On this day in history - Jan 20 1997:
The Golden Spruce, a unique Sitka spruce tree with golden needles, was located on Haida Gwaii, an archipelago off the coast of British Columbia, Canada. Considered sacred by the Haida people, it was illegally felled by Grant Hadwin, a forestry engineer, as a protest against the logging industry. The tree's destruction caused significant cultural and environmental damage.
I have always been facinated by beautiful ancient trees. So many have succumbed to arborcide:
Sycamore Gap - Famous tree that was felled along Hadrians Wall in
Sycamore Gap: trunk of England's well-loved tree will be removed : NPR
Treaty Oak in Austin. Tree is a alive but a little lopsided in Austin Texas.
Treaty Oak (Austin, Texas) - Wikipedia
Discovery Tree One of the first Giant Sequous ever discovered and was chopped down shortly after. This tree as at least 1,100 years old at the time of its arborcide.
Discovery Tree - Wikipedia
The Loneliest Tree in New Zealand. New record holder since the previous record holder was mowed down by a drunk driver in Africa
The World's Loneliest Tree - Atlas Obscura
Last Tree of Ténéré - Atlas Obscura
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