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Saturday Shot: 3 Nov

December 2, 2019November 3, 2018

A gorgeous chrysanthemum in our perennial garden.

Tags drought, flowers, gardening, macro, photography, water

Wandering the Web: Feminism, Reading, Thoreau Surveying, and California Water Photography

December 2, 2019March 14, 2018

This last week has been incredibly busy, and wasn’t helped by a day spent in bed and another day spent recuperating from being in bed. … Read more

Tags archaeology, art, being nice, Daegan Miller, Eleanor Catton, feminism, First Nations, Joanne Hammond, Kathryn Schulz, likeability, photography, racism, Sheryl Sandberg, stinkbugs, Thoreau, water, women, writing

Wednesday on the Web – 19 July edition

December 2, 2019July 19, 2017

It’s been a tough week. I’ve had to spend more days in bed than I’d like to, and am feeling the gloomy fingers of depression … Read more

Tags anxiety, biology, bipolar, climate change, depression, doomsday, ethics, mental health, ocd, problems, science writing, scientists, sixth extinction, water, west, writers

Wednesday on the Web

December 2, 2019June 21, 2017

Last week I finished reviewing Science Blogging: The Essential Guide, edited by Christie Wilcox, Bethany Brookshire and Jason G. Goldman. While it was largely written … Read more

Tags british columbia, cdnsci, clifi, climate change, linkfest, personal essay, pine beetle, practice, science blogging, sixth extinction, water, wildfire, writing

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

Becoming a Western writer

December 2, 2019August 5, 2015

When I first read Wallace Stegner’s Wolf Willow, it stuck. Not just for days, but even years later I can recall the story in the … Read more

Tags books, Dave Gessner, drought, Ed Abbey, reading, resources, Wallace Stegner, water, west, western canada, wilderness, writers, writing

Water woes in water-rich Canada

December 2, 2019July 15, 2015

Yesterday I had an editorial post up at Science Borealis, Canada’s science blog aggregator. It was one of those posts that you write at the … Read more

Tags Canada, data, drought, fisheries, hydropower, water, water management, water policy, watersheds, wildfire, WWF Canada

Dry times in the Canadian West

December 2, 2019July 1, 2015

*UPDATED 5 JULY – NEW BC, AB, AND SK WILDFIRE & DROUGHT SITUATION* I’m closing the windows again to keep the cool in and the … Read more

Tags Alberta, british columbia, drought, fish, hydrology, hydropower, northwest territories, pacific northwest, saskatchewan, streamflow, water, water security, water supply, western canada, yukon

Environment writer interviews: Rebecca Lawton

December 2, 2019June 22, 2015

One of the many things I think about is what it means to be a writer – particularly a female environment writer. It seems that … Read more

Tags communication, environment writing, gender, interview, nature writing, water, women, writers, writing
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