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Alberta and the three bears

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25216
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
2020
Author
Urquhart, Ian
Publisher
The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal
Call Number
P
  1 website  
Author
Urquhart, Ian
Responsibility
Ian Urquhart
Publisher
The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
pg. 13 - 15
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Wildlife
Wildlife management
Alberta
Bears
Bears, Grizzly
Cochrane
Abstract
Pertains to current restrictions in Alberta around the rehabilitation of orphaned grizzly bear cubs. Outlines various arguements for and against with supporting data and introduces a new grizzly bear rehabilitation facility recently constructed at the Cochrane Ecological Institute which can only be utlized if the Alberta government ends the prohibition on grizzly cub rehabitiltation in the province.
Notes
In Wildlands Advocate, Vol. 28, No.3, September 2020
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
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Alberta caribou work continues while B.C. puts agreements in place

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25215
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
2020
Author
Campbell, Carolyn
Publisher
The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal
Call Number
P
  1 website  
Author
Campbell, Carolyn
Responsibility
Carolyn Campbell
Publisher
The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
pg. 12
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Caribou
Wildlife
Wildlife corridors
Wildlife management
First Nations
Alberta
British Columbia
Abstract
Pertains to updates on agreements Alberta and British Columbia are creating to protect extirpated caribou herds in both provinces and legal cases put forward by environmental groups and First Nations including Ecojustice, Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, Mikisew Cree First Nation, David Suzuki Foundation. Other communities involved with caribou management plans including Cold Lake First Nation, Saulteau First Nations, West Moberly First Nations
Notes
In Wildlands Advocate, Vol. 28, No.3, September 2020
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
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Alberta's bull trout need our respect - and our help

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25210
Medium
Library - Periodical
Author
Earle, Jennifer
Call Number
P
  1 website  
Author
Earle, Jennifer
Responsibility
Jennifer Earle
Physical Description
p. 8 - 11
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Fish
Fishing
Lakes
Rivers
Alberta
Wildlife
Wildlife management
Abstract
Pertains to the bull trout population in Alberta, specifically in the drainages of Alberta's Eastern Slopes with a focus on debunking myths about this trout species
Notes
In Nature Alberta, vol.50, no.2 (Summer 2020)
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Article can be viewed online via Nature Alberta
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All-time high - an unprecedented number of visitors are heading to Banff National Park, with a million more tourists passing through the gates in just the last five years. Has the beloved park reached its limits?

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25147
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
May 2020
Author
Stewart, Ryan
Odynski, Taylor
Publisher
Crowfoot Media
Call Number
P
  1 website  
Author
Stewart, Ryan
Odynski, Taylor
Responsibility
Ryan Stewart (author)
Taylor Odynski (illustrator)
Publisher
Crowfoot Media
Published Date
May 2020
Physical Description
p.70 - 75
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Tourism
Ecology
Environment
Banff National Park
Wildlife
Town of Banff
Parks Canada
Alberta
Abstract
Pertains to the rise in visitation to Banff National Park
Notes
In Canadian Rockies Annual, vol.05, May 2020
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Website for Crowfoot Media - publishers of Canadian Rockies Annual
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The animal kingdom : based upon the writings of the eminent naturalists, Audubon, Wallace, Brehm, Wood and others

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25070
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1897
Author
Craig, Hugh (editor)
Publisher
New York : Johnson & Bailey
Call Number
04.2 C84a Volume One
04.2 C84a Volume Two
  1 website  
Author
Craig, Hugh (editor)
Responsibility
John James Audubon
Alfred Edmund Brehm
Publisher
New York : Johnson & Bailey
Published Date
1897
Physical Description
2 volumes : color illustrations
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Wildlife
Wildlife artists
Art
Abstract
Pertains the the animal kingdom as it was known in 1897 and includes stories and summaries and art by several well known wildlife artists and naturalists in two volumes
Contents
Contents of Volume One:
Mammalia
Quadrumana
Cheiroptera
Insectivora
Carnivora
Cetacea
Contents of Volume Two:
Sirenia
Ungulata
Proboscidea
Hyracoidea
Rodentia
Edentata
Marsupialia
Montremata
Notes
Belonged to Pat Brewster
Accession Number
2926
Call Number
04.2 C84a Volume One
04.2 C84a Volume Two
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Available online via Hathi Trust
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Antarctic oasis : under the spell of South Georgia

