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New website, new directions

December 4, 2019

New website, new look, new ideas

Tags Canada, forests, literature, nature, science, snow, water, watersheds, web host, website, Wordpress

Better Late Than Never: New Directions for Watershed Moments

December 2, 2019October 16, 2019

I didn’t get today’s blog post written yesterday, in large part because I’m rethinking what I want to write about here and what I want … Read more

Tags blogging, clifi, climate fiction, confessional, current events, forests, gardening, literature, reviews, science, science communication, water, wildfire, writing

Goodbye, W.S. Merwin

December 2, 2019March 20, 2019

An ode to WS Merwin, who passed away last week.

Tags forests, nature, outdoors, poetry, quotes, writing, WS Merwin

Western Water & Forests: Spring 2016 Outlook

December 2, 2019March 26, 2016

Last month, Dezene Huber, a professor at the University of Northern British Columbia, tweeted this photo of BC’s mighty Fraser River in Prince George. Doesn’t … Read more

Tags drought, forests, hydrology, insect infestation, pine beetle, snowpack, spruce beetle, water, weather, western canada

Safe Passage for Fish

December 2, 2019February 5, 2016

Road crossings over streams (often constructed using a culvert) can significantly affect fish by changing stream channel morphology, constricting streamflow, and ultimately making it difficult … Read more

Tags BC government, DFO, fish, fish habitat, forests, hydrology, knowledge translation, outreach, road crossings, salmon, streams, water

New Women in Science Post

December 2, 2019June 1, 2015

I recently had the good fortune to interview Dr. Kathy Bleiker, a research entomologist at Natural Resources Canada’s Pacific Forestry Centre, for my Women in … Read more

Tags Canadian Science Publishing, entomology, forests, guest blog, Scientist, women in science

Bridging the communication gap: researchers vs. residents in environmental science

December 2, 2019January 18, 2015

In the far southwestern corner of Alberta, tucked up against the eastern flanks of the Rocky Mountains, is the Star Creek watershed. Seen from the … Read more

Tags Crowsnest Pass, environment, Environmental science, ethics, fish, forests, hydrology, logging, research, risk vs reward, scicomm, values

Fish, forests, and snow

December 2, 2019June 7, 2014

You’re standing on a stream bank in your local mountain watershed. The sun is rising, warming the back of your head, and you see a … Read more

Tags aquatic ecosystems, climate change, drought, fish, floods, forests, groundwater, insect infestation, mountains, snow, snowmelt, snowpack, stream temperature, streamflow, surface water, wildfire
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