Garth Lenz

Forests

Aysen Forest.Patagonia, Chile
   
  
This Araucaria Forest is located in the Cani Sanctuary in the Northern Portion of Chilean Patagonia near the town of Pucon.
     
  
   
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.Located in the Northern reaches of Clayoquot Sound, the Sidney Watershed has the densest population of bears in the Sound and is one of only six remaining intact watersheds on Vancouver island over 5000 hectares. There were originally 97.
   
Clayoquot Valley, Clayoquot Sound.
     
  
Another early images from the Carmanah Valley, Vancouver Island. Slated to be clearcut during the late 80's and early 90's, the Carmanah Valley is home to the tallest trees in Canada. After a lengthy campaign and protest, the region was protected.
   
  
Devil's Club and Old Growth Temperate Rainforest, Kitlope Valley, Great Bear Rainforest,British Columbia, Canada
     
  
Goldstream Park, Vancouver Island,British Columbia, Canada. This small old growth forest is located just outside Victoria, British Columbia. It is a location that west coast painter and Victoria resident Emily Carr frequently visited for inspiration.
   
Duu Guusd, Haida Gwaii, B.C. Copyright Garth Lenz. Contact: lenz@islandnet.com www.garthlenz.com
   
     
  
   
  
     
  
North Shore of Lake Superior.Northern Ontario
   
Utikuma Lake,Northern Alberta.
   
     
  
White Easter Lilly, San Juan Islands, B.C.
   
  
Clayoquot Valley Clayoquot Sound, B.C.
     
  
Wild Iris, St. Fulgence Wetlands, northern Quebec.
   
  
Proposed Taku River Wilderness Area.Northern B.C. near Alaska/Yukon Border. This area is threatened by the potential of a reopened mine and the building of an all-season industrial road. This road would cut through the traditional territory of the Taku River Tlingit, closely following their historic "Grease Trail."
     
  
   
Proposed Unesco World Heritage Site.Manitoba.
  
North Shore of Lake Superior.Northern Ontario.
     
  
This forest is not directly within the Tar Sands region but is in northern Alberta, relatively near the Tar Sands and representative of the kinds of forests that existed in the Tar Sands region before being removed for Tar Sands development.The forests, wetlands, soil etc. are referred to as "overburden" and scraped off in order to replace this ecosystem with tailings ponds, tar mines, and refineries.The boreal forest of northern Canada is perhaps the best and largest example of a largely intact forest ecosystem. This forest is located in Northern Alberta. The boreal forest is also the greatest terrestrial carbon sink. Canadaès boreal forest alone stores an amount of carbon equal to ten times the total annual global emissions from all fossil fuel consumption.