🌿 Environment Sep 24, 2026 · Tanya Berry

Protect This Place: Coastal Douglas-Fir Forest of Southwestern British Columbia

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Protect This Place: Coastal Douglas-Fir Forest of Southwestern British Columbia
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Morrell Nature Sanctuary is a 110-hectare (270-acre) preserve of coastal Douglas-fir forest in British Columbia that volunteers battle to keep safe from invasive species. The sanctuary is a shelter for a biodiverse ecosystem where fir coexist with massive red cedars, Garry oaks, and twisting, hard-as-stone arbutus trees with their shocking, ever-peeling red and pistachio-green trunks. The forest’s undergrowth is dominated by salal, Oregon grape, and ferns. But those are just a few of

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