell
The first morning broke on the placid water. The previous night we docked at a secluded inlet in Jackson Narrows between Jackson Passage and Susan Island. Some of us broke off to kayak. I took to foot to explore the coast line. Spruce, cedar, and hemlock are the principle species - which is what has drawn timber companies here (Note: Great Bear was once called the Midcoast Timber Supply Area and only 2% was protected back in the 1990s. It is now the only intact coastal temperate rainforest left in the world).
One spruce's roots cupped upwards - like two elderly, sun-scarred hands under a water spigot to form a little pool and waterfall. The best environmental landscaper would not be able to re-create something so lovely.
The sun is desperately trying to penetrate the clouds, but just enough to give us some low-hanging haze above our heads. Haze or no haze, it's time to head off to the Fjordlands to see the sheer rockfaces and waterfalls. Magnificent.
One spruce's roots cupped upwards - like two elderly, sun-scarred hands under a water spigot to form a little pool and waterfall. The best environmental landscaper would not be able to re-create something so lovely.
The sun is desperately trying to penetrate the clouds, but just enough to give us some low-hanging haze above our heads. Haze or no haze, it's time to head off to the Fjordlands to see the sheer rockfaces and waterfalls. Magnificent.
"The streams which thread the Pacific Forest tie the land to the sea in an inseparable relationship. Nowhere on the continent are the forest and its inhabitants more dependent upon water." - Gerry Ellis & Karen Kane, An Evergreen Oasis
Sept 20 & 21, 2007 (All Day) - The Waterfalls
Through the fog
One after another
Heading into the waterfall Sept 20 & 21, 2007 (Morning) - Meet the Grizzlies: Up Close & Personal
Even baby bears get tired too.
Intruder alert
Sushi
Herding along Mussel: Mama and baby girl
The Loch Ness monster of Great Bear
Smoked salmonSept 20 & 21, 2007 (Morning-Afternoon) - Kayaking through Grizzlies
Kayaking through bear territory (bottom); Randy watches on (middle); Grizzly with gulls (top)
Approaching grizzly territory...rain lets up
Headed right towards them
"Don't mind me."
Taking off in the kayak for a workout
Kayaking at dusk in Mussel Bay
God's golden light shines inSept 21, 2007 (Afternoon) - After the Rain
The rainbow (this was actually a full 180 degree semi-circle - I'll try to upload a shot of it later)"Walk on a rainbow trail: walk on a trail of song, and all about you will be beauty. There is a way out of every dark mist, over a rainbow trail." - Robert Motherwell
Sept 21, 2007 (Afternoon) - Snail -Killer Carabid
Image borrowed from John Harvey because I didn't get a shot. I feel asleep when the crew brought this fine specimen on the ship for me to ID. It's a snail-killer carabid, closely related to Tiger Beetles. They specialized on slugs and snails, which are quite common around these parts. He became our ship's Mascot for a day and we released him the next morning (next to a big banana slug). You can thank us later, Simon.
Image borrowed from John Harvey because I didn't get a shot. I feel asleep when the crew brought this fine specimen on the ship for me to ID. It's a snail-killer carabid, closely related to Tiger Beetles. They specialized on slugs and snails, which are quite common around these parts. He became our ship's Mascot for a day and we released him the next morning (next to a big banana slug). You can thank us later, Simon.Photos compliments of: Sherrie, Tom, Summer
Labels: Forest Ethics, Great Bear Rainforest, Greenpeace, Rainforest, save great bear, Summer Rayne Oakes, temperate rainforest
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