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20140
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1998
Author
Carr, Pauline
Carr, Tim
Publisher
London ; W.W. Norton & Company
Call Number
G370-480 C37 A58
  1 website  
Author
Carr, Pauline
Carr, Tim
Responsibility
Tim and Pauline Carr
Publisher
London ; W.W. Norton & Company
Published Date
1998
Physical Description
256 pages : illustrations ; maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Antarctic Regions
Sailing
Boating
Travel
Abstract
An account of one couple's life on a remote island beyond the Polar Front, a tale to rival the exploits of the great nineteenth-century explorers. After twenty-five years of cruising the world's oceans, renowned blue-water sailors Pauline and Tim Carr found themselves being drawn to the lonely places of the higher latitudes to experience earth's last, scarcely touched regions. Antarctic Oasis records the culmination of those exploits. True adventurers, the Carrs have lived year-round on South Georgia for five years its only civilian inhabitants experiencing a way of life that has all but vanished from our modern world. A center of the Norwegian whaling industry in the last century, today a remnant of the far-flung British Empire, South Georgia is a splendid if forbidding land of towering, glacier-clad mountains and a treacherous, storm-torn coast punctuated by sheltered bays. During its brief polar summer, the island's verdant shoreline offers Antarctic wildlife a place to feed, mate, and rear their young. The only humans on the scene, the Carrs have learned intimate details about the lives of whales, penguins, seals, albatrosses, skuas, and many others. In all seasons the Carrs explore South Georgia's uncompromising coast aboard their yacht Curlew. Their deep fascination with the island, its wildlife, and its history will stir the spirit of adventure and discovery in us all. (from Abe Books)
Contents
Foreward
Preface and Acknowledgements
Chapter I - Ultimate Landfall
Chapter II - Antarctic Outpost
Chapter III - Nine to Five
Chapter IV - Green Antarctic
Chapter V - Kindred Souls
Chapter VI - Shackleton's Shadow
Chapter VII - The Rough with the Smooth
Chapter VIII - Albatross
Chapter IX - Elephantastic
Chapter X - The Mountaineering Dimension
Chapter XI - Just Talking to the Birds
Chapter XII - The Wild Side
Chapter XIII - A Shimmer of Ice
Chapter XIV - A Clean Pair of Heels
Index
Notes
Ephemra of Margaret Gmoser pertaining to trip removed from book and added to AC637 box of archival materials
Signed by the eleven participants of the September 17-19, 2004 Shackleton Crossing trip
Signed by the authors with greetings addressed to Margaret Gmoser
ISBN
0393046052
Accession Number
AC637
Call Number
G370-480 C37 A58
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
URL Notes
Link to publication on Abe Books
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Around the world in a dugout canoe : the untold story of Captain John Voss and the Tilikum

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24995
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2019
Author
MacFarlane, John
Salmon, Lynn J.
Publisher
Madeira Park, BC : Harbour Publishing
Call Number
02.1 M11a
  1 website  
Author
MacFarlane, John
Salmon, Lynn J.
Responsibility
John M, MacFarlane
Lynn J. Salmon
Publisher
Madeira Park, BC : Harbour Publishing
Published Date
2019
Physical Description
268 p.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Travel
Tourism
Luxton, Norman
Voss, John Claus
Canoeing
Sailing
Abstract
"For three years Voss and the Tilikum, aided by a rotating cast of characters, visited Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Brazil and finally England, weathering heavy gales at sea and attracting large crowds of spectators on shore. The austere on-board conditions and simple navigational equipment Voss used throughout the voyage are a testimony to his skill and to the solid construction of the Nuu-Chah-Nulth vessel. Both Voss and his original mate, newspaperman N.K. Luxton, later wrote about their journey in accounts compromised by poor memories, brazen egos and outright lies. Stories of murder, cannibalism and high-seas terror have been repeated elsewhere without any regard to the truth. Now, over a century later, a full and fair account of the voyage--and the magnitude of Voss’s accomplishment--is at last fully detailed. In this groundbreaking work, marine historians John MacFarlane and Lynn Salmon sift fact from fiction, critically examining the claims of Voss’s and Luxton’s manuscripts against research from libraries, archives, museums and primary sources around the world. Including unpublished photographs, letters and ephemera from the voyage, Around the World in a Dugout Canoe tells the real story of a little-understood character and his cedar canoe. It is an enduring story of courage, adventure, sheer luck and at times tragedy."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents
John Claus Voss -- Treasure Hunting in the Xora -- Norman Kenny Luxton -- “Out-Slocuming” Joshua Slocum -- Preparing to Voyage -- Across the Pacific -- Penrhyn Island and Beyond -- The Mate Walter Louis Begent -- Australia -- New Zealand -- South Africa -- Brazil and up the Atlantic to England -- Repatriation to Victoria -- The Sea Queen, the Tilikum II and Voss’s Last Years.
Notes
Contains materials from the Luxton family fonds from the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies Archives & Library
Signed by John MacFarlane
ISBN
9781550178791
Accession Number
2019.106
Call Number
02.1 M11a
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Link to publication on publisher's website
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The art of Robert Bateman

