The Human Impact on Nature
Active mine in the heart of Strathcona Provincial Park, Vancouver Island.
While it is easy to blame big industries, we are all responsible in the sustainable development of this amazing part of the world, as well as its preservation and restoration for future generations.
Keeping dogs leashed especially in protected areas, staying on designated trails as much as possible, not feeding wildlife and keeping a respectful distance from them, picking up after ourselves, etc., these are all small gestures that make a big difference at the end of the day. Whenever I am on a photo excursion, I see first-hand the pressure that we all put on various ecosystems.
Stump of an ancient tree
Access to the forest blocked due to logging activities.
Clear-cut on Vancouver Island.
The symmetry of planted forest.
Tree ID in a planted forest.
Ancient tree stump in a planted forest.
Abandoned mine used as an illegal shooting practice range.
Garbage left behind on the site of a disused mine on Vancouver Island.
Spray paint cans used to mark tree logs.
Warning that cameras are used on this private land in an effort to deter illegal dumping.
Ship breaking business on the coastline of Vancouver Island (sensitive area).
Old television discarded in a forest.
A pile of old motor oil cans left to rust in Cumberland forest.
Sign warning dog owners to keep their dogs on leash, in a popular park, to protect local wildlife (fauna and flora). This sign is no longer there.
The controversial herring roe fishery.
A fishing boat named No Limit.
Ship rusting in the Comox Valley estuary.
Old wharf left to rot.
Pipeline crusted with mussels.
Pipelines in an estuary.
Pipelines and chains rusting in an estuary.
An empty soft drink can discarded by the railroad.
Graffiti on the wall of a disused mine and Pacific banana slug.
Backstreet dumping.
Greenery taking over a fence.
Another rainstorm in Vancouver Island.
Rusting machinery in an estuary (protected area)
Stumps of an old-growth forest on Vancouver Island
Stumps of an old-growth forest on Vancouver Island
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