Raincoast Field Station Bears
As we sit down at the dinner table at the Raincoast Field Station to exchange stories about our day of fieldwork, we look out to notice an uninvited but welcomed guest.
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Don Arney (www.sei-ind.com), our helicopter pilot and volunteer extraordinaire, expertly touches down in an alpine bog. With the rotors whirring above our heads, we begin unloading our supplies in preparation for setting up a hair snagging station. When the rotors slow and come to a stop, we pause for a moment in awe of our…
2010 Bear Team photo
I know I promised the picture of the momma bear and cubs I wrote about yesterday, but the satellite internet being what it is up here, that will have to wait. In the meantime, I’d like to introduce you to this year’s crew: From left to right: Me, Howard Humchitt, Collin Reid, Kyle Artelle, Heather…
Harold the Heron
I promised you a story about bears…it’s coming. First I want to share with you one of the less mammalian experiences that treat our team up at the field station each year. Almost daily we observe Harold the (Great Blue) Heron, who includes our dock in his territory. Great fish habitat for this piscivore (fish…
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Doug’s Orcas
We promised a picture of Doug’s birthday Orcas…here they are! One male and one female. Photo ID records helped us identify them as known individuals in the transient (marine mammal-eating) population. They stuck around the field station for about half an hour before zooming down Lama Pass towards Hunter Island. Wolfman Doug and crew was…
Oil and water
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Royal Victoria Marathon 2010
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Is salmon farming sustainable?
By Chris Genovali, Special to the Vancouver Sun Mary Ellen Walling’s opinion piece ( Farmed salmon is more than just another meal option, May 10) conveniently skips over every single substantive problem salmon aquaculture presents to the marine environment, both locally and globally.
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Big oil eyes B.C. coast
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