The green hatched areas are mountain-top muskeg. the black = active slides. Note the oldfield slide and slides on Wantage Road going up mountain

Kaien Island is a good illustration of the problems encountered in NorthCoast Rainforests.
Recent glaciation has stripped away much of the soil. The last ice age has left over steepened mountain sides that periodically slide even without our roads and clear-cuts.

Given high rainfall and bare rocks, most flat areas have developed into muskeg (organic soils) here located both on mountain top and along shorelines or steams.

On left is fish bearing streams. It is not clear how high up the dolly varden and trout go from this illustration. Note how even minor streams are home to fish,

See KAIEN Island

or Natures INDEX