Our group met at the Smugglers Cove park entrance with adequate daylight to experience the coolness and semi-shade of the forest canopy, see and understand the transformation of forest to ponds though beaver activity and witness rich intertidal and marine ecosystems.

Up in the headwaters of the Coastal Mountains are game trails etched forever in the land. These trails are the ways of the bear and wolves and lead down the valleys of creeks and then rivers to the estuaries where fresh water and saltwater meet, mix and provide the richest of ecosystems. Humans too have followed the ways of the bear to find sustenance and share in the abundance of fish, berries and medical plants.