Ruth and I venture to Wilmington…

Last week Ruth and I met in Wilmington for meetings with people and organizations concerned with what is happening to our forests in the Mid-Atlantic. This ecosystem is among the most unique in the world, and is being clearcut for paper and paper packaging.

We met with the Cape Fear Arch Conservation Collaboration , which is a partnership interested in protecting this region while balancing the needs of man and nature. We also met with the Tree Commission of Wilmington, Friends of the Green Swamp and other community members concerned with protecting our natural environmnent.

Overall, a very successful trip. We look forward to future collaborations with these organizations and to building partnerships to protect our forests from unsustainable, industrial logging practices.

We got a tip from a local land trust that there were some fresh clearcuts nearby, so Ruth and I went to check them out and document them. The clearcuts were massive, and a few minutes away is the Holly Shelter Game Lands which “exhibits excellent examples of low pocosin, wiregrass uplands, and bald cypress swamps.”

Below is the video from the clearcuts…