Don Gayton
Stories by Don Gayton
A Gardener's Manifesto
Let's take back nature from stuffy 'landscape architects.'
Corky Evans on Making the Woods Work
Markets are good, logging can be honourable, and the left must lay claim to the language of the right to achieve its goals.
Bound for B.C.'s Exotic Island
A short, true fable about Mitlenatch and the Cortesian Spud Gun Militia.
If a Tree Falls ...
Thoughts on the cycle of life while cutting down an old friend.
Do Draft Dodgers Like Me Need a Monument?
The Nelson ruckus makes me wonder who is truly deserving of a memorial.
A Tale of Two Kootenays
The towns and their cultures a product of geography, and the history the land imposes on them.
Out Here with the Kokanee
The fish is a powerful symbol of the Kooteneys, and a key to understanding the nature of place. Advertisers get that. Politicians don't.
Dad, Me and the Kokanee
Gone is the relationship between fish and men of my father's era. Is that reason to mourn?