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The “Spring In The Fall” piece, is #2 in the four part series of the Golden spruce tree on Haida Gwaii, centered in each of the four seasons. This salmon is swimming the Yakoun river in October, in the company of the Golden spruce tree. The Golden spruce tree was sacred to the Haida people. This tree was extremely unique but was cut down in a mentally ill environmental protest of one man. What a sad outcome.

I grew up in Port Clements on Haida Gwaii. The Golden spruce was on the Yakoun river between Port and Juskatla. I had the privilege of visiting this tree many times growing up. I used to canoe down the river past the Golden spruce with my friend Justin Bellis about once a year. So needless to say I was sad to hear about it’s demise.
So that is what inspired me to start a 4 part series on the life of the Golden spruce in it’s seasons.