Deep in the heart of the temperate rainforest of
Western Canada, Missy Charleson of the Hesquiat
First Nation stops to admire a cascade.

Slated for logging, giant trees 800 years old twist and turn their way high into the rainforest canopy.

A moss-laden waterfall of a tributary to Satchie Creek.

Ancient red cedar trees can live to be more than 1000 years old, and are prized by deck builders in North American suburbs.

A bald eagle soars from the ancient temperate rainforest to hunt for fish in the nearby Pacific Ocean.

A black bear, Ursus americanus, scavenges a dead sea lion on a rocky shore near Satchie.

Orcas, or killer whales, cruise near shore in search of prey.