Guest speaker/Cortes Currents - Dr Suzanne Simard was the feature speaker at the Forest Trust for the Children of Cortes Island Society AGM on Saturday. During the course of her brief talk, Dr Simard discussed some of the innovations she values on Cortes Island and also the Mother Tree Network’s plans here. This is an edited transcriptof her talk, starting with the introduction by Forrest Berman Hatch 

Forrest Berman-Hatch: It’s my honor to introduce Dr. Suzanne Simard, who I'm sure many of you are familiar with.  Simard has been courageous in her outspoken, defence of old growth forests. She was on the front lines at Fairy Creek and she's inspired many in our generation. For generations, environmentalists have been trying to speak on behalf of the wild places, and now Dr. Simard is showing the world that these places  speak for themselves and perhaps quite literally.

 Her research shows us how to listen.  I believe, I speak for many of the Children's Forest alumni when I say we are both lucky and honored that she has joined us today to help further a project that  is really close to a lot of our hearts. So thank you for being with us here.

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Suzzanne Simard: the Mother Tree Network & Cortes Island

Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - An expert panel discussion featuring Suzanne Simard, Tzepoarh Berman and Paul Stamets was one of the highlights of the Children’s Forest AGM on January 28. The topics ranged from finding an effective way to communicate with industry to a proposed research collaboration on Cortes Island.The podcast below is an abridged version of that segment, starting with the introduction Forest Berman-Hatch gave for his mother.

Expert panel discussion: Suzanne Simard, Tzeporah Berman, Paul Stamets

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