Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast
By Ward Cameron
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Episodes: 89
Description
This podcast explores the natural and human history of the Canadian Rockies as well as its attractions and culture. We'll look at the ecology and wildlife as well as the unique plants and birds that make the Canadian Rockies home. Looking back through our history we will share the stories behind the scenery. This is the place for all things Rockies.
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089 Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
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Jul 02, 2021 |
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088 Bringing nature closer when you can't go far.
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Apr 22, 2020 |
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087 Ice Battleships and Alberta's Connection to WWII's Battle of the Atlantic.
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Mar 15, 2020 |
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086 Dangers of the Insect Apocalypse
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Feb 26, 2020 |
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085 Looking at the 25th anniversary of the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone
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Feb 11, 2020 |
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084 Feeding Birds Ethically and Effectively
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Jan 24, 2020 |
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083 The Real Story Behind the Movie The Revenant
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Jan 14, 2020 |
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082 We're one of the top 15 podcasts on Ecology, and grizzlies digging up the high country
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Dec 21, 2019 |
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081 Overtourism in Canada's Mountain National Parks
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Jun 13, 2019 |
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080 Conserving caribou by blaming carnivores and ancient human footprints lead the way to a new coastal migration theory
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May 30, 2019 |
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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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Apr 25, 2019 |
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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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Apr 17, 2019 |
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077 Wolverines in the mountain west, and tick season is upon us
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Apr 10, 2019 |
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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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Apr 04, 2019 |
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075 Grizzly bears emerge from their winter dens, and Montana's Glacier National Park is losing its glaciers
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Apr 01, 2019 |
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074 Keepiing Alberta Rat Free, and how adding one non-native fish to Yellowstone caused a food web to collapse
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Mar 21, 2019 |
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073 Scientific mysteries around ancient pictographs in Grotto Canyon, and how winters with lower snowpacks will effect local wildlife.
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Mar 13, 2019 |
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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
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Mar 07, 2019 |
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071 Smoke melts glaciers, and winter wildlife survival strategies
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Feb 27, 2019 |
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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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Feb 19, 2019 |
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069 Looking at why elk keep their antlers througout the winter, and forest fires in California and British Columbia
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Nov 25, 2018 |
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068 Fire ecology in western Canada with fire expert Cliff White.
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Sep 10, 2018 |
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067 Mapping the Expansion of Coyotes, Reintroduced Bison Test Their Boundaries, and Time to Stop Making Rock Sculptures
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Aug 29, 2018 |
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066 Finally, free roaming bison in Banff, and bear safety during buffaloberry season.
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Aug 04, 2018 |
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065 The buffaloberries are back, and a new report on Coexisting with Wildlife in the Bow Valley
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Jul 22, 2018 |
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064 The story of Crowfoot wraps up, and new decisions on development in the Bow Valley
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Jul 12, 2018 |
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063 New Reviews, Crowfoot gets to know the Mounties, and the secret lives of the Yellow Ladyslipper Orchid
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Jun 28, 2018 |
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062 The Life of Chief Crowfoot of the Blackfoot, and bears along the train tracks
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Jun 18, 2018 |
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061 Sulphur Storms, Mismatched Colours, and Famous Filming Locations
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May 30, 2018 |
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060 Tricking bumblebees and a renewed focus on ecological integrity in Canada's national parks
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May 20, 2018 |
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059 Local photographers, natural orchestras, Whirling disease, bear updates, and natural economics
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Apr 26, 2018 |
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058 Time to clean up the bird feeders, bobcats be coming, and the bears are back.
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Apr 13, 2018 |
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057 New Burgess fossils, and red fox return to the Rockies, episode 57 of the Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast 057 New Burgess fossils, and red fox return to the Rockies, episode 57 of the Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast 057 New Burgess fossils, an
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Apr 02, 2018 |
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056 New Super Berry, what's in a name, and ecological trap
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Mar 21, 2018 |
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055 Advice from Edward Abbey, bison updates, and woodpecker headaches
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Mar 09, 2018 |
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054 Frozen feet at Christmas, new wolf pack forming, 10 New Year Resolutions, and what determines success in Grizzly translocations
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Jan 15, 2018 |
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053 David Thompson heads west, and do mountain pine beetles increase the risk of forest fires?
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Dec 21, 2017 |
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052 David Thompson quits the Hudson's Bay Company, and what's up with climate science deniers?
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Dec 07, 2017 |
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051 Melting Glaciers, and David Thompson's Legacy Begins
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Dec 01, 2017 |
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050 New frontiers for wildlife crossings, and the scourge of scurvy
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Nov 26, 2017 |
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049 A look at polar bear ecology, cougars that aren't solitary and does shooting problem bears work
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Nov 16, 2017 |
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048 Pikas struggling with warming climates, Neanderthal medicine, and mining gravel river beds
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Oct 20, 2017 |
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047 Canada's 150th birthday and its effects on visitation to the Mountain Parks an Ode to Bear 148, and interviews with several candidates.
