Dismantling A Legacy
“The planned demolition of Parks Canada’s Warden Service” I started this article a few years ago and hoped I would never finish it but recent events and some notes from friends who have been putting...
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 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 ArticleJust Say No
There is a great story about a meeting of hunters and trappers in Wood Buffalo National Park many years back in which the group was discussing the issue of an increasing wolf population and its impact...
View ArticlePutting Things In Perspective
This has nothing to do with Write Nature but after shovelling horse shit for three hours yesterday and taking part in the Run For The Cure today, I realize, rain or shine, how good every day is and how...
View ArticleOne Last Post for 2012
Well, it’s been quite a while since I have been able to get my head around writing another post for Write Nature. The long to-do list at home finally took precedence and we spent the past two months...
View ArticleMerry Christmas
As 2012 draws to a close (and none too soon) I would like to take this opportunity to pass along best wishes for a Very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I also want to thank everyone who checked out...
View ArticleRing In The New
Tomorrow is the beginning of a new year. Today provides an opportunity to reflect on the year past and if necessary, set a new course. I plan to do the latter. It won’t be an about turn and in many...
View ArticleThe Fourth Season
Tara and I had been tracking in the snow for an hour or so now, or more accurately, we were cutting sign to see if we could find tracks. Fresh wolf tracks to be exact. We had traversed the open...
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...
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 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 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 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 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 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 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...
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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 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...
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...
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