B.C. professor’s Mother Tree research branches out to bestselling book, movie deal – Peace …

Simard said her book is a personal story of a decades-long journey that starts with her being a new hire at a B.C.

“They’re actually like societies,” Simard said.

But Simard said she was undaunted.

“What we found in connecting this map is that pretty much all of the trees were connected together,” said Simard.

“You know we used to believe that trees competed with each other for light,” said a “Ted Lasso” character during a scene about unheralded work eventually paying off.

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