HARLEY RUSTAD is the author of Big Lonely Doug: The Story of One of Canada's Last Great Trees. His writing has appeared in numerous publi-cations, including Outside, the Guardian, the Globe and Mail, and Geographical. He is a features editor and writer at The Walrus, a faculty editor at the Banff Centre's Mountain and Wilderness Writing residency, and the founder of the Port Renfrew Writers' Retreat. A fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, Rustad is originally from Salt Spring Island, British Columbia.