Alexandra Morton is an internationally known whale researcher familiar to everyone interested in the west coast. Billy Proctor was born in the Broughton Archipelago, and has spent his life doing the time-honored work of upcoast men-fishing, hand-logging, beachcombing. One day, he realized that the coast he loved was dying around him and understood that it was time to put something back .Heart of the Raincoast is the story of Billy Proctor's life, and the life of the coast he knows so well, once so rich, now so threatened.
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The responsible existence within our environment equates to actually having an environment that one wishes to live in. Billy Proctor's story, or rather, chronicles of his existence (and family, relatives and friends) of off the West Coast of British Columbia, Canada and how it has changed over the last 50 years inspires one to start treating our environment with respect and courtesy.
It is a harsh, unforgiving and yet tranquil look upon what has been described as one of the most beautiful and diverse coastlines in the world. Once capable of supporting those who lived upon and around it, and used its bounty with skill. Technology, visitors and a lack of vision have poached upon it, to the brink of extinction of many of its species.
To love where you are, the majesty of your surroundings, and witness its potentially irreversible destruction.
It is a grand book about a grand place, that may be, shortly, changed forever.
~Neil Woolwood
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The responsible existence within our environment equates to actually having an environment that one wishes to live in. Billy Proctor's story, or rather, chronicles of his existence (and family, relatives and friends) of off the West Coast of British Columbia, Canada and how it has changed over the last 50 years inspires one to start treating our environment with respect and courtesy.
It is a harsh, unforgiving and yet tranquil look upon what has been described as one of the most beautiful and diverse coastlines in the world. Once capable of supporting those who lived upon and around it, and used its bounty with skill. Technology, visitors and a lack of vision have poached upon it, to the brink of extinction of many of its species.
To love where you are, the majesty of your surroundings, and witness its potentially irreversible destruction.
It is a grand book about a grand place, that may be, shortly, changed forever.
~Neil Woolwood
