The North Lake logging road was deactivated following the clear-cutting in the watershed in the 1990's. Basically, what the logging company did was remove all the culverts and let the road grow over naturally. We met up with Dave Stiles at North Lake Road and then drove in as far as we could and then suited up for the hike. It poured rain in the early morning so we were resolved to the fact we would be getting wet one way or another. It wasn't long before we met with the major creek that feeds the ponds which I mentioned at the end of the post below.
Once past this creek, we were on the old decommissioned road and had a great view of the three ponds valley.
The hiking was easy following this old road. Logging companies use lots of different coloured plastic tape each with its own special meaning. Red tape which you see hanging in the tree below means "road location." This is the route Tsain Ko wants to take, too.
We walked along this old road until we reached its end and then it was time to head down through the bush to the three ponds areas.
This hike down into the valley was a bit of a slog despite the fact we were following a route used by Dave on a regular basis. He is conducting field studies of amphibians, bats and other forest critters that we tend not to see or tend to ignore. Dave's research will be use to update and build upon the the work of Kye Goodwin, John Field and John Dafoe who mapped out the sensitive ecosystems on the Sunshine Coast. That earlier research was put to good use in the SCRD's
habitatAltlas. Dave's research will go to updating this Atlas; in addition, it will be used at the
Iris Griffith Interpretive Centre located south of Ruby Lake.
Once past this creek, we were on the old decommissioned road and had a great view of the three ponds valley.
The hiking was easy following this old road. Logging companies use lots of different coloured plastic tape each with its own special meaning. Red tape which you see hanging in the tree below means "road location." This is the route Tsain Ko wants to take, too.
We walked along this old road until we reached its end and then it was time to head down through the bush to the three ponds areas. 
This hike down into the valley was a bit of a slog despite the fact we were following a route used by Dave on a regular basis. He is conducting field studies of amphibians, bats and other forest critters that we tend not to see or tend to ignore. Dave's research will be use to update and build upon the the work of Kye Goodwin, John Field and John Dafoe who mapped out the sensitive ecosystems on the Sunshine Coast. That earlier research was put to good use in the SCRD's habitatAltlas. Dave's research will go to updating this Atlas; in addition, it will be used at the Iris Griffith Interpretive Centre located south of Ruby Lake.
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