Daniel Pierce
Daniel J. Pierce is a filmmaker and journalist based in Vancouver. His work explores the intersections between environmental, economic and Indigenous rights issues in Canada. For the past six years, Pierce has been producing a documentary series called Heartwood about the current state of B.C.'s forests and timber industry. His writing has appeared in The Narwhal, the Common Sense Canadian and Vice Motherboard. His documentary The Hollow Tree has appeared on Knowledge Network and CBC's Documentary Channel.
Stories by Daniel Pierce
These Wildwood foresters are reimagining ways to harvest timber
1 min. readIn 1938 Merv Wilkinson bought a patch of land on Vancouver Island with intentions to...
North Cowichan residents discover they own six mountains and a logging company
Municipality owns 5,000 hectares of coastal Douglas fir forest. Now the question is: to log...
25 Years after the War in the Woods: Why B.C.’s forests are still in crisis
When 12,000 people showed up on the remote coast of Vancouver Island in the summer...
B.C. to Continue Wolf Cull, Despite Warnings It Won’t Save Caribou
Despite widespread condemnation from conservation groups and scientists, the B.C. government is set to continue...
Cortes Island: A Different Vision for Forestry in British Columbia
In 2012, I took a fateful trip to Cortes Island — a northern gulf island...
