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