A synopsis and photos from the Exploring Our Roots: Forest History in Our Communities conference is now posted on the NiCHE website (Network in Canadian History and Environment). The conference was held September 17th to 19th, 2009 in Prince George, BC, and was hosted by the Forest History Association of BC, the Northern BC …
I’m not a Forester and I don’t profess to be, but I do admire Mother Nature in all her glory and oddities. That was something I learned from my dad I guess. Whenever we would be out walking in the woods or camping, his eye would always pick out the things that were different and …
The first time I went into the field with amphibian biologist Mark Thompson, it was early spring and we were checking ponds, puddles, road-side ditches and rotten wood for evidence of breeding toads, frogs and salamanders. Walking along a trail, we were feverishly flipping dead rotten wood, a typical hiding spot for salamanders. “They’re really …