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👀 https://wallhaven.cc/w/xejdrv 🇫🇷#FantasyArt #EnchantedForest #MagicalForest #AncientTrees #ForestPath #DigitalArt #ConceptArt #TreeArch #Sunlight #MistyForest #Wanderer #Journey #Mystical #GnarledTrees #Atmospheric #LightAndShadow #FantasyLandscape #Adventure #Lanterns #NatureArt #4177x2035 #Wallpaper #Wallhaven
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👀 https://wallhaven.cc/w/xejdrv 🇫🇷#FantasyArt #EnchantedForest #MagicalForest #AncientTrees #ForestPath #DigitalArt #ConceptArt #TreeArch #Sunlight #MistyForest #Wanderer #Journey #Mystical #GnarledTrees #Atmospheric #LightAndShadow #FantasyLandscape #Adventure #Lanterns #NatureArt #4177x2035 #Wallpaper #Wallhaven
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#AncientTrees always have several #AncientFaces embedded within them.
I see more than 6 different faces here 💗#Trees #bark #WhatDoYouSee #WhoDoYouSee #Ancient #ElderTrees #TreeLovers #TreeHugger #Textures #nature #primitive
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#AncientTrees always have several #AncientFaces embedded within them.
I see more than 6 different faces here 💗#Trees #bark #WhatDoYouSee #WhoDoYouSee #Ancient #ElderTrees #TreeLovers #TreeHugger #Textures #nature #primitive
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#AncientTrees always have several #AncientFaces embedded within them.
I see more than 6 different faces here 💗#Trees #bark #WhatDoYouSee #WhoDoYouSee #Ancient #ElderTrees #TreeLovers #TreeHugger #Textures #nature #primitive
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#AncientTrees always have several #AncientFaces embedded within them.
I see more than 6 different faces here 💗#Trees #bark #WhatDoYouSee #WhoDoYouSee #Ancient #ElderTrees #TreeLovers #TreeHugger #Textures #nature #primitive
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#AncientTrees always have several #AncientFaces embedded within them.
I see more than 6 different faces here 💗#Trees #bark #WhatDoYouSee #WhoDoYouSee #Ancient #ElderTrees #TreeLovers #TreeHugger #Textures #nature #primitive
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Currie had several literary friends, however, & they may have invented the story as a prank. Nevertheless, the tall tale inspired Edwin Morgan’s poem.
The Fortingall Yew – estimated to be somewhere between 2,000 & 9,000 years old – is real.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortingall_Yew
#Scottish #literature #PontiusPilate #Easter #folklore #fakelore #trees #FortingallYew #AncientTrees
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The oldest trees on Earth stand strong at 4,600 years. Their story teaches us how to live. #BristleconePines #AncientWisdom #NatureFacts #NatureStrength #LongevityLessons #EcoKnowledge #EarthHistory #TreeScience #ClimateTimeline #Mindfulness #CalmNature #LifeLessons #ConservationMatters #SaveAncientTrees #EcoCare #LifeInNature #WisdomOfTrees #NatureInspires #AncientTrees #BristleconePine #NatureBeauty #TreeOfLife #SanjayKMohindroo
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The oldest trees on Earth stand strong at 4,600 years. Their story teaches us how to live. #BristleconePines #AncientWisdom #NatureFacts #NatureStrength #LongevityLessons #EcoKnowledge #EarthHistory #TreeScience #ClimateTimeline #Mindfulness #CalmNature #LifeLessons #ConservationMatters #SaveAncientTrees #EcoCare #LifeInNature #WisdomOfTrees #NatureInspires #AncientTrees #BristleconePine #NatureBeauty #TreeOfLife #SanjayKMohindroo
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The oldest trees on Earth stand strong at 4,600 years. Their story teaches us how to live. #BristleconePines #AncientWisdom #NatureFacts #NatureStrength #LongevityLessons #EcoKnowledge #EarthHistory #TreeScience #ClimateTimeline #Mindfulness #CalmNature #LifeLessons #ConservationMatters #SaveAncientTrees #EcoCare #LifeInNature #WisdomOfTrees #NatureInspires #AncientTrees #BristleconePine #NatureBeauty #TreeOfLife #SanjayKMohindroo
https://sm.stayingalive.in/did-you-know/4600-years-of-life-the.html -
The oldest trees on Earth stand strong at 4,600 years. Their story teaches us how to live. #BristleconePines #AncientWisdom #NatureFacts #NatureStrength #LongevityLessons #EcoKnowledge #EarthHistory #TreeScience #ClimateTimeline #Mindfulness #CalmNature #LifeLessons #ConservationMatters #SaveAncientTrees #EcoCare #LifeInNature #WisdomOfTrees #NatureInspires #AncientTrees #BristleconePine #NatureBeauty #TreeOfLife #SanjayKMohindroo
https://sm.stayingalive.in/did-you-know/4600-years-of-life-the.html -
The oldest trees on Earth stand strong at 4,600 years. Their story teaches us how to live. #BristleconePines #AncientWisdom #NatureFacts #NatureStrength #LongevityLessons #EcoKnowledge #EarthHistory #TreeScience #ClimateTimeline #Mindfulness #CalmNature #LifeLessons #ConservationMatters #SaveAncientTrees #EcoCare #LifeInNature #WisdomOfTrees #NatureInspires #AncientTrees #BristleconePine #NatureBeauty #TreeOfLife #SanjayKMohindroo
https://sm.stayingalive.in/did-you-know/4600-years-of-life-the.html -
The oldest trees on Earth stand strong at 4,600 years. Their story teaches us how to live. #BristleconePines #AncientWisdom #NatureFacts #NatureStrength #LongevityLessons #EcoKnowledge #EarthHistory #TreeScience #ClimateTimeline #Mindfulness #CalmNature #LifeLessons #ConservationMatters #SaveAncientTrees #EcoCare #LifeInNature #WisdomOfTrees #NatureInspires #AncientTrees #BristleconePine #NatureBeauty #TreeOfLife #SanjayKMohindroo
https://sm.stayingalive.in/did-you-know/4600-years-of-life-the.html -
The oldest trees on Earth stand strong at 4,600 years. Their story teaches us how to live. #BristleconePines #AncientWisdom #NatureFacts #NatureStrength #LongevityLessons #EcoKnowledge #EarthHistory #TreeScience #ClimateTimeline #Mindfulness #CalmNature #LifeLessons #ConservationMatters #SaveAncientTrees #EcoCare #LifeInNature #WisdomOfTrees #NatureInspires #AncientTrees #BristleconePine #NatureBeauty #TreeOfLife #SanjayKMohindroo
https://sm.stayingalive.in/did-you-know/4600-years-of-life-the.html -
The oldest trees on Earth stand strong at 4,600 years. Their story teaches us how to live. #BristleconePines #AncientWisdom #NatureFacts #NatureStrength #LongevityLessons #EcoKnowledge #EarthHistory #TreeScience #ClimateTimeline #Mindfulness #CalmNature #LifeLessons #ConservationMatters #SaveAncientTrees #EcoCare #LifeInNature #WisdomOfTrees #NatureInspires #AncientTrees #BristleconePine #NatureBeauty #TreeOfLife #SanjayKMohindroo
https://sm.stayingalive.in/did-you-know/4600-years-of-life-the.html -
The oldest trees on Earth stand strong at 4,600 years. Their story teaches us how to live. #BristleconePines #AncientWisdom #NatureFacts #NatureStrength #LongevityLessons #EcoKnowledge #EarthHistory #TreeScience #ClimateTimeline #Mindfulness #CalmNature #LifeLessons #ConservationMatters #SaveAncientTrees #EcoCare #LifeInNature #WisdomOfTrees #NatureInspires #AncientTrees #BristleconePine #NatureBeauty #TreeOfLife #SanjayKMohindroo
https://sm.stayingalive.in/did-you-know/4600-years-of-life-the.html -
The oldest trees on Earth stand strong at 4,600 years. Their story teaches us how to live. #BristleconePines #AncientWisdom #NatureFacts #NatureStrength #LongevityLessons #EcoKnowledge #EarthHistory #TreeScience #ClimateTimeline #Mindfulness #CalmNature #LifeLessons #ConservationMatters #SaveAncientTrees #EcoCare #LifeInNature #WisdomOfTrees #NatureInspires #AncientTrees #BristleconePine #NatureBeauty #TreeOfLife #SanjayKMohindroo
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As a few folks have pointed out, this post is filled with inaccuracies. Please read the replies in the thread!
