For the Love of Trees

Peak Moment 105: Though born and raised elsewhere, Jerry Becker is now a de facto indigenous member of Oregon's Elk River watershed. The credo he lives by is Respect. He and his family have lived lightly "long before it was cool." An ecoforester, Jerry manages the woods sensitively with an eye to its wholeness. For the past thirty years he has worked with Friends of Elk River to protect wilderness regions in the watershed. In the last decade he formed the Elk River Land Trust, working with private landowners to protect agricultural and forest lands from development. Ripples of his gentle respectfulness permeate an entire watershed. [www.foer.org, www.erlt.org]

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[xenotaku]

inspirational, really great video.

[carstars]

It will take a Samari warrier class to be developed to protect those forests from the coming mob desperate from the cities -- desperate for fuel, food and resources. Read the history of Japan and wonder how to protect your dear pacific northwest forests.

[milt0nics]

I always eagerly await your next video!  Keep up the great work!

I also can't wait to see what your next "season" will be like.

[greenmarcosu]

I just love the work that Peak Moment does. Thank you so much for highlighting the hopeful stories that can pick us up when the reality of the world gets us down.