Ferns & Fallers
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WORKING IN THE WOODS Through a photographer’s lens
FOREST FLAVOUR
Forests and forestry on the Sunshine Coast a publication by Powell River Living
Chef shares her forest recipes
INSPIRED ART
Volume 1, Number 1
Sunshine Coast artists inspired by forests
Publisher
ON THE WOODLOT
Isabelle Southcott • isabelle@prliving.ca
THE OTHER TREES
Pieta Woolley • pieta@prliving.ca
Editor
Elk and long-term planning
Associate Publisher & Sales Manager
Making more with maple and alder
Sean Percy • sean@prliving.ca
JOINING FORCES
Sales & Marketing
Tla’amin and Goat Lake
Suzi Wiebe • suzi@prliving.ca
ALIEN INVASION Battling invasive species
BY THE NUMBERS
Did you know these forestry numbers?
ON THE CANOE ROUTE
Rounding up driftwood and maintaining trails
PROTESTER TO PROTECTOR Q&A with the chair of advisory group
Ferns & Fallers is published by Southcott Communications, which also publishes Powell River Living magazine. We welcome feedback from our readers. Email your comments to isabelle@prliving.ca, or mail to Ferns & Fallers, c/o Powell River Living, 7053E Glacier Street, Powell River, BC V8A 5J7 Tel 604.485.0003 No part of this publication may be reproduced without prior written consent of the publisher. While every effort has been made to ensure accuracy, the publisher cannot be held responsible for any errors or omissions that may occur. © 2014 Southcott Communications. We reserve the right to refuse any submission or advertisement.
THE WORKING FOREST Playing in the Tree Farm License
EATING DIRT
This issue is also available online at www.prliving.ca
An excerpt from Charlotte Gill’s book
ON THE COVER: Anna May Bennett’s painting of Bear Island, a little island up Powell Lake, is available in limited edition prints.
BATTLING BUGS Trees with disease
GETTING ALONG
Sunshine Coast forests – a resource we’ve shared for generations.
No war in these woods
MANAGING WITH CARE Interfor planning for the long haul
HISTORY OF LOGGING Safety and looking back
GHOST TRAINS
Logging railways of yesteryear
NATURE EDUCATION Where to learn outside
NO SMALL FRY
A story of salmon enhancement
ON THE TRAIL Who’s building what?
I support our Government’s vision of a robust, globallycompetitive forest sector firmly underpinned by healthy, productive and sustainable forests.
Simply Sustainable I’m proud to represent those who protect and enhance the working forest.
John Weston MP
West Vancouver - Sunshine Coast - Sea to Sky Country
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