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It’s In Our Nature
February 6, 2014, the opening of the 22nd Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia and I’m watching an interview with Clara Hughes on CBC and the hair on my arms is standing on end. I have goose bumps all...
View ArticleNature’s Frontline
Profiling some of the work done for wildlife conservation around the world. Check out Nature’s Frontline.
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Harnessing the Sounds of Nature
My most recent guest blog with the Canadian Science Writers Association
View ArticleWhen The Tough Get Going
As the saying implies, “when the going gets tough”, we really see where the talk stops and the walk begins. At no time does this statement take on its true meaning any more than it does during a...
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Merry Christmas!
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Willie
I have told this story a few times and will no doubt tell it again but this time I truly wish the circumstances were different. The recent tragic death of Willie Courtoreille has made me think a lot...
View ArticleAn Email to Jasper’s Superintendent
Greg Fenton Superintendent, Jasper National Park Greg, As you probably know, I have had much to say about the Maligne Valley and the state of woodland caribou in Jasper National Park and to be honest I...
View ArticleIn Remembrance
“They will never know the beauty of this place, See the seasons change, enjoy nature’s chorus. All we enjoy we owe to them, men and women who Lie buried in the earth of foreign lands and in the seven...
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Small Victories
We need to remind ourselves sometimes, especially when we think that all the chips are down, that it isn’t over until it’s over. Not every environmental cause is a lost one, especially one worth...
View ArticlePoaching Our Natural Heritage
Every fall, for weeks on end, we would take up our positions in hidden pull-offs or on side hills where we had a good vantage point to see traffic coming along the Cabot Trail. And every night we would...
View ArticleThey Still Don’t Get It
Yesterday’s Edmonton Journal article about UNESCO’s assessment of development in Jasper and other national parks reinforces more than the message that these protected areas are continually compromised...
View ArticleOne Deep
September 2012 looms large for those in Parks Canada who are seeing the end of another busy summer and larger still for those who are about to say farewell. While this year has seen many people leave...
View ArticleFarewell
I was lucky in a way to have finished work before Black Monday. I was the beneficiary of a great retirement party and had the chance to see so many friends, old and new, before I left. It was a sendoff...
View ArticleLong May They Run
This year’s version of the Times Colonist 10k run in Victoria was another reminder of the amazing resilience of people and the inspiration they provide for those of us constantly seeking improvement in...
View ArticleA Year Ago
I am reminded tonight that it was a year ago that the lives of many people in Parks Canada changed forever. In my own case, it was a planned retirement. For most, it was totally unexpected. As...
View ArticleWho Would Have Thought?
Who would have thought that running, of all things, would be impacted by an act of terrorism? Who would have predicted anything like what happened at this year’s Boston Marathon? Sadly, many people may...
View ArticleMorning Run
Yesterday morning I decided to change it up a bit and take a new route for my regular run. Not to sound like a hard core runner because I’m not. I still haven’t even decided if I like running but I’ve...
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