The Golden Spruce and the man who killed him

A sacred tree, and a man on a downward spiral. This is the story of the Golden Spruce and the man who killed him. Patreon:   / landandlore   Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/connormosque... Sources: The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness and Greed - John Vaillant Big Lonely Doug: The Story of One of Canada's Last Great Trees - Harley Rustad H.R.: A Biography of H.R. MacMillan - Ken Drushka Haida Gwaii - Sacred Land Film Project Tree Farm License No. 39 - The Province of British Columbia Woodlot Management - Home Study Program A Walk In the Forest - MacMillan Bloedel Limited The Biggest Clearcut - Westland Trends in Timber Harvest in B.C. - Environmental Reporting BC The State of British Columbia’s Forests, Third Edition - Ministry of Forests, Mines, and Lands MacMillan Bloedel Sold to Americans - Jennifer Hunter B.C.’s Old-Growth Forest: A Last Stand for Biodiversity - Karen Price, Ph.D., Rachel F. Holt, Ph.D., R.P.Bio and Dave Daust R.P.F., M.Sc. The Story of K’iid Kiyaas: Hazel Wilson and the Golden Spruce Music from the Youtube Audio Library in order of appearance: Future Rennaisance - Godmode Your Suggestions - Unicorn Heads Dream Escape - The Tides Asleep with the Sun - Unicorn Heads TrueArtRealAffectionPart4 - Noir Et Blanc Vie Ether Oar - The Whole Other QuangerineCream - Noir Et Blanc Vie AnalogueCabin - Noir Et Blanc Vie Melting Sands - ELPHNT 2020 - Dyalla Sinister Cathedral - Asher Fulero Smokey Eye - Cheel Anxious - Sextile Lucid Haze - Amulets Dolphin-esque - Godmode Humble Proofreading - pATCHES Melancholia - Godmode Oceans, Rivers, Canyons - ELPHNT Nocturnally - Amulets The Hungry Ghost - I Think I Can Help You Subterranean Howl - ELPHNT Traversing - Godmode Orbiting Knowhere - The Whole Other Badlands - ELPHNT Devoid - ELPHNT Ammil - The Tides Seclusion - The Tides Cattle - Telecasted Low Poly Pine Trees model by luka712 is licensed under CC. Available at https://skfb.ly/6Ao6W Low Poly Pine model by Afloat Above the World is licensed under CC. Available at https://skfb.ly/6VoOK 00:00 The forests for a tree 02:17 Green gold 15:32 Roots in the earth 26:51 If a tree falls in the forest… 38:22 …and no one’s around to hear it… 50:21 …does it make a sound?