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41. Terry Galloway

(Web Page; Tue Feb 21 10:34:00 CST 2023)

Terry Galloway is a retired professor of veterinary and wildlife entomology, and worked in the Department of Entomology in the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences at the University of Manitoba from 1977 to 2013. During that time, h...

Description: Terry is a member of the Manitoba Board of Directors and is the Chair of Manitoba's Scientific Advisory Committee.

42. O’Canada! Culture of the wilderness: A day at the NCC Nebo property

(Web Page; Thu Jan 06 10:26:00 CST 2022)

Nebo, some 70 kilometres due west of the city of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan is the largest and northernmost property recently acquired by the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC). This is an interesting acquisition, as it is located in th...

Description: Nebo, some 70 kilometres due west of the city of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan is the largest and northernmost property recently acquired by the Nature Conservancy of Canada.

43. Striking Balance: Exploring Canada's biosphere reserves

(Web Page; Mon Sep 26 09:17:00 CDT 2016)

Making movies and TV shows is glamorous. Unless of course, you’re making documentary, public television. In that case, you may find yourself driving across the country in a late-model cargo van for weeks, or months at a time; accom...

Description: Making movies and TV shows is glamorous. Unless of course, you’re making documentary, public television.

44. How to prepare for your next hiking trip

(Web Page; Fri Jan 11 08:47:00 CST 2019)

Hiking is a great choice for enjoying an adventure that contributes to physical and mental fitness. Whether you're an expert hiker or a novice, you'll want to accomplish two things: having lots of fun and staying safe. Here are some help...

Description: Hiking is a great choice for enjoying an adventure that contributes to physical and mental fitness. Here are some helpful tips and equipment recommendations for new hikers.

45. Can battling invasive species be a mistake? (Part Two)

(Web Page; Thu Aug 06 13:51:00 CDT 2015)

In Part One, I discussed the prevalence of invasive species in contemporary ecosystems and questioned whether we should even spend time and resources battling them. I also discussed the "Tens Rule" in invasion biology, which suggests tha...

Description: Reviews of ecological data on the effects of non-native species have even led to the development of a theory called the "Tens Rule." Invasion biology suggests that only a small proportion of non-native species have negative effects on native ecosystems.

46. My "toad"-ally neat experience in the Crowsnest Pass

(Web Page; Mon Jun 01 14:58:00 CDT 2015)

Did you know there are only 10 amphibian species native to Alberta? I, too, was surprised to learn this. Although I have known basic facts about frogs and toads since I was in elementary school, like how they have a tadpole phase and pre...

Description: Did you know there are only 10 amphibian species native to Alberta? I, too, was surprised to learn this. Although I have known basic facts about frogs and toads since I was in elementary school, like how they have a tadpole phase and prefer wet habitats, it wasn’t until I began creating materials for our Conservation Volunteers event in the Crowsnest Pass, Calling All Amphibians, that I began learning more about the specific amphibian species.

47. NCC's new Happy Valley Forest Hike Series

(Web Page; Thu Sep 26 10:56:00 CDT 2019)

City, meet nature “How far do you think we are from Dundas Square?” It’s an odd question that Todd Farrell, coordinator of conservation biology in central Ontario for the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC), poses to a...

Description: A review of one of the events in NCC's Happy Valley Forest Hike Series, launched in the summer of 2016, as told by Nicole Evelyn Senyi.

48. Why take the time?

(Web Page; Fri Jun 22 15:59:00 CDT 2018)

A first-timer’s experience with volunteering for the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC): It was a Saturday morning in June — cloudy and windy, as most prairie days are. My partner and I loaded up our gear and head off to pic...

Description: A first timer's experience with volunteering for the Nature Conservancy of Canada at Dundurn property in Saskatchewan.

49. Journey to Canada’s Middle Earth: My first trip to Darkwoods

(Web Page; Fri Mar 04 17:06:00 CST 2016)

My bonus this fall was my first trip ever to Darkwoods with the ladies of CanRock: not a rock band at all, but instead the Nature Conservancy of Canada’s (NCC’s) Canadian Rockies Program (Nancy Newhouse, Hillary Page and Regi...

Description: My bonus this fall was my first trip ever to Darkwoods with the ladies of CanRock: not a rock band at all, but instead the Nature Conservancy of Canada’s (NCC’s) Canadian Rockies Program (Nancy Newhouse, Hillary Page and Regional Vice President Linda Hannah). We spent a night in a rustic little cabin that was donated to NCC in Tye on Darkwoods.

50. Camping in the tall grass prairie

(Web Page; Thu Sep 19 15:14:00 CDT 2019)

This past summer, the tall grass prairie of Stuartburn, Manitoba, was filled with the sounds of footsteps and laughter. Stephanie Murray, a former communications and engagement intern with the Nature Conservancy of Canada’s (NCC&rs...

Description: Stephanie Murray of the Nature Conservancy of Canada’s Manitoba Region engaged local youths to learn about nature by running summer camps in partnership with a local rural municipality. Read on to find out what she learned from being in the tall grass prairie.