Chasing Clayoquot: A Wilderness Almanac

About this book

In the manner of Thoreau naturalist David Pitt-Brooke meditates on one of Earths last untouched places Vancouver Islands fabled Clayoquot Sound. This area came to prominence during Clayoquot Summer a 1993 protest that resulted in 800 arrests but also halted the regions destruction by logging. Clayoquot Sound encompasses every imaginable landscape from alpine tundra to old-growth temperate rain forest. Like Barry Lopez did with the north inArctic Dreams Pitt-Brooke approaches this wild magical place by taking readers on an unforgettable journey for each month of the year.Chasing Clayoquot is a profound and political trip through an extraordinary environment.