Ecosystem Restoration

Michael Pilarski – January 6, 2009

I am in the process of traveling by train from the West Coast to the East Coast and back again. Here is a report on my east-bound trip. I spend most of the daylight hours observing the landscapes I pass through. In much of them I observe paradise lost and think about how permaculture could help make these areas more productive again. From west to east here are the major eco-regions I passed through with some observations and suggestions.

Northern Rocky Mountains.

A few comments by Michael Pilarski, Friends of the Trees Society.
[This paper was written for presentation at an Earth Repair workshop I did on Vashon Island on November 19, 2016.]

By Michael Pilarski

9/10/2017 List

Here is a list of medicinal plants I have grown over the years.  Until this year I hadn't made a list of all the medicinal plants I have grown or wildcrafted. I’ve never made such a list before and was curious how many species it would add up to.

By Michael Pilarski
Friends of the Trees Society, February, 2021
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Hundreds of thousands of acres are clearcut every year in the Pacific Northwest.

Lark D'Arbole was born in 1948. During 1982 he was transported into the year 2100. After several days in the future, he reappeared back in 1982. Other time trips have occurred at irregular intervals since that first trip. As a result of D'Arbole's visits he has been able to give us an idea of in the Pacific Northwest 118 years into the future. On one of his visits in 1983, Lark brought back the following report.

Also included is a Common Name Index & Honey-plant Bloom Chart.

“Water is life. Water is our relation.
Water bonds us to our ancestry, our descendants and our land.”
Excerpt from the Syilx Nation Siwɬkʷ (Water) Declaration, July 31, 2014