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Oct 13, 2017 |
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046 Bears and Trains and the Cariboo Goldrush becomes a Bonanza
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Oct 06, 2017 |
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045 Wolves help grizzlies by killing elk, the Trans Canada Trail is complete, the Jasper to Columbia Icefields trail falls into limbo and gold rushes in British Columbia
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Sep 29, 2017 |
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044 Flying giraffes and loving the mountains to death
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Sep 15, 2017 |
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043 Save a caribou, kill a moose, the burgess shales and fire updates on the mountain west
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Sep 06, 2017 |
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042 Grizzlies choose berries over salmon, and the Canadian Last Spike
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Aug 31, 2017 |
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041 Flying Squirrels, Forest Fire Records and Van Horne Rescues the CPR
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Aug 23, 2017 |
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040 Pine beetles bring fire fears and Major A.B. Rogers surveys through the western Mountains, episode 040 of the Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast
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Aug 16, 2017 |
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039 The bear bites back and Hells Bells Rogers
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Aug 10, 2017 |
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038 Farewell to Grizzly 148, Walter Moberly's Surveys, Solar Eclipses and Bird-eating Deer
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Aug 03, 2017 |
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037 Buffaloberry Primer, ancient archaeological site, a national dream begins, golden eagle migrations, and B.C. decides to privatize wildlife management
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Jul 29, 2017 |
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036 Expanding Forest Fires, Bear 148 Gets One More Chance and No National Bird for Canada
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Jul 19, 2017 |
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035 Flames across the border
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Jul 12, 2017 |
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034 Bear Spray containers, Wildlife overpasses, Bear 148 in trouble, new bear research methods and Waterton Park's namesake
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Jul 09, 2017 |
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033 Bulletproof elk, exploding bear spray and drones in the high country
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Jun 29, 2017 |
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032 Microburst Mayhem and Climate Science in Mountain Landscapes
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Jun 22, 2017 |
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031 Changing western climates and the importance of science in the post-truth Trumpocene
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Jun 15, 2017 |
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030 Grizzlies Meet Bison and new Dino Discoveries
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Jun 09, 2017 |
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029 Stampede foods, draining lakes, lost historic sites and summer crowds
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May 28, 2017 |
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028 Franklin Artifacts, Bear 148's Wanderings and B.C.'s Interior Rainforest
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May 20, 2017 |
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027 Bison babies, conservation wins and new transportation options for the mountains
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May 06, 2017 |
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026 Parks Canada Takes its Lumps
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Apr 24, 2017 |
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025 Icefields Chalet upgrades, Mount Edith Cavell permits and going Batty
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Apr 19, 2017 |
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024 Bow Valley Wildlife Corridors vs Developers
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Apr 11, 2017 |
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023 Wolves and Ravens, The Boss Awakens, Icefields Bike Trail, and Winter Olympics 2026
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Mar 29, 2017 |
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022 Grizzly Reintroduction to the North Cascades, North America's earliest bison, the Rocky Mountain Pledge and people using wildlife corridors
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Mar 20, 2017 |
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021 Bison Homecoming
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Mar 08, 2017 |
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020 Castle Park Announcement, Whirling Disease Updates, Shocking Grizzly Stories and Frigid Pine Beetles
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Feb 23, 2017 |
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019 Keeping Wolves Safe, Returning Bison, and new research into Grizzlies
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Feb 11, 2017 |
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018 Summer Reservations, Radium Expansion, Formation of the Rockies and Canadian Towns worth Visiting
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Jan 24, 2017 |
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017 2017 Park Passes, Canada Rated a top tourism destination, Global Water Futures and Caribou in the Rockies
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Jan 12, 2017 |
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016 Winter Ticks, Winter Insect Survival and New Northward Migrations
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Dec 08, 2016 |
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015 Rutting Moose, Gravel Rivers and Mountains 101
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Nov 30, 2016 |
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014 Canada's National Bird, Lake Louise World Cup Cancelled and Desperate Measures for Whirling Disease
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Nov 18, 2016 |
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013 Choosing Snowshoes, Summer Crowds and Super Moons
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Nov 13, 2016 |
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012 Adapting to Winter and the History of Snowshoeing
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Nov 04, 2016 |
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011 Glacial History of the Athabasca Glacier
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Oct 26, 2016 |
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010 Glaciers in the Mountain West
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Oct 07, 2016 |
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009 Whirling Disease, Franklin's 2nd Ship Discovered, Banff Experience, Swimming Bears and Expired Bear Spray
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Sep 30, 2016 |
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008 Life in a Rut, Fall Hikes, Dark Skies and Canada's National Bird
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Sep 13, 2016 |
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007 Berry Season Ends, Whirling Disease and Quagga Mussels and New Fossils Found
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Sep 04, 2016 |
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006 Unethical Photographers, Amazing Parks Dog and Handler Honoured, Book Reviews, ice Age Migration Dilemma, and Ground Squirrel Reflections
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Aug 19, 2016 |
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005 Oops, Out of Bear Spray, Park Improvements, Another Dead Wolf and Ground Squirrels in the Rockies
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Aug 08, 2016 |
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004 Bear Updates, Holiday Travel Tips, Jasper Berry Harvest and Wildlife Crossing Structures
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Jul 30, 2016 |
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003 Citizen Science, Bear 148's Wanderings, Icefields Bike Trail and Book Review
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Jul 21, 2016 |
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002 Mountain News, Stampede Food, and Shrinking Glaciers
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Jul 15, 2016 |
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001 Buffaloberries and Bears, Banff signs and The Amazing Race
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Jul 09, 2016 |