I didn't set out to document the impacts of human actions on natural ecosystems, but the effects were too dramatic to ignore. Most, but not all, of the images are of destructive changes; I found the wholesale logging of ancient forests particularly shocking. Wilderness is particular to a place, but the problems are globel: glaciers in Alaska are melting because of cars in California and coal-fired plants in Florida.

Please go to the Friends of Douglas Fir National Monument page to find out about a new initiative to preserve and honor Pacific Northwest forests, or go to Old-growth Douglas-fir Forests to see images of these ancient forests.