#ProtectTrees

2025-05-10
I carefully “operated” this deeply ingrown plastic insulator out of the tree—a process that took nearly an hour and a lot of torque in the hands.

The real issue was that the tree had never been able to fully heal or close over the wound, as the insulator had blocked natural growth for years. The bark was deliberately chipped away, and the insulator driven deep into the center—an act of clear, intentional damage to both the tree and our property.

Documented. Removed.
Now it’s time for proper healing.

#TreeCare #StopTreeAbuse #RespectNature #ForestHealth #EcoResponsibility #ConservationMatters #ProtectTrees #TreeSurgery #FarmWork #EnvironmentalAwareness
Damage tree. Insulator in tree bark with resin outflowDamage tree. Insulator and rusty nail in tree bark with resin outflow.Damage tree. Broken insulator in tree bark with resin outflowDamaged tree. Screw of the insulator deep ingrown in tree bark with resin outflow.
2025-05-10
10/05
Today, I spent several hours removing deeply embedded steel wires, old insulators, and rusty nails from healthy trees on our private property—without any compensation.

I'm not a fan of damaging trees, and I try to avoid using them as fence posts whenever possible. That’s usually easy, since in most cases you can simply knock in wooden slats or posts a few meters away (carefully to not damage the tree roots). Conifers are generally robust and can tolerate some foreign objects but are weakened by it. If you attach insulators directly to trees, please consider the following guidelines to minimize harm:

- Don’t screw them in too deeply.
- Turn them out slightly over time to prevent them from growing in.
- Avoid drilling into the center of the tree—use the sides instead.
- Minimize bark damage as much as possible.
- Don’t use more insulators than necessary.
- Consider using stainless steel if possible.

Unfortunately, none of these precautions were taken in this case. The result was intentional and unnecessary harm to our strong and still-healthy spruce trees—trees that, thankfully, have not yet been infested by bark beetles.

Let’s do better. Trees deserve it.

#TreeCare #SustainableLiving #RespectNature #ForestStewardship #ProtectTrees #ConservationMatters #EcoResponsibility #NoTreeAbuse #HealthyForests #LandEthics #FarmWork
crowbar with goat's foot, pliers, combination pliers, candle wrench with flat screwdriver and a hammer lying on the forest floor. next to nails and insulators that have been pulled outInsulators and nail in a spruce tree bark.Insulators and nail in a spruce tree bark.Stell wire ingrown in a spruce tree bark.
2024-12-17

Dead #trees are not wasted timber dollars - they are sources of food for literally thousands of beings in a #forest #ecosystem, from tiny microscopic beings to insectivorous birds. Standing dead trees are known as snags, while a fallen dead trees are nurse logs. A cut or natural stump can serve the same #ecological function as a #NurseStump.

Nature wastes nothing. If there is a nutrient source to be had, there is a being to benefit from it. Nurse logs, standing snags & nurse stumps play hosts to all sorts of mosses, lichens, fungi, insects & arthropods, many hidden deep inside, as well as other living beings that prey on them.

Nurse #stumps are still deeply rooted; new plant, tree & fungi life grows out of their tops. Nurse stumps & dead stumps that have no new growth atop are like anchor systems for living trees growing in forests. You destabilize the ecosystem when you remove them from their natural #environment.

#NaturalistNotes #Educational #VancouverIsland #nature #wilderness #GetOutside #photography #PacificNorthwest #PNW #Cascadia #VanIsle #mosstodon #Wsanec #CommunityForest #ForestStewardship #ForestProtection #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #YYJ #ProtectTrees #SaveForests #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #BCForestryReform #Degrowth

A moss-covered stump stands in the foreground, resembling a small table, within a lush forest. Tall trees with textured bark and patches of moss rise in the background, while fallen leaves and various green plants cover the ground, contributing to the vibrant atmosphere of the woodland.
2024-11-03

My friend, Jane, from Lake Cowichan, was the first senior citizen activist who was arrested in 2021, at Fairy Creek Blockades. She messaged before heading out to meet up with me at HQ camp. She told me she's never been arrested for protesting anything before but due to seeing too much ecocide still happening in her golden years - declared, 'Getting arrested for protecting Mother Nature is now on my bucket list"🌲💦 💗🦅🌲🦉🌲 Jane stayed at HQ camp for 2 nights & on her 3rd day, headed out to chain herself/walker to a tripod hardblock. Jane was arrested, along with 12 others that day, after several hours. Jane is a wonderful human being, a musician, a fibers artist, a Mother & Grandmother, who loves nature very much.

#RadicalSeniors #AwesomeElders #ClimateAction #Activists #AsianMastodon #AncientForestDefenders #BritishColumbia #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #blockade #FairyCreekBlockade #SaveOldGrowth #WorthMoreStanding #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #OneEarth #TreesOverGreed #PNW #StandEarth #EcoJustice #AbolishRCMPCIRG #BCpoli #BCNDP #BCForestryReform #environmentalists #ecological #ClimateChange #CarbonSink #BCOldGrowth #ProtectTrees #SilentSunday #Cascadia #RadicalSeniorCitizens #DirectAction #Resistance

Jane, in her walker with yellow police tape & chained to a hardblock tripod at a logging road blockade. Other activists are on ground, chained to same tripod block. Journalists with cameras are on the right. Activist support teams are in background.Jane, in her walker with yellow police tape & chained to a hardblock tripod(far right) at a logging road blockade. Other activists are on ground, chained to same tripod block. Landback banner is atop tripod with activist. Enough is Enough banner is on the left.
Some photojournalists are on far right, near Jane. Activists are scattered around & behind tripod hardblock. Forest surrounds the scene.
2024-07-02

‘Surely we are smarter than mowing down 1,000-year-old trees to make T-shirts’ – the complex rise of viscose | Sustainable fashion | The Guardian

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#Ecology #sustainablefashion #ProtectTrees #deforestation #CanopyStyle

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