"Sometimes the unexpected in the forest is so big, even I can't miss it. Last week my colleagues and I walked up on a massive 6-foot-diameter, old-growth Douglas-fir. Four of us gathered around the big tree and began to guess its age: 220, 350, 400 years old?" Read Metro scientist Kate Holleran's latest reflections on restoring the land protected by Metro's voter-approved Natural Areas Program.