Pines, beetles and bears, oh my! The relationship of bugs, bears and trees in western Canada and the U.S.
Grizzly bear (Photo by Erwin and Peggy Bauer/USFWS)
A Huffington Post article titled “In The American West, A Battle Unfolds Over Bugs, Climate Change And The Fate Of An Iconic Species” recently caught the eye of staff at the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC). In it, writer Kate...
Leave it to beaver: Celebrating Alberta's natural legacy
Brian and Dee Keating, eastern slopes tour, AB (Photo by NCC)
I call it "nature’s parallel universe": it’s my definition for all of the natural occurrences happening all around us, every day. The chickadees’ pecking order of dominance at the winter bird feeder; the peeper frogs calling in...
Did scientists discover a 70-million-year-old reindeer antler at Sandstone Ranch? The answer may surprise you!
Fossil discovered at Sandstone Ranch (Photo by François Blouin)
Early this fall I and two colleagues travelled 40 kilometres south of Magrath, Alberta to the Sandstone Ranch. MULTISAR had been contracted five years ago to develop a conservation plan for the ranch, which is co-owned and managed by the Nature...
Googling the Earth like a pro: How NCC uses Google Earth mapping software for conservation planning
Environmentally Significant Areas near Banff and Canmore, AB (Map by NCC)
Web browsers who visit the Google Earth homepage are greeted with the friendly message "Hello, let's go explore." But the web-based satellite mapping system is more than simply a fun way to explore our planet in three dimensions. It's also an...
