Posted AT 2:00 AM EDT on 19/08/06
A classroom for Clayoquot 101
Tofino, B.C. — "Our mission is to inspire conservation of the world's temperate rain forest," says Gordon Patterson, an American expat who in 1999 turned his five-hectare private property into the non-profit Tofino Botanical Gardens, and this summer unveiled the Clayoquot Field Station, a kind of hostel for students, researchers and anyone interested in learning about the region.
Patterson's new field station couldn't be more timely: With the B.
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