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005			20231114112612.0
008			180130s2018 oncabf b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2018943835
015			_a20189006730 _2can
016			_a(AMICUS)000045285055
020			_a1487003110 _q(paperback)
020			_a9781487003111 _q(paperback)
020			_z9781487003128 _q(electronic pub)
029	0		_aNLC _b000045285055
035			_a(OCoLC)1035313407 _z(OCoLC)1050828032
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050	0	0	_aQH106.2.B7 _bR87 2018
055		0	_aQH106.2 B7 _bR87 2018
100	1		_aRustad, Harley, _eauthor. _979747
245	1	0	_aBig Lonely Doug : _bthe story of one of Canada's last great trees / _cHarley Rustad.
264		1	_a[Toronto, ON] : _bHouse of Anansi Press Inc., _c2018.
300			_a315 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations (chiefly color), map ; _c22 cm
490	0		_aThe Walrus Books
500			_a"The Walrus Books, a partnership between The Walrus, House of Anansi Press, and The Chawkers Foundation Writers Project, supports the creation of Canadian non-fiction books of national interest. Big Lonely Doug is the first in this series."--Page [i]
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 277-299) and index.
505	0		_aPrologue : a seed -- The ribbon -- Evergreen -- A tree of many names -- Green gold -- War for the woods -- A forest alliance -- The logger -- Last tree standing -- Growing an icon -- Big tree hunting -- Tall tree capital -- A new ecosystem -- Epilogue : a giant.
520			_a"On a cool morning in the winter of 2011, a logger named Dennis Cronin was walking through a stand of old-growth forest near Port Renfrew on Vancouver Island. His job was to survey the land and flag the boundaries for clear-cutting. As he made his way through the forest, Cronin came across a massive Douglas-fir the height of a twenty-storey building. It was one of the largest trees in Canada that if felled and milled could easily fetch more than fifty thousand dollars. Instead of moving on, he reached into his vest pocket for a flagging he rarely used, tore off a strip, and wrapped it around the base of the trunk. Along the length of the ribbon were the words "Leave Tree." When the fallers arrived, every wiry cedar, every droopy-topped hemlock, every great fir was cut down and hauled away--all except one. The solitary tree stood quietly in the clear cut until activist and photographer T.J. Watt stumbled upon the Douglas-fir while searching for big trees for the Ancient Forest Alliance, an environmental organization fighting to protect British Columbia's dwindling old-growth forests. The single Douglas-fir exemplified their cause: the grandeur of these trees juxtaposed with their plight. They gave it a name: Big Lonely Doug. The tree would also eventually, and controversially, be turned into the poster child of the Tall Tree Capital of Canada, attracting thousands of tourists every year and garnering the attention of artists, businesses, and organizations who saw new values encased within its bark. Originally featured as a long-form article in The Walrus that garnered a National Magazine Award (Silver), Big Lonely Doug weaves the ecology of old-growth forests, the legend of the West Coast's big trees, the turbulence of the logging industry, the fight for preservation, the contention surrounding ecotourism, First Nations land and cultural rights, and the fraught future of these ancient forests around the story of a logger who saved one of Canada's last great trees."--
530			_aIssued also in electronic format.
650		0	_aOld growth forest ecology _zBritish Columbia. _979748
650		0	_aOld growth forest conservation _zBritish Columbia. _979749
650		0	_aLogging _zBritish Columbia. _979750
650		0	_aEcotourism _zBritish Columbia. _979751
856	4	2	_uhttps://depts.washington.edu/hortlib/book/big-lonely-doug/ _yMiller Library review
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948			_hHELD BY WUY - 75 OTHER HOLDINGS
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