From "This Day in History" on FB:
"She left civilization to live in the forest with a lynx, a wild boar, and a thieving crow. Scientists called her crazy. She proved them wrong.
In 1975, a young Polish scientist named #SimonaKossak made a decision that baffled everyone who knew her.
She had a doctorate. She had credentials. She came from one of Poland's most prestigious artistic families—her grandfather was Wojciech Kossak, the legendary painter whose work hung in museums.
She could have had a comfortable university position. A modern apartment in Warsaw. A conventional career studying nature from a safe distance.
Instead, Simona packed a single bag and walked into the #bialowiezaforest . And she stayed there for thirty years.Białowieża is no ordinary forest. It's the last remaining fragment of the primeval wilderness that once covered all of Europe—ancient, untouched, older than recorded history. Trees there grow so tall they seem to hold up the sky. Wolves still howl at night. European bison, extinct almost everywhere else, roam freely. It's the kind of place where you can still hear what the world sounded like before humans started building cities.
Simona found a small wooden cabin deep in the forest's heart. No electricity. No running water. No neighbors for miles.
Just trees. Silence. And the wild things.
Most people would have lasted a week.Simona lasted decades.
But she wasn't alone.
She shared her bed with a lynx named Żabka. Not a pet—lynxes can't be pets. But Żabka had been orphaned as a cub, and Simona raised her. The massive cat would curl up beside her at night, purring like distant thunder.
She rescued a wild boar named Żabka who followed her through the forest like a devoted dog, grunting softly when she spoke.
And then there was Korasek. Korasek was a crow—but not just any crow. He was brilliant, mischievous, and absolutely devoted to chaos. He'd dive-bomb cyclists riding through the forest, steal shiny objects from tourists' pockets, and bring Simona "gifts": coins, buttons, pieces of foil.
He'd sit on her shoulder while she worked, cawing commentary on everything she did.
The locals whispered that Simona was a witch. How else could you explain it? Animals followed her. Birds landed on her outstretched hand. Deer approached without fear.
She spoke to them, and somehow, impossibly, they seemed to understand.
But Simona wasn't casting spells.
She was listening.Most people walk through nature talking, making noise, asserting their presence. Simona did the opposite. She learned to move quietly, to observe patiently, to let the forest teach her its rhythms.
She studied animal behavior not from textbooks, but by living among them. She documented species that had never been properly observed. She proved that wild animals weren't just instinct-driven automatons—they had personalities, emotions, complex social structures.
Her research changed how scientists understood wildlife.But her most important work wasn't in journals.
It was in the forest itself.
Because while Simona was studying nature, others were trying to destroy it.
#LoggingCompanies wanted to cut down the #AncientTrees. Developers wanted to build roads through the #wilderness.Bureaucrats argued that the forest was "too wild," that it needed to be "managed," controlled, made productive.
Simona fought them all.
She wrote letters. She filed lawsuits. She gave interviews where she spoke bluntly about what would be lost if the forest fell.
She stood in front of bulldozers.
She made powerful enemies.
She didn't care."This forest has survived for ten thousand years," she'd say. "Who are we to decide it should end on our watch?"
Her cabin became a symbol. Journalists came from across Europe to photograph the woman who lived with wild animals. Documentaries were made. Her story spread.
And slowly, the tide began to turn.
Public opinion shifted. International pressure mounted. UNESCO got involved. The ancient forest, in large part because of Simona's tireless advocacy, gained greater protections.The trees she loved were saved.
Simona Kossak lived in that cabin until 2007, when illness finally forced her back to the city. She died in 2007, at the age of 71.But her legacy didn't die with her.
Today, Białowieża Forest stands as one of Europe's last true wildernesses—a living monument to what the continent once was. Tourists walk trails where Simona once walked with Żabka the lynx. Bison graze in meadows she fought to protect.Scientists still study the forest using methods she pioneered.
And somewhere in those ancient trees, maybe, a descendant of Korasek steals something shiny from an unsuspecting hiker.
Simona Kossak proved something the modern world desperately needs to remember:
That you don't have to choose between science and intuition. Between civilization and wilderness. Between being human and being part of nature.
She proved that sometimes the most rigorous science comes from simply paying attention. That the deepest understanding comes from respect, not dominance.
She proved that one person, living authentically and fighting fiercely for what they love, can change the fate of an entire ecosystem.
They called her a witch because she spoke to animals.
She called herself a scientist because she listened.
And she spent thirty years in a cabin without electricity, surrounded by wild things, protecting an ancient forest from a modern world that had forgotten how to be still.
Simona Kossak wasn't running away from civilization.
She was protecting something far more valuable than anything civilization could offer.
And because of her, that forest still stands."
#Rewilding #NatureLover #CitizenScientist #Nature #SaveTheForest
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As a few folks have pointed out, this post is filled with inaccuracies. Please read the replies in the thread!
From "This Day in History" on FB:
"She left civilization to live in the forest with a lynx, a wild boar, and a thieving crow. Scientists called her crazy. She proved them wrong.
In 1975, a young Polish scientist named #SimonaKossak made a decision that baffled everyone who knew her.
