Incredibly old sitka spruce I got the pleasure of meeting on May 15, 2023.
Here's a recent article about it's current condition... Needless to say I am very grateful I got to see it in 2023 and will return back to this spot the next time I make it to the West Coast.
This week, I learned about old growth in Silviculture as well as the Northern Spotted Owl conundrum in my Forest Ecology class. I started to daydream about Washington and the time I spent in and around Olympic National Park. Some of these trees have incredible stories, and they're not far from clearcut areas. In fact, the Tree of Life is very close to a recently logged area. Near La Push in 2022, I discovered massive drift wood logs, and now in 2025 can fully undersdand there importance to the ecosystem, both standing and dead. It's okay if they fall, the Tree of Life certainly will, and even when she does, her body, bark, and branches will still contribute a great deal of value to the ecosystem.
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