ABSTRACT
Although powerful and compelling, the forests of Western Canada are in the midst of a transformation from reality to myth. The real forest with its real trees, real human inhabitants, real rivers and real fish is being clearcut at an alarming rate.1
Clearcutting, the primary logging method practiced in Western Canada, is the most ecologically destructive logging technique known. It is also the most cost-efficient. Often described as stripmining for trees, clearcut logging calls for the removal of all trees, plantlife and animals in a given area. All that remains is a wasteland of sticks and tree stumps.
