Remember when this had trees?

Bear Mountain. Actually, this is the Highlands. Yet, BM bought land in the Highlands and have begun work on another golf course. It is intended to be a wilderness golf course. I have been lost in the wilderness, but I don't think that is possible with this layout as it stands.

Not all development is bad. Yet, I am struck by the brazen style in which this has been done. Trees were levelled before they were even given approval. Why? The fines are less than the profit made in clearcutting.

This picture shows the beginning of the green space of Victoria. Victoria was originally designed to have a green belt, a space to contain growth and keep an element rural and wild. This open and cut-down space is the beginning snake into protected space.