She had a doctorate. She had credentials. She came from one of Poland's most prestigious artistic families—her grandfather was Wojciech Kossak, the legendary painter whose work hung in museums.
She could have had a comfortable university position. A modern apartment in Warsaw. A conventional career studying nature from a safe distance.
Instead, Simona packed a single bag and walked into the #bialowiezaforest . And she stayed there for thirty years.Białowieża is no ordinary forest. It's the last remaining fragment of the primeval wilderness that once covered all of Europe—ancient, untouched, older than recorded history. Trees there grow so tall they seem to hold up the sky. Wolves still howl at night. European bison, extinct almost everywhere else, roam freely. It's the kind of place where you can still hear what the world sounded like before humans started building cities.
Simona found a small wooden cabin deep in the forest's heart. No electricity. No running water. No neighbors for miles.
Just trees. Silence. And the wild things.
Most people would have lasted a week.Simona lasted decades.
But she wasn't alone.
She shared her bed with a lynx named Żabka. Not a pet—lynxes can't be pets. But Żabka had been orphaned as a cub, and Simona raised her. The massive cat would curl up beside her at night, purring like distant thunder.
She rescued a wild boar named Żabka who followed her through the forest like a devoted dog, grunting softly when she spoke.
And then there was Korasek. Korasek was a crow—but not just any crow. He was brilliant, mischievous, and absolutely devoted to chaos. He'd dive-bomb cyclists riding through the forest, steal shiny objects from tourists' pockets, and bring Simona "gifts": coins, buttons, pieces of foil.
He'd sit on her shoulder while she worked, cawing commentary on everything she did.
The locals whispered that Simona was a witch. How else could you explain it? Animals followed her. Birds landed on her outstretched hand. Deer approached without fear.
She spoke to them, and somehow, impossibly, they seemed to understand.
But Simona wasn't casting spells.
She was listening.Most people walk through nature talking, making noise, asserting their presence. Simona did the opposite. She learned to move quietly, to observe patiently, to let the forest teach her its rhythms.
She studied animal behavior not from textbooks, but by living among them. She documented species that had never been properly observed. She proved that wild animals weren't just instinct-driven automatons—they had personalities, emotions, complex social structures.
Her research changed how scientists understood wildlife.But her most important work wasn't in journals.
It was in the forest itself.
Because while Simona was studying nature, others were trying to destroy it.
#LoggingCompanies wanted to cut down the #AncientTrees. Developers wanted to build roads through the #wilderness.Bureaucrats argued that the forest was "too wild," that it needed to be "managed," controlled, made productive.
Simona fought them all.
She wrote letters. She filed lawsuits. She gave interviews where she spoke bluntly about what would be lost if the forest fell.
She stood in front of bulldozers.
She made powerful enemies.
She didn't care."This forest has survived for ten thousand years," she'd say. "Who are we to decide it should end on our watch?"
Her cabin became a symbol. Journalists came from across Europe to photograph the woman who lived with wild animals. Documentaries were made. Her story spread.
And slowly, the tide began to turn.
Public opinion shifted. International pressure mounted. UNESCO got involved. The ancient forest, in large part because of Simona's tireless advocacy, gained greater protections.The trees she loved were saved.
Simona Kossak lived in that cabin until 2007, when illness finally forced her back to the city. She died in 2007, at the age of 71.But her legacy didn't die with her.
Today, Białowieża Forest stands as one of Europe's last true wildernesses—a living monument to what the continent once was. Tourists walk trails where Simona once walked with Żabka the lynx. Bison graze in meadows she fought to protect.Scientists still study the forest using methods she pioneered.
And somewhere in those ancient trees, maybe, a descendant of Korasek steals something shiny from an unsuspecting hiker.
Simona Kossak proved something the modern world desperately needs to remember:
That you don't have to choose between science and intuition. Between civilization and wilderness. Between being human and being part of nature.
She proved that sometimes the most rigorous science comes from simply paying attention. That the deepest understanding comes from respect, not dominance.
She proved that one person, living authentically and fighting fiercely for what they love, can change the fate of an entire ecosystem.
They called her a witch because she spoke to animals.
She called herself a scientist because she listened.
And she spent thirty years in a cabin without electricity, surrounded by wild things, protecting an ancient forest from a modern world that had forgotten how to be still.
Simona Kossak wasn't running away from civilization.
She was protecting something far more valuable than anything civilization could offer.
And because of her, that forest still stands."
#Rewilding #NatureLover #CitizenScientist #Nature #SaveTheForest
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As a few folks have pointed out, this post is filled with inaccuracies. Please read the replies in the thread!
From "This Day in History" on FB:
"She left civilization to live in the forest with a lynx, a wild boar, and a thieving crow. Scientists called her crazy. She proved them wrong.
In 1975, a young Polish scientist named #SimonaKossak made a decision that baffled everyone who knew her.
She had a doctorate. She had credentials. She came from one of Poland's most prestigious artistic families—her grandfather was Wojciech Kossak, the legendary painter whose work hung in museums.
She could have had a comfortable university position. A modern apartment in Warsaw. A conventional career studying nature from a safe distance.
Instead, Simona packed a single bag and walked into the #bialowiezaforest . And she stayed there for thirty years.Białowieża is no ordinary forest. It's the last remaining fragment of the primeval wilderness that once covered all of Europe—ancient, untouched, older than recorded history. Trees there grow so tall they seem to hold up the sky. Wolves still howl at night. European bison, extinct almost everywhere else, roam freely. It's the kind of place where you can still hear what the world sounded like before humans started building cities.
Simona found a small wooden cabin deep in the forest's heart. No electricity. No running water. No neighbors for miles.
Just trees. Silence. And the wild things.
Most people would have lasted a week.Simona lasted decades.
But she wasn't alone.
She shared her bed with a lynx named Żabka. Not a pet—lynxes can't be pets. But Żabka had been orphaned as a cub, and Simona raised her. The massive cat would curl up beside her at night, purring like distant thunder.
She rescued a wild boar named Żabka who followed her through the forest like a devoted dog, grunting softly when she spoke.
And then there was Korasek. Korasek was a crow—but not just any crow. He was brilliant, mischievous, and absolutely devoted to chaos. He'd dive-bomb cyclists riding through the forest, steal shiny objects from tourists' pockets, and bring Simona "gifts": coins, buttons, pieces of foil.
He'd sit on her shoulder while she worked, cawing commentary on everything she did.
The locals whispered that Simona was a witch. How else could you explain it? Animals followed her. Birds landed on her outstretched hand. Deer approached without fear.
She spoke to them, and somehow, impossibly, they seemed to understand.
But Simona wasn't casting spells.
She was listening.Most people walk through nature talking, making noise, asserting their presence. Simona did the opposite. She learned to move quietly, to observe patiently, to let the forest teach her its rhythms.
