Forests and Watersheds
Status quo is not going to cut it anymore.
Forest Film Tour
Our forest film tour was a home run!
Q&A
How do wildfires impact our watersheds?
One Step Closer
North Cowichan Council ignores public consultation, moves one step closer to renewed logging of forest reserve 2025.
Deep and Broad
“Deep and broad” public engagement wanted on municipal forests 2019.
Uncertain Harvest
Despite recent wildfires, B.C. tree planting is set to plummet.
Open the Gates
Vancouver Island outdoor enthusiasts want authorities to ‘open the gates’ to the backcountry. Here’s why it’s complicated.
Local Leader
Erik Piikkila is a forest ecologist with decades of experience.
Huge Election Issue
Why the future of B.C.'s forests has become a huge election issue.
Healthy Forests
Healthy forests can help protect us from disasters.
Out of Trees?
Are BC’s forests running out of trees?
Vanishing Ancient Forests
The vanishing ancient forests of Vancouver Island.
Wildfire, watersheds, and landscape change
Exploring the co-benefits of collaborative, landscape-scale approaches to managing fire in coastal forests of southern BC.
Get in Touch
Erik Piikkila is a Forest and Watershed Ecologist based on Vancouver Island in western Canada. He is most comfortable among old trees and has been known to speak to them.
Hire him for your next ecology project.
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But this time I made it to the Walbran before the current round of Old Growth Logging started and the BC Supreme Court Protest Injunction was served by the Logging Company.