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Talks and interviews by forest ecologist Suzanne Simard — mother trees, mycorrhizal networks, and the wood wide web.
…log boom or a shoot of logs that are going down the Shuswap River during the spring freshet. And on the right is my Uncle Odie and my Uncle Wilfred. And of course this is very dangerous work. It, you know, a lot of people lost their lives. My own…
…again right here on this big log jam in what they called Skookumchak Narrows. This is my Uncle Wilfred again and my Uncle Odie. And so, you know, a lot of them, you know, all of my relatives, the men, all had missing fingers, some had missing…
…know we would go up there with the horses and and the little crew, which was where his sons. my dad and uncle Jack and uncle Odie, and he would make a little map for the day and point out where all the trees were and say, okay, we're gonna cut down…
…regenerative place. Here is my grandfather. Actually, this guy right here with the white hat. And my Uncle Wilfred and my Uncle Odie. And they're on the Shuswap River, and they're sending down the chucks, the logs that they harvested the year before. And…