She studied animal behavior not from textbooks, but by living among them. She documented species that had never been properly observed. She proved that wild animals weren't just instinct-driven automatons—they had personalities, emotions, complex social structures.
Her research changed how scientists understood wildlife.But her most important work wasn't in journals.
It was in the forest itself.
Because while Simona was studying nature, others were trying to destroy it.
#LoggingCompanies wanted to cut down the #AncientTrees. Developers wanted to build roads through the #wilderness.Bureaucrats argued that the forest was "too wild," that it needed to be "managed," controlled, made productive.
Simona fought them all.
She wrote letters. She filed lawsuits. She gave interviews where she spoke bluntly about what would be lost if the forest fell.
She stood in front of bulldozers.
She made powerful enemies.
She didn't care."This forest has survived for ten thousand years," she'd say. "Who are we to decide it should end on our watch?"
Her cabin became a symbol. Journalists came from across Europe to photograph the woman who lived with wild animals. Documentaries were made. Her story spread.
And slowly, the tide began to turn.
Public opinion shifted. International pressure mounted. UNESCO got involved. The ancient forest, in large part because of Simona's tireless advocacy, gained greater protections.The trees she loved were saved.
Simona Kossak lived in that cabin until 2007, when illness finally forced her back to the city. She died in 2007, at the age of 71.But her legacy didn't die with her.
Today, Białowieża Forest stands as one of Europe's last true wildernesses—a living monument to what the continent once was. Tourists walk trails where Simona once walked with Żabka the lynx. Bison graze in meadows she fought to protect.Scientists still study the forest using methods she pioneered.
And somewhere in those ancient trees, maybe, a descendant of Korasek steals something shiny from an unsuspecting hiker.
Simona Kossak proved something the modern world desperately needs to remember:
That you don't have to choose between science and intuition. Between civilization and wilderness. Between being human and being part of nature.
She proved that sometimes the most rigorous science comes from simply paying attention. That the deepest understanding comes from respect, not dominance.
She proved that one person, living authentically and fighting fiercely for what they love, can change the fate of an entire ecosystem.
They called her a witch because she spoke to animals.
She called herself a scientist because she listened.
And she spent thirty years in a cabin without electricity, surrounded by wild things, protecting an ancient forest from a modern world that had forgotten how to be still.
Simona Kossak wasn't running away from civilization.
She was protecting something far more valuable than anything civilization could offer.
And because of her, that forest still stands."
#Rewilding #NatureLover #CitizenScientist #Nature #SaveTheForest
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As a few folks have pointed out, this post is filled with inaccuracies. Please read the replies in the thread!
From "This Day in History" on FB:
"She left civilization to live in the forest with a lynx, a wild boar, and a thieving crow. Scientists called her crazy. She proved them wrong.
In 1975, a young Polish scientist named #SimonaKossak made a decision that baffled everyone who knew her.
She had a doctorate. She had credentials. She came from one of Poland's most prestigious artistic families—her grandfather was Wojciech Kossak, the legendary painter whose work hung in museums.
She could have had a comfortable university position. A modern apartment in Warsaw. A conventional career studying nature from a safe distance.
Instead, Simona packed a single bag and walked into the #bialowiezaforest . And she stayed there for thirty years.Białowieża is no ordinary forest. It's the last remaining fragment of the primeval wilderness that once covered all of Europe—ancient, untouched, older than recorded history. Trees there grow so tall they seem to hold up the sky. Wolves still howl at night. European bison, extinct almost everywhere else, roam freely. It's the kind of place where you can still hear what the world sounded like before humans started building cities.
Simona found a small wooden cabin deep in the forest's heart. No electricity. No running water. No neighbors for miles.
Just trees. Silence. And the wild things.
Most people would have lasted a week.Simona lasted decades.
But she wasn't alone.
She shared her bed with a lynx named Żabka. Not a pet—lynxes can't be pets. But Żabka had been orphaned as a cub, and Simona raised her. The massive cat would curl up beside her at night, purring like distant thunder.
She rescued a wild boar named Żabka who followed her through the forest like a devoted dog, grunting softly when she spoke.
And then there was Korasek. Korasek was a crow—but not just any crow. He was brilliant, mischievous, and absolutely devoted to chaos. He'd dive-bomb cyclists riding through the forest, steal shiny objects from tourists' pockets, and bring Simona "gifts": coins, buttons, pieces of foil.
He'd sit on her shoulder while she worked, cawing commentary on everything she did.
The locals whispered that Simona was a witch. How else could you explain it? Animals followed her. Birds landed on her outstretched hand. Deer approached without fear.
She spoke to them, and somehow, impossibly, they seemed to understand.
But Simona wasn't casting spells.
She was listening.Most people walk through nature talking, making noise, asserting their presence. Simona did the opposite. She learned to move quietly, to observe patiently, to let the forest teach her its rhythms.
She studied animal behavior not from textbooks, but by living among them. She documented species that had never been properly observed. She proved that wild animals weren't just instinct-driven automatons—they had personalities, emotions, complex social structures.
Her research changed how scientists understood wildlife.But her most important work wasn't in journals.
It was in the forest itself.
Because while Simona was studying nature, others were trying to destroy it.
#LoggingCompanies wanted to cut down the #AncientTrees. Developers wanted to build roads through the #wilderness.Bureaucrats argued that the forest was "too wild," that it needed to be "managed," controlled, made productive.
Simona fought them all.
She wrote letters. She filed lawsuits. She gave interviews where she spoke bluntly about what would be lost if the forest fell.
She stood in front of bulldozers.
She made powerful enemies.
She didn't care."This forest has survived for ten thousand years," she'd say. "Who are we to decide it should end on our watch?"
Her cabin became a symbol. Journalists came from across Europe to photograph the woman who lived with wild animals. Documentaries were made. Her story spread.
And slowly, the tide began to turn.
Public opinion shifted. International pressure mounted. UNESCO got involved. The ancient forest, in large part because of Simona's tireless advocacy, gained greater protections.The trees she loved were saved.
Simona Kossak lived in that cabin until 2007, when illness finally forced her back to the city. She died in 2007, at the age of 71.But her legacy didn't die with her.
Today, Białowieża Forest stands as one of Europe's last true wildernesses—a living monument to what the continent once was. Tourists walk trails where Simona once walked with Żabka the lynx. Bison graze in meadows she fought to protect.Scientists still study the forest using methods she pioneered.
And somewhere in those ancient trees, maybe, a descendant of Korasek steals something shiny from an unsuspecting hiker.
Simona Kossak proved something the modern world desperately needs to remember:
That you don't have to choose between science and intuition. Between civilization and wilderness. Between being human and being part of nature.
She proved that sometimes the most rigorous science comes from simply paying attention. That the deepest understanding comes from respect, not dominance.
She proved that one person, living authentically and fighting fiercely for what they love, can change the fate of an entire ecosystem.
