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Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

Over the past few weeks, the news has been flooded with stories of countless graves of indigenous children, forgotten victims of Canada's Residential School system. This has brought into clear focus the horrible indignities done to our first nations over the span of more than a century. It struck me that I haven't even read the 94 Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and so today, I'm going to use my voice to share them with you.

Published 07/02/21

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Published 07/02/21

088 Bringing nature closer when you can't go far.

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Published 04/22/20

087 Ice Battleships and Alberta's Connection to WWII's Battle of the Atlantic.

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Published 03/15/20

086 Dangers of the Insect Apocalypse

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Published 02/26/20

085 Looking at the 25th anniversary of the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone

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Published 02/11/20

084 Feeding Birds Ethically and Effectively

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Published 01/24/20

083 The Real Story Behind the Movie The Revenant

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Published 01/14/20

082 We're one of the top 15 podcasts on Ecology, and grizzlies digging up the high country

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Published 12/21/19

081 Overtourism in Canada's Mountain National Parks

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Published 06/13/19

080 Conserving caribou by blaming carnivores and ancient human footprints lead the way to a new coastal migration theory

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Published 05/30/19

079 season of the crocus, earlier blooming is stressing bird populations and early berries for bears may not be a good thing.

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Published 04/25/19

078 Examining a new Fire Management Plan for Banff, Yoho, and Kootenay National Parks and Game of Thrones connections in western Canada

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Published 04/17/19

077 Wolverines in the mountain west, and tick season is upon us

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Published 04/10/19

076 New report shows Canada warming up twice as fast as most of the world, a look a the biggest, the cuddliest, and the most frightening T. Rex's, and the day the world ended for the dinosaurs.

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Published 04/04/19

075 Grizzly bears emerge from their winter dens, and Montana's Glacier National Park is losing its glaciers

Published 04/01/19

074 Keepiing Alberta Rat Free, and how adding one non-native fish to Yellowstone caused a food web to collapse

This week I take a look at a little known Alberta claim to fame. It’s the only place on Earth, outside of the Arctic and Antarctic, to successfully keep out the most destructive pest on the planet – the Norway rat. I also look at a story out of Yellowstone National Park where the introduction of non-native trout 100 years ago, has created an ecological disaster in Yellowstone Lake…

Published 03/21/19

073 Scientific mysteries around ancient pictographs in Grotto Canyon, and how winters with lower snowpacks will effect local wildlife.

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Published 03/13/19

072 Saying goodbye to the father of Global warming, Canmore's Nuclear Bunker, New Train Service to the Mountains, and watching for the bears to emerge

This week we say goodbye to Wallace Smith Broeker, the groundbreaking climatologist that coined the term "global warming'. I also look at a cold war bunker near Canmore, Alberta that forms a stark reminder of a more dangerous time in our history. A propos

Published 03/07/19

071 Smoke melts glaciers, and winter wildlife survival strategies

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Published 02/27/19

070 Polar bears and climate change denial, Alberta's mountains see the highest temperature increases, and did European contact in the New World cause the Little Ice Age

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Published 02/19/19

069 Looking at why elk keep their antlers througout the winter, and forest fires in California and British Columbia

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Published 11/25/18

068 Fire ecology in western Canada with fire expert Cliff White.

This is a special episode that I wanted to get out right away. It's an important talk about the fire situation in western Canada, but more importantly, what we can do in townsites like Banff, Canmore, and Jasper…and with that said, let's get to it. This presentation was organized through the Rockies Institute and featured Cliff White who worked for almost 4 decades with Banff National Park. He started as a park warden but rose through the ranks to positions including vegetation fire...

Published 09/10/18

067 Mapping the Expansion of Coyotes, Reintroduced Bison Test Their Boundaries, and Time to Stop Making Rock Sculptures

Mapping the Expansion of Coyote Range across the Continent In the mountain west, we simply accept the presence of coyotes on the landscape. They're simply a part of the mountain environment that we call home. For many places though, that isn't the case. Coyotes are one of the continent's most successful predators and have always been one of the first carnivores to explore potential new habitats. But just how native are they too much of their current range? If we were to look back...waaaaay...

Published 08/29/18

066 Finally, free roaming bison in Banff, and bear safety during buffaloberry season.

Parks Canada has just announced that it has opened the gates and finally allowed its growing herd of wild bison out of their enclosure and, for the first time, letting them wander somewhat freely within the park, at least within a 1,200 sq km release zone. The release has happened a little later than planned. The calving season was delayed and while last year saw its first birth on Earth Day, this year calving only began on July 15. In a recent article in The Province, Banff's Resource...

Published 08/04/18