Join us for the Red Creek Fir Tour Thursday, November 11th 2010! Put on your gumboots and bring out your thermos full of hot chocolate for a full day tour to see our Giants of the Woods. We will be visiting the infamous San Juan Spruce and the Red Creek Fir, learning about these old-growth wonders, and how it is we can help to protect them.

The Red Creek Fir is the world’s largest Douglas-fir based on height, girth, and total volume of wood. The tree measures 74 metres in height and nearly 13 metres around the base. Not to mention it is located only a few hours drive from Victoria, a proud giant from another era rooted in our very own backyards. The lone sentinel of the Red Creek Fir epitomizes all the social and environmental woes faced by the proud citizens of BC’s rural towns like Port Renfrew and Cowichan.

This magnificent tree is threatened by a new clearcut planned by Timber West, a notorious logging company known by some for their lack of environmental concern. Wilderness Committee staffer Joan Varley found a clearcut near the Red Creek Fir on a trip with her husband in June 2010 and found out about the proposed cutblock. Subsequently, she organized a trip for Wilderness Committee supporters to witness the tree, the threat to its existence, and then develop a plan of action to defend it.

We want to provide the public with another opportunity to see this great wonder, and let the government and forest companies know we are still watching.

Click here to register by Friday, November 5th.

Hope to see you there!

Helena Mahoney | Vancouver Island Outreach Coordinator
Wilderness Committee