They called her a witch because she spoke to animals.
She called herself a scientist because she listened.
And she spent thirty years in a cabin without electricity, surrounded by wild things, protecting an ancient forest from a modern world that had forgotten how to be still.
Simona Kossak wasn't running away from civilization.
She was protecting something far more valuable than anything civilization could offer.
And because of her, that forest still stands."
#Rewilding #NatureLover #CitizenScientist #Nature #SaveTheForest
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As a few folks have pointed out, this post is filled with inaccuracies. Please read the replies in the thread!
From "This Day in History" on FB:
"She left civilization to live in the forest with a lynx, a wild boar, and a thieving crow. Scientists called her crazy. She proved them wrong.
In 1975, a young Polish scientist named #SimonaKossak made a decision that baffled everyone who knew her.
She had a doctorate. She had credentials. She came from one of Poland's most prestigious artistic families—her grandfather was Wojciech Kossak, the legendary painter whose work hung in museums.
She could have had a comfortable university position. A modern apartment in Warsaw. A conventional career studying nature from a safe distance.
Instead, Simona packed a single bag and walked into the #bialowiezaforest . And she stayed there for thirty years.Białowieża is no ordinary forest. It's the last remaining fragment of the primeval wilderness that once covered all of Europe—ancient, untouched, older than recorded history. Trees there grow so tall they seem to hold up the sky. Wolves still howl at night. European bison, extinct almost everywhere else, roam freely. It's the kind of place where you can still hear what the world sounded like before humans started building cities.
Simona found a small wooden cabin deep in the forest's heart. No electricity. No running water. No neighbors for miles.
Just trees. Silence. And the wild things.
Most people would have lasted a week.Simona lasted decades.
But she wasn't alone.
She shared her bed with a lynx named Żabka. Not a pet—lynxes can't be pets. But Żabka had been orphaned as a cub, and Simona raised her. The massive cat would curl up beside her at night, purring like distant thunder.
She rescued a wild boar named Żabka who followed her through the forest like a devoted dog, grunting softly when she spoke.
And then there was Korasek. Korasek was a crow—but not just any crow. He was brilliant, mischievous, and absolutely devoted to chaos. He'd dive-bomb cyclists riding through the forest, steal shiny objects from tourists' pockets, and bring Simona "gifts": coins, buttons, pieces of foil.
He'd sit on her shoulder while she worked, cawing commentary on everything she did.
The locals whispered that Simona was a witch. How else could you explain it? Animals followed her. Birds landed on her outstretched hand. Deer approached without fear.
She spoke to them, and somehow, impossibly, they seemed to understand.
But Simona wasn't casting spells.
She was listening.Most people walk through nature talking, making noise, asserting their presence. Simona did the opposite. She learned to move quietly, to observe patiently, to let the forest teach her its rhythms.
She studied animal behavior not from textbooks, but by living among them. She documented species that had never been properly observed. She proved that wild animals weren't just instinct-driven automatons—they had personalities, emotions, complex social structures.
Her research changed how scientists understood wildlife.But her most important work wasn't in journals.
It was in the forest itself.
Because while Simona was studying nature, others were trying to destroy it.
#LoggingCompanies wanted to cut down the #AncientTrees. Developers wanted to build roads through the #wilderness.Bureaucrats argued that the forest was "too wild," that it needed to be "managed," controlled, made productive.
Simona fought them all.
She wrote letters. She filed lawsuits. She gave interviews where she spoke bluntly about what would be lost if the forest fell.
She stood in front of bulldozers.
She made powerful enemies.
She didn't care."This forest has survived for ten thousand years," she'd say. "Who are we to decide it should end on our watch?"
Her cabin became a symbol. Journalists came from across Europe to photograph the woman who lived with wild animals. Documentaries were made. Her story spread.
And slowly, the tide began to turn.
Public opinion shifted. International pressure mounted. UNESCO got involved. The ancient forest, in large part because of Simona's tireless advocacy, gained greater protections.The trees she loved were saved.
Simona Kossak lived in that cabin until 2007, when illness finally forced her back to the city. She died in 2007, at the age of 71.But her legacy didn't die with her.
Today, Białowieża Forest stands as one of Europe's last true wildernesses—a living monument to what the continent once was. Tourists walk trails where Simona once walked with Żabka the lynx. Bison graze in meadows she fought to protect.Scientists still study the forest using methods she pioneered.
And somewhere in those ancient trees, maybe, a descendant of Korasek steals something shiny from an unsuspecting hiker.
Simona Kossak proved something the modern world desperately needs to remember:
That you don't have to choose between science and intuition. Between civilization and wilderness. Between being human and being part of nature.
She proved that sometimes the most rigorous science comes from simply paying attention. That the deepest understanding comes from respect, not dominance.
She proved that one person, living authentically and fighting fiercely for what they love, can change the fate of an entire ecosystem.
They called her a witch because she spoke to animals.
She called herself a scientist because she listened.
And she spent thirty years in a cabin without electricity, surrounded by wild things, protecting an ancient forest from a modern world that had forgotten how to be still.
Simona Kossak wasn't running away from civilization.
She was protecting something far more valuable than anything civilization could offer.
And because of her, that forest still stands."
#Rewilding #NatureLover #CitizenScientist #Nature #SaveTheForest
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🌳 Baobabs, the “Tree of Life,” are believed to live up to two millennia. Their water‑storing trunks sustain life in arid climates, and dusk‑blooming flowers feed bats and hawk moths.
📝 Explore here: https://TPC8.short.gy/f4I9eTQ6
Discover how these giants shape ecosystems and cultures across continents.#Baobab #Adansonia #AncientTrees #Botany #Flora #Ecology #Pollinators #Biodiversity #Climate #Nature #Conservation #Trees #Wildlife #Madagascar #Africa #Australia #ThePerpetuallyCurious #TPC8
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🌳 Baobabs, the “Tree of Life,” are believed to live up to two millennia. Their water‑storing trunks sustain life in arid climates, and dusk‑blooming flowers feed bats and hawk moths.
📝 Explore here: https://TPC8.short.gy/f4I9eTQ6
Discover how these giants shape ecosystems and cultures across continents.#Baobab #Adansonia #AncientTrees #Botany #Flora #Ecology #Pollinators #Biodiversity #Climate #Nature #Conservation #Trees #Wildlife #Madagascar #Africa #Australia #ThePerpetuallyCurious #TPC8
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🌳 Baobabs, the “Tree of Life,” are believed to live up to two millennia. Their water‑storing trunks sustain life in arid climates, and dusk‑blooming flowers feed bats and hawk moths.
