Randy Stoltmann (September 28, 1962-May 22, 1994) was an outdoorsman, and a campaigner for the preservation of wilderness areas in
British Columbia,
Canada.
Stoltmann was the author of three books: ''Hiking Guide to the Big Trees of British Columbia'', ''Written by the Wind'', and ''Hiking the Ancient Forests of British Columbia and Washington.''
Stoltmann became an expert on big trees in British Columbia at a young age. He played a key role in the campaign to prevent the logging of the
Carmanah Valley on
Vancouver Island. This led to the establishment of the
Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park
Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park, originally Carmanah Pacific Provincial Park, is a remote wilderness park located inside traditional Ditidaht First Nation (also spelled diiɁdiitidq) ancestral territory. The park covers a land area of immediat ...
in 1990.
In May 1994 Stoltmann was killed in an avalanche while mountaineering in the
Kitlope area.
The provincial government honoured Stoltmann after his death by naming the Randy Stoltmann Commemorative Grove in Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park after him. In addition, activists working to preserve the
Elaho Valley north of
Squamish designated this area as the Stoltmann Wilderness.
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