Spring planting in the Sayward Valley - a slideshow

Tree Planting - WFP - Images by Hans Peter Meyer

A selection of images from a recent foto trip to Victoria Main in the Sayward Valley. Thanks to Western Forest Products and the Lukwa contracting crew for making this happen. Thanks to forester Taisa Brown for being such a great tour guide!

ReBlog of "The Silviculturist"

"Sarah [Mukai] on Gilford Island. The plastic cones protect cedar seedlings from deer." from "Matt's" post

This "coastal forest industry project" is a big project. I'm not sure how long it will take to build my book about "working in the woods today – the coastal forest industry in the 21st century," but I know it will take longer than I'd originally anticipated.

Along the way, I'm finding materials that help tell this story. Here's one by Matt (no last name on the blog) of Campbell River. His profile of what forester Sarah Mukai does in the mid-coast starts with my video interviews with Sarah (from 2011), and quickly moves on to some interesting observations and photographs. Here's a taste....

Sarah is a silviculture forester. Essentially, her job is to manage the replanting of tree species to replace those felled by her company, as legislated by the provincial government. Silviculture management requires Sarah to spend many hours in the field, supervising planting and brushing operations, surveying replanted blocks, and, on rare occasions, planting trees herself, where only a few (hundred) are needed to fill spaces in a previously planted area. (Brushing is the management of "weed" species, like alder, that grow more vigourously and shade the planted trees. Brushing involves the girdling or poisoning of these weed species to allow the more desired species enough light.) ... more at

hanspetermeyer
16 December 2012
www.coastalforestindustryproject.com

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60% off Forest Industry prints - launching our Seasonal Sale

Screenshot of a handful of the hundreds of images of today's coastal forest industry at http://j.mp/ForestPics

Got the forest industry in your family? We've just launched our "seasonal sale" of photographs from the Coastal Forest Industry Project with prints reduced by 60%.

How to buy:

1. Visit our e-commerce site at http://j.mp/ForestPics
2. Choose the images you want
3. When it's time to pay... use this coupon code: WORKINGINTHEWOODSTODAY
4. Use the "guest" account option and make your purchase!

Having trouble? Contact me directly at connect@hanspetermeyer.com.

Happy Festive Season!

hanspetermeyer
26 November 2012

Working in the Woods Today - Fotos for Sale and Use

Coastal Forestry Industry Project - Images by Hans Peter Meyer

For the best, contemporary photographs about BC's coastal forest industry today visit http://j.mp/ForestPhotographs 

These images are part "Working in the Woods Today," a book growing out of the Coastal
Forest Industry Project.

FMI: www.coastalforestindustryproject.com,
on Facebook at www.facebook.com/WorkingInTheWoodsToday,
and on Twitter at www.twitter.com/CoastalForest.

To help make this book happen, please visit http://j.mp/od6FZz and make a
small contribution online.

Thanks!
hanspetermeyer
3 September 2012

(cc) hanspetermeyer.ca / 2012. I STRONGLY encourage non-commercial sharing of my materials (blogs, fotos, audio, etc). If you use, PLEASE tell me how you use them at  http://bit.ly/hpm-useME

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From stump to market, from idea to published book: investing and individual contributions

Heli logging with an AirCrane in the Port Alberni region, June 2012.

Getting a book to market is not unlike getting the wood from stump to market: it takes investments of time, machinery, skills, and money. I've got the machinery (various cameras, lenses, gear, computers, etc) and the skills. Others are helping by giving me invaluable access to industry locations and crews. But there's always the question of money: how to pay for the time it takes to do the job right. At a time when book publishers are happy to publish my book (I've got 2 who say they're ready to go when the manuscript is ready), they aren't so excited about upfront investments.

That's why individual contributors are so important. It's your contributions of $5-$500 that get the wood to the water – or, in this case, give me the time to do what I do best: photograph, interview, writer.

I'm thrilled when people tell me they appreciate what I'm doing. Working alone gets less lonely when there's positive feedback and moral support.

I'm doubly thrilled – and humbled – when I get a note of moral support that includes a $5-500 contribution. This is how I put bread on the table while getting out in the woods, making photographs and collecting stories and information.

Thanks Tim, Leeann, Kris, Mom, and Kay...
Most recently Tim Woodland, an historian of the forest and milling industries, did just that: humbled and thrilled me with a generous contribution to this project. To get a sense of what Tim's about, check out his blog at Tim-ber: Forest Workers Memorial Park.

Thanks Tim – and Leeann Froese, Kris Krüg, Elizabeth Meyer (my Mom), and Kay Witzel – for your generosity. For a list of all sponsors, contributors, and advisors to the project, visit the Sponsors and Advisors page.

Want to help?
There are at least a couple of ways you can "invest" in this book.

• 1: You can make an online contribution at Help Build the Book online, just like the people listed above. There are options for making contributions in other forms as well.
• 2: You can buy a print or digital image at my e-commerce site here.
• 3: You can commission a "team photo" or a company book by contacting me directly. I'm very proud of the work I've done for Truck Logger Magazine, BenWest Logging, and Mike Hamilton. (Note that they're participants as Advisors and/or Sponsors of this project now.) 

You can also be part of the online conversation at the project Facebook page here or via the project Twitter page here.

hanspetermeyer
25 June 2012

The crew at Hardy Inlet, July 2011

I was in Hardy Inlet, just off Rivers Inlet, for a few days in the summer of 2011. The Ironside Contracting crew were working there, as were some of the Interfor forest engineering crew. Here are a few pics of the crews. 

These are part of Working in the Woods Today, a book growing out of the Coastal Forest Industry Project.

For the best, contemporary photographs about BC's coastal #forest industry today (updating monthly!) visit http://j.mp/ForestPics

To help make this book happen, please visit http://j.mp/od6FZz and make a

small contribution online.

FMI: www.coastalforestindustryproject.com and on

Facebook www.facebook.com/WorkingInTheWoodsToday and on 

Twitter www.twitter.com/CoastalForest

Thanks for taking a look!

(cc) hanspetermeyer.ca / 2012. I STRONGLY encourage non-commercial sharing

of my materials (blogs, fotos, audio, etc). PLEASE tell me how you use them

at  http://bit.ly/hpm-useME

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• Sarah Mukai in Johnson Bay, Rivers Inlet (Part 2) (coastalforestindustryproject.com)
• Josh Aitken, Working in the Woods Today (coastalforestindustryproject.com)
• Nimpkish Valley, April 2012 (foto-hanspetermeyer.blogspot.com)

Working in the Woods Today - slideshow of the exhibit

In 2005 I was commissioned by Mike Hamilton Logging to create a "crew album." In 2008 I was commissioned by BenWest Logging to do a similar project. These led to the current project: to create a photographic and oral history of what it means to be working in BC's coastal forest industry in the 21st century.

The photographs in this video are part an exhibition of large images that was hosted by the Campbell River Museum January - April 2012. For more information about this project, please visit "about the coastalforestindustryproject" or the project page on Facebook at facebook.com/workinginthewoodstoday.

If you are interested in sponsoring or contributing to this historic project, please visit j.mp/od6FZz.

Thank you for your interest!

hanspetermeyer
26 April 2012


(cc) hanspetermeyer.ca / 2010. I STRONGLY encourage non-commercial sharing of my materials (blogs, fotos, audio, etc). PLEASE tell me how you use them at  http://bit.ly/hpm-useME