📝 Explore here: https://TPC8.short.gy/f4I9eTQ6
Discover how these giants shape ecosystems and cultures across continents.#Baobab #Adansonia #AncientTrees #Botany #Flora #Ecology #Pollinators #Biodiversity #Climate #Nature #Conservation #Trees #Wildlife #Madagascar #Africa #Australia #ThePerpetuallyCurious #TPC8
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🌳 Baobabs, the “Tree of Life,” are believed to live up to two millennia. Their water‑storing trunks sustain life in arid climates, and dusk‑blooming flowers feed bats and hawk moths.
📝 Explore here: https://TPC8.short.gy/f4I9eTQ6
Discover how these giants shape ecosystems and cultures across continents.#Baobab #Adansonia #AncientTrees #Botany #Flora #Ecology #Pollinators #Biodiversity #Climate #Nature #Conservation #Trees #Wildlife #Madagascar #Africa #Australia #ThePerpetuallyCurious #TPC8
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🌳 Baobabs, the “Tree of Life,” are believed to live up to two millennia. Their water‑storing trunks sustain life in arid climates, and dusk‑blooming flowers feed bats and hawk moths.
📝 Explore here: https://TPC8.short.gy/f4I9eTQ6
Discover how these giants shape ecosystems and cultures across continents.#Baobab #Adansonia #AncientTrees #Botany #Flora #Ecology #Pollinators #Biodiversity #Climate #Nature #Conservation #Trees #Wildlife #Madagascar #Africa #Australia #ThePerpetuallyCurious #TPC8
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This Lime tree is estimated to be 2,000 years old and this is what it looks like inside. The tree has grown outward over time to form a ring of connected clumps. There's something very special indeed about standing at it's centre and being surrounded by something so ancient. #trees #AncientTrees
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🌳 UK tree-huggers unite! Let's spend our precious lives mapping EVERY ancient tree because nothing screams excitement like ancient oaks and #JavaScript #errors. 📜🤦♂️ Surely, the only thing more riveting than watching paint dry is adding a tree to a database with 190,000 entries... and counting. 🙄🌳
https://ati.woodlandtrust.org.uk/ #treehuggers #ancienttrees #environmentalism #mappingtrees #natureenthusiasts #HackerNews #ngated -
🌳 UK tree-huggers unite! Let's spend our precious lives mapping EVERY ancient tree because nothing screams excitement like ancient oaks and #JavaScript #errors. 📜🤦♂️ Surely, the only thing more riveting than watching paint dry is adding a tree to a database with 190,000 entries... and counting. 🙄🌳
https://ati.woodlandtrust.org.uk/ #treehuggers #ancienttrees #environmentalism #mappingtrees #natureenthusiasts #HackerNews #ngated -
🌳 UK tree-huggers unite! Let's spend our precious lives mapping EVERY ancient tree because nothing screams excitement like ancient oaks and #JavaScript #errors. 📜🤦♂️ Surely, the only thing more riveting than watching paint dry is adding a tree to a database with 190,000 entries... and counting. 🙄🌳
https://ati.woodlandtrust.org.uk/ #treehuggers #ancienttrees #environmentalism #mappingtrees #natureenthusiasts #HackerNews #ngated -
🌳 UK tree-huggers unite! Let's spend our precious lives mapping EVERY ancient tree because nothing screams excitement like ancient oaks and #JavaScript #errors. 📜🤦♂️ Surely, the only thing more riveting than watching paint dry is adding a tree to a database with 190,000 entries... and counting. 🙄🌳
https://ati.woodlandtrust.org.uk/ #treehuggers #ancienttrees #environmentalism #mappingtrees #natureenthusiasts #HackerNews #ngated -
Felling of ancient oak tree probed by police
Story by Tony Grew - BBC News
April 15, 2025"The cutting down of an ancient oak tree in north London is being investigated by the Metropolitan Police.
"The remains of the oak, estimated to be up to 500 years old, were discovered by council workers last week in Whitewebbs Park, Enfield. An emergency tree preservation order has now been imposed on the base of its stump."
Read more:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/felling-of-ancient-oak-tree-probed-by-police/ar-AA1CXk02 -
This beautiful, ancient yellow #cedar tree has a massive, moss covered trunk. It is estimated at over 500 years old. There are very few #ElderTrees of this scale found outside of protected parks on Southern Vancouver Island now. The few remaining unprotected old growth forest tracts should be conserved for stability & longevity of our wild, ancient ecosystems & for the future generations to enjoy/admire/study.
The need to protect old growth forests has been the case for decades but even more important in present times because of accelerated climate change & the increased greedy desperation of corporate ecociders & our governments who aid/abet the pillaging which destroys wild environments that are essential for humans to sustain our lives on Earth. Valuable medicines are found & several medicines have yet to be found in these old growth, coastal temperate, wild rainforests. We need to protect these ancient forests for the above listed & many more important reasons.
#ThickTrunkTuesday #SaveOldGrowth #BCForestryReform #BCpoli #VancouverIsland #StopDeforestation #AncientTrees #OldGrowth #CedarTreeOfLife #WildFirst #NatureFirst #ProtectTheWild #ForestsForever #TreesOverGreed #StopEcocide #BCpoli #CDNpoli #Environmentalist #OneEarth #BCNDP #Cowichan #ProtectOldGrowth #Degrowth #BigTreesOfBC #CoastalTemperateRainforests #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #TreeLovers #Arbor #Trees #TreeHugger
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This beautiful, ancient yellow #cedar tree has a massive, moss covered trunk. It is estimated at over 500 years old. There are very few #ElderTrees of this scale found outside of protected parks on Southern Vancouver Island now. The few remaining unprotected old growth forest tracts should be conserved for stability & longevity of our wild, ancient ecosystems & for the future generations to enjoy/admire/study.
The need to protect old growth forests has been the case for decades but even more important in present times because of accelerated climate change & the increased greedy desperation of corporate ecociders & our governments who aid/abet the pillaging which destroys wild environments that are essential for humans to sustain our lives on Earth. Valuable medicines are found & several medicines have yet to be found in these old growth, coastal temperate, wild rainforests. We need to protect these ancient forests for the above listed & many more important reasons.
#ThickTrunkTuesday #SaveOldGrowth #BCForestryReform #BCpoli #VancouverIsland #StopDeforestation #AncientTrees #OldGrowth #CedarTreeOfLife #WildFirst #NatureFirst #ProtectTheWild #ForestsForever #TreesOverGreed #StopEcocide #BCpoli #CDNpoli #Environmentalist #OneEarth #BCNDP #Cowichan #ProtectOldGrowth #Degrowth #BigTreesOfBC #CoastalTemperateRainforests #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #TreeLovers #Arbor #Trees #TreeHugger
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This beautiful, ancient yellow #cedar tree has a massive, moss covered trunk. It is estimated at over 500 years old. There are very few #ElderTrees of this scale found outside of protected parks on Southern Vancouver Island now. The few remaining unprotected old growth forest tracts should be conserved for stability & longevity of our wild, ancient ecosystems & for the future generations to enjoy/admire/study.
