Big Lonely Doug : the story of Canada's last great trees / Harley Rustad.

By:

Rustad, Harley

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: [Toronto] : Anansi, 2018Description: 315 pages : illustrations (some colour), mapContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

1487003110 (pbk.)
9781487003111 (pbk.)

Uniform titles:

Walrus (Magazine)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

577.309711 23

Summary: Tells the story of a large Douglas fir tree named Big Lonely Doug located in an old-growth forest near Port Renfrew, British Columbia that was saved by a logger named Dennis Cronin who tied a ribbon around its trunk saying "leave tree". In telling this story, the author explores such topics as the ecology of old-growth forests and their future, the legend of the West Coast's big trees, the instability of the logging industry, the fight for preservation, the contention surrounding ecotourism, and First Nations land and resource rights. Originally featured as a long-form article in The walrus.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
BOOK	Meaford Public Library Non-Fiction	Non-fiction	577 .309 711 Rusta (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		26018

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Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.

Tells the story of a large Douglas fir tree named Big Lonely Doug located in an old-growth forest near Port Renfrew, British Columbia that was saved by a logger named Dennis Cronin who tied a ribbon around its trunk saying "leave tree". In telling this story, the author explores such topics as the ecology of old-growth forests and their future, the legend of the West Coast's big trees, the instability of the logging industry, the fight for preservation, the contention surrounding ecotourism, and First Nations land and resource rights. Originally featured as a long-form article in The walrus.

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