The Cook's Ridge Trail heads through one of the last remaining stands of old growth Sitka Spruce on the Oregon Coast. These massive trees were cut with impunity when the area was first settled by westerners. One has to ask; what was gained by this unmitigated mulching? What monuments did it build? Were they as grand as this one created by nature? We need wood, for sure. But do we need every last morsel? Is there only room enough for this tiny stand among millions of denuded acres?