The need to protect old growth forests has been the case for decades but even more important in present times because of accelerated climate change & the increased greedy desperation of corporate ecociders & our governments who aid/abet the pillaging which destroys wild environments that are essential for humans to sustain our lives on Earth. Valuable medicines are found & several medicines have yet to be found in these old growth, coastal temperate, wild rainforests. We need to protect these ancient forests for the above listed & many more important reasons.
#ThickTrunkTuesday #SaveOldGrowth #BCForestryReform #BCpoli #VancouverIsland #StopDeforestation #AncientTrees #OldGrowth #CedarTreeOfLife #WildFirst #NatureFirst #ProtectTheWild #ForestsForever #TreesOverGreed #StopEcocide #BCpoli #CDNpoli #Environmentalist #OneEarth #BCNDP #Cowichan #ProtectOldGrowth #Degrowth #BigTreesOfBC #CoastalTemperateRainforests #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #TreeLovers #Arbor #Trees #TreeHugger
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This beautiful, ancient yellow #cedar tree has a massive, moss covered trunk. It is estimated at over 500 years old. There are very few #ElderTrees of this scale found outside of protected parks on Southern Vancouver Island now. The few remaining unprotected old growth forest tracts should be conserved for stability & longevity of our wild, ancient ecosystems & for the future generations to enjoy/admire/study.
The need to protect old growth forests has been the case for decades but even more important in present times because of accelerated climate change & the increased greedy desperation of corporate ecociders & our governments who aid/abet the pillaging which destroys wild environments that are essential for humans to sustain our lives on Earth. Valuable medicines are found & several medicines have yet to be found in these old growth, coastal temperate, wild rainforests. We need to protect these ancient forests for the above listed & many more important reasons.
#ThickTrunkTuesday #SaveOldGrowth #BCForestryReform #BCpoli #VancouverIsland #StopDeforestation #AncientTrees #OldGrowth #CedarTreeOfLife #WildFirst #NatureFirst #ProtectTheWild #ForestsForever #TreesOverGreed #StopEcocide #BCpoli #CDNpoli #Environmentalist #OneEarth #BCNDP #Cowichan #ProtectOldGrowth #Degrowth #BigTreesOfBC #CoastalTemperateRainforests #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #TreeLovers #Arbor #Trees #TreeHugger
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This beautiful, ancient yellow #cedar tree has a massive, moss covered trunk. It is estimated at over 500 years old. There are very few #ElderTrees of this scale found outside of protected parks on Southern Vancouver Island now. The few remaining unprotected old growth forest tracts should be conserved for stability & longevity of our wild, ancient ecosystems & for the future generations to enjoy/admire/study.
The need to protect old growth forests has been the case for decades but even more important in present times because of accelerated climate change & the increased greedy desperation of corporate ecociders & our governments who aid/abet the pillaging which destroys wild environments that are essential for humans to sustain our lives on Earth. Valuable medicines are found & several medicines have yet to be found in these old growth, coastal temperate, wild rainforests. We need to protect these ancient forests for the above listed & many more important reasons.
#ThickTrunkTuesday #SaveOldGrowth #BCForestryReform #BCpoli #VancouverIsland #StopDeforestation #AncientTrees #OldGrowth #CedarTreeOfLife #WildFirst #NatureFirst #ProtectTheWild #ForestsForever #TreesOverGreed #StopEcocide #BCpoli #CDNpoli #Environmentalist #OneEarth #BCNDP #Cowichan #ProtectOldGrowth #Degrowth #BigTreesOfBC #CoastalTemperateRainforests #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #TreeLovers #Arbor #Trees #TreeHugger
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The #BCNDP #BCgovernment has said no to a proposal to create a #ProtectedArea for an area of #OldGrowth #cedars near #DuncanLake.
"At this time, #BCParks is not considering including this area in the provincial protected areas system," wrote Minister of Land, Water and Resource Stewardship #NathanCullen in a letter to Grant Trower of Howser, B.C., on Sept. 3.
Trower is the founder of the group #WildlifeHabitatsForTomorrow that has been advocating for the protection of a 531-hectare grove and wetland.
He wants #BritishColumbia to declare the #CedarGroves a protected area, which is a category of protection just short of a full-fledged provincial park.
“There are many #trees in this grove that are well over 1,000 years old, and one that is estimated to be 2,100 years old,” said Trower. “They are the largest trees in the whole southern interior #rainforest. It isn’t just old growth. It’s #ancient old growth.”
He told the Nelson Star that Cullen's letter will not deter him.
"The advocacy is ongoing to ensure this special place will remain for our kids and grandchildren, for this grove is unique and easy to experience," he said, adding that the next steps will include media attention, targeted field trips and obtaining #FirstNations #endorsement.
#BCpoli #SaveOldGrowth #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #ForestsForTheFuture #AncientForests #AncientTrees #Conservation #CarbonSinks #ClimateChange #ProtectOldGrowth #Cascadia #BCInterior #BCNewDeathParty #BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath #PacificNorthwest #CDNpoli #Canada #PNW #TreesOverGreed #BanCorporateLobbyists #ElectionsBC2024 #BCVotes2024 #BCElection2024 #NeverVoteConservative #NeverVoteNeoliberal #BCNeoliberals
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The #BCNDP #BCgovernment has said no to a proposal to create a #ProtectedArea for an area of #OldGrowth #cedars near #DuncanLake.
"At this time, #BCParks is not considering including this area in the provincial protected areas system," wrote Minister of Land, Water and Resource Stewardship #NathanCullen in a letter to Grant Trower of Howser, B.C., on Sept. 3.
Trower is the founder of the group #WildlifeHabitatsForTomorrow that has been advocating for the protection of a 531-hectare grove and wetland.
He wants #BritishColumbia to declare the #CedarGroves a protected area, which is a category of protection just short of a full-fledged provincial park.
“There are many #trees in this grove that are well over 1,000 years old, and one that is estimated to be 2,100 years old,” said Trower. “They are the largest trees in the whole southern interior #rainforest. It isn’t just old growth. It’s #ancient old growth.”
He told the Nelson Star that Cullen's letter will not deter him.
"The advocacy is ongoing to ensure this special place will remain for our kids and grandchildren, for this grove is unique and easy to experience," he said, adding that the next steps will include media attention, targeted field trips and obtaining #FirstNations #endorsement.
#BCpoli #SaveOldGrowth #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #ForestsForTheFuture #AncientForests #AncientTrees #Conservation #CarbonSinks #ClimateChange #ProtectOldGrowth #Cascadia #BCInterior #BCNewDeathParty #BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath #PacificNorthwest #CDNpoli #Canada #PNW #TreesOverGreed #BanCorporateLobbyists #ElectionsBC2024 #BCVotes2024 #BCElection2024 #NeverVoteConservative #NeverVoteNeoliberal #BCNeoliberals
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The #BCNDP #BCgovernment has said no to a proposal to create a #ProtectedArea for an area of #OldGrowth #cedars near #DuncanLake.
