Culturally Modified Trees (CMTs)
Culturally modified cedar trees in Strathcona Provincial Park. Set of Three Images.
“Culturally modified trees (CMTs) are living trees that have been visibly altered or modified by Indigenous Peoples for usage in their cultural traditions. Wherever there are or has been forest-dwelling Indigenous Peoples - North America, Australia, Scandinavia - there will be, or has been CMTs. In BC, groups of CMTs are classified as “forest utilization sites”. If one or more CMT in a forest utilization site can be determined as modified before 1846, then the trees in that group are protected by the Heritage Conservation Act (1966).” - Link to Source
