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BC Interior. Spring colours :-)

A gear review for you tree stand hunters :-) HME Accessory Hooks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YzfH1bwksQ

Hunters, I have a question for you :-) Is our airborne scent sticky?

Is our scent sticky? -- A deer hunting question. I could use your help :-) I have a deer hunting question for you about scent and scent control. Is our airborne scent sticky? If the wind is blowing in a poo...

New video up - Human Impacts - link in profile :-)

Science matters.

Facts Don’t Matter Like many Canadians, I’ve been surprised by the recent turmoil south of the border, where some politicians regard undocumented “alternative facts” as equivalent to the findings of science. The US is undertaking a science-trashing exercise without precedent. President Donald Trump has declared ...

So will groups opposed to grizzly bear hunting now pivot to issues that actually impact the future of grizzly bears?

How we killed off the giant salmon of the Pacific Northwest in 50 years Natural abundance has its limits, especially when you dam the path to the breeding grounds-- as was the case with the giant Chinook salmon of the Pacific northwest.…

A little site C ...

Falling Costs of Renewable Power Make Site C Dam Obsolete, Says Energy Economist The cost of renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar power, has dropped dramatically since the previous B.C. government decided to build the Site C dam and the B.C. Utilities Commission must look at updated figures when considering the megaproject’s future, says a prominent energy consultant

"Far from being calamities, fires are now seen by many experts as essential to improving the long-term health of the forests, thinning them and creating greater variability on the landscape."

https://nytimes.com/2017/08/06/science/let-forest-fires-burn-what-the-black-backed-woodpecker-knows.html

Let Forest Fires Burn? What the Black-Backed Woodpecker Knows Let Forest Fires Burn? What the Black-Backed Woodpecker KnowsA scientific debate is intensifying over whether too much money and too many lives are lost fighting forest fires.By JUSTIN GILLISAugust 6, 2017Snags, or standing dead trees, in a part of the Stanislaus National Forest in California that w...

Habitat is key.

Canada's threatened species declining despite federal protection From woodland caribou to St. Lawrence beluga whales, Canada’s threatened and endangered species keep declining despite federal legislation designed to protect them and help their populations recover, a new report by WWF-Canada shows.

Show that Outdoor Pride :-)

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We could each try to read/listen to something that challenges your stated position. Every day.

If you happen to disagree with this then I suppose that I have completed day 1 for you :-)