"OLD GROWTH IS NOT SIMPLY
A MARKER OF PAST GLORY,
AN ELEGY FOR ALL THAT ONCE WAS.
IT IS A PROMISE OF THE FUTURE,
A GLIMPSE OF THE SYSTEMIC SOUNDNESS
WE WILL NOT SEE COMPLETED IN OUR LIFETIMES BUT THAT CAN FIRE OUR HOPES
FOR THE TIMELESSNESS TO COME."
- BILL MCKIBBEN; PHOTO DONNA CROSSLAND (HALIFAX HERALD)