"At this time, #BCParks is not considering including this area in the provincial protected areas system," wrote Minister of Land, Water and Resource Stewardship #NathanCullen in a letter to Grant Trower of Howser, B.C., on Sept. 3.
Trower is the founder of the group #WildlifeHabitatsForTomorrow that has been advocating for the protection of a 531-hectare grove and wetland.
He wants #BritishColumbia to declare the #CedarGroves a protected area, which is a category of protection just short of a full-fledged provincial park.
“There are many #trees in this grove that are well over 1,000 years old, and one that is estimated to be 2,100 years old,” said Trower. “They are the largest trees in the whole southern interior #rainforest. It isn’t just old growth. It’s #ancient old growth.”
He told the Nelson Star that Cullen's letter will not deter him.
"The advocacy is ongoing to ensure this special place will remain for our kids and grandchildren, for this grove is unique and easy to experience," he said, adding that the next steps will include media attention, targeted field trips and obtaining #FirstNations #endorsement.
#BCpoli #SaveOldGrowth #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #ForestsForTheFuture #AncientForests #AncientTrees #Conservation #CarbonSinks #ClimateChange #ProtectOldGrowth #Cascadia #BCInterior #BCNewDeathParty #BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath #PacificNorthwest #CDNpoli #Canada #PNW #TreesOverGreed #BanCorporateLobbyists #ElectionsBC2024 #BCVotes2024 #BCElection2024 #NeverVoteConservative #NeverVoteNeoliberal #BCNeoliberals
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The #BCNDP #BCgovernment has said no to a proposal to create a #ProtectedArea for an area of #OldGrowth #cedars near #DuncanLake.
"At this time, #BCParks is not considering including this area in the provincial protected areas system," wrote Minister of Land, Water and Resource Stewardship #NathanCullen in a letter to Grant Trower of Howser, B.C., on Sept. 3.
Trower is the founder of the group #WildlifeHabitatsForTomorrow that has been advocating for the protection of a 531-hectare grove and wetland.
He wants #BritishColumbia to declare the #CedarGroves a protected area, which is a category of protection just short of a full-fledged provincial park.
“There are many #trees in this grove that are well over 1,000 years old, and one that is estimated to be 2,100 years old,” said Trower. “They are the largest trees in the whole southern interior #rainforest. It isn’t just old growth. It’s #ancient old growth.”
He told the Nelson Star that Cullen's letter will not deter him.
"The advocacy is ongoing to ensure this special place will remain for our kids and grandchildren, for this grove is unique and easy to experience," he said, adding that the next steps will include media attention, targeted field trips and obtaining #FirstNations #endorsement.
#BCpoli #SaveOldGrowth #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #ForestsForTheFuture #AncientForests #AncientTrees #Conservation #CarbonSinks #ClimateChange #ProtectOldGrowth #Cascadia #BCInterior #BCNewDeathParty #BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath #PacificNorthwest #CDNpoli #Canada #PNW #TreesOverGreed #BanCorporateLobbyists #ElectionsBC2024 #BCVotes2024 #BCElection2024 #NeverVoteConservative #NeverVoteNeoliberal #BCNeoliberals
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The #BCNDP #BCgovernment has said no to a proposal to create a #ProtectedArea for an area of #OldGrowth #cedars near #DuncanLake.
"At this time, #BCParks is not considering including this area in the provincial protected areas system," wrote Minister of Land, Water and Resource Stewardship #NathanCullen in a letter to Grant Trower of Howser, B.C., on Sept. 3.
Trower is the founder of the group #WildlifeHabitatsForTomorrow that has been advocating for the protection of a 531-hectare grove and wetland.
He wants #BritishColumbia to declare the #CedarGroves a protected area, which is a category of protection just short of a full-fledged provincial park.
“There are many #trees in this grove that are well over 1,000 years old, and one that is estimated to be 2,100 years old,” said Trower. “They are the largest trees in the whole southern interior #rainforest. It isn’t just old growth. It’s #ancient old growth.”
He told the Nelson Star that Cullen's letter will not deter him.
"The advocacy is ongoing to ensure this special place will remain for our kids and grandchildren, for this grove is unique and easy to experience," he said, adding that the next steps will include media attention, targeted field trips and obtaining #FirstNations #endorsement.
#BCpoli #SaveOldGrowth #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #ForestsForTheFuture #AncientForests #AncientTrees #Conservation #CarbonSinks #ClimateChange #ProtectOldGrowth #Cascadia #BCInterior #BCNewDeathParty #BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath #PacificNorthwest #CDNpoli #Canada #PNW #TreesOverGreed #BanCorporateLobbyists #ElectionsBC2024 #BCVotes2024 #BCElection2024 #NeverVoteConservative #NeverVoteNeoliberal #BCNeoliberals
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Admiring & hugging an #OldGrowth #Redwood #tree 💚
#VancouverIsland #nature #FamilyAndFriends #DisabledPhotographers #PacificNorthwest #BritishColumbia #Canada #VictoriaBC #NatureLovers #YYJ #PNW #VanIsle #NatureWalks #WalkInThePark #WorldInMyEyes #TreeHugger #TreeLovers #arbor #SaveOldGrowth #RoyalRoads #iLoveBigOldTrees #AncientTrees
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Admiring & hugging an #OldGrowth #Redwood #tree 💚
#VancouverIsland #nature #FamilyAndFriends #DisabledPhotographers #PacificNorthwest #BritishColumbia #Canada #VictoriaBC #NatureLovers #YYJ #PNW #VanIsle #NatureWalks #WalkInThePark #WorldInMyEyes #TreeHugger #TreeLovers #arbor #SaveOldGrowth #RoyalRoads #iLoveBigOldTrees #AncientTrees
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Admiring & hugging an #OldGrowth #Redwood #tree 💚
#VancouverIsland #nature #FamilyAndFriends #DisabledPhotographers #PacificNorthwest #BritishColumbia #Canada #VictoriaBC #NatureLovers #YYJ #PNW #VanIsle #NatureWalks #WalkInThePark #WorldInMyEyes #TreeHugger #TreeLovers #arbor #SaveOldGrowth #RoyalRoads #iLoveBigOldTrees #AncientTrees
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Admiring & hugging an #OldGrowth #Redwood #tree 💚
#VancouverIsland #nature #FamilyAndFriends #DisabledPhotographers #PacificNorthwest #BritishColumbia #Canada #VictoriaBC #NatureLovers #YYJ #PNW #VanIsle #NatureWalks #WalkInThePark #WorldInMyEyes #TreeHugger #TreeLovers #arbor #SaveOldGrowth #RoyalRoads #iLoveBigOldTrees #AncientTrees
