“…Cultural uses of western redcedar trees require specific morphological characteristics, which are associated with different stand structures. For example, stands of trees that contain characteristics such as a large diameter, straight grain, and sound bole may be considered "monumental trees" that are suitable for cultural practices such as canoe building, totem carving, or mask carving (Council of the Haida Nation 2013, British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations 2016, Sutherland et al 2016, Benner et al 2019). Because of the structural complexity in stands containing monumental cedar, these stands also provide valuable habitat for many other species, as well as gene and carbon stores (DellaSalla et al 2011, Lertzman and Mackinnon 2014, Sutherland et al 2016.…”