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20148
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1981
Author
Derry, Ramsay
Publisher
Markham, Ontario : Allen Lane / Penguin Books
Call Number
N D47 A78 oversize
  1 website  
Author
Derry, Ramsay
Responsibility
Ramsay Derry (author), Roger Tory Peterson (introduction)
Publisher
Markham, Ontario : Allen Lane / Penguin Books
Published Date
1981
Physical Description
178 p. : ill. (some col.)
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Art
Wildlife
Bateman, Robert
Abstract
Pertains to the art of Robert Bateman
Contents
Introduction
Profile
Plates and Commentaries
Sketchbooks
Appendix
Notes
Signed by Ramsay Derry and Robert Bateman
ISBN
0713914335
Accession Number
AC637
Call Number
N D47 A78 oversize
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
URL Notes
Link to artist website
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Banff : a park for the people?

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Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
2012
Author
Norman, Carlyle
Call Number
P
  1 website  
Author
Norman, Carlyle
Responsibility
Carlyle Norman
Published Date
2012
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Banff
Banff (residents)
Banff (townsite)
Banff - Townsite development
Banff National Park
National parks
Politics
Wildlife
Tourism
Abstract
Pertians to Banff National Park and changes in use and policy
Notes
In Highline Magazine, Vol.4, Iss.1, Winter 2012, p.42-43
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Highline website
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Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
2008
Author
Davison, Kristy
Call Number
P
  1 website  
Author
Davison, Kristy
Responsibility
Kristy Davison
Published Date
2008
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Bears
Bears, Grizzly
Wildlife
Abstract
Pertains to Bear #71
Notes
In Highline Magazine, Summer 2008, p.12
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Highline website
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Bikepacking in the Canadian Rockies

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25206
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2020
Author
Correy, Ryan
Call Number
02.6 C81b
  1 website  
Author
Correy, Ryan
Responsibility
Ryan Correy
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
192 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Biking
Canadian Rockies
Travel
Abstract
Before his untimely death from cancer in 2018, veteran rider and passionate cyclist Ryan Correy (two-time finisher of the Tour Divide, founder of Bikepack Canada and author of A Purpose Ridden) pedalled his way through the most popular national parks in the Canadian Rockies in order to complete his work on this unique guidebook. Featuring routes in Waterton, Kananaskis, Banff, Kootenay, Yoho, and Jasper, Bikepacking in the Canadian Rockies will take biking enthusiasts on Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert journeys in the following locations: Front Range – 496 km gravel grind down the Alberta foothills High Rockies – 183 km opening sampler for the Great Divide Beaverfoot – 389 km expedition along the Rocky Mountain Trench Devil’s Gap – 214 km backcountry passage into Banff National Park Highwood – 357 km over Highwood Pass into the Crowsnest region Castle – 266 km circumnavigation of Waterton and Castle parks Top of the World – 347 km of remote climbs in the East Kootenays Flathead Valley – 291 km through “Grizzly Bear Alley” in southeast British Columbia Three Point – 173 km hike-a-bike adventure around Kananaskis Icefields Parkway (in winter) – 291 km fat-bike trek up the world-renowned Highway 93 to Jasper The result of Correy’s remarkable dedication is an unparalleled collection of ten ambitious, multi-day routes complete with directional cues, detailed maps, a helpful Bikepacking 101 section, rich photography, and personal stories that will stoke the curiosity of both the beginner and the experienced backcountry rider. (From Rocky Mountain Books)
Contents
Foreward
Preface
Introduction
Bikepacking 101
Intermediate Routes
Advanced Routes
Expert Routes
Appendices
Acknowledgements
ISBN
9781771602372
Accession Number
P2020.7
Call Number
02.6 C81b
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Rocky Mountain Books
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Breaking trail : the life & times of Chic Scott

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19949
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
2011
Author
Martel, Lynn
Call Number
P
  1 website  
Author
Martel, Lynn
Responsibility
Lynn Martel
Published Date
2011
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Scott, Charles (Chic)
Skiing
Travel
Ski touring
Abstract
Pertains to Chic Scott and various trips
Notes
In Highline Magazine, Vol.3, Iss.1, Winter 2011, p.8-11
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Highline website
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Bullets for recovered bruins? Should we hunt grizzly bears?

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25222
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
2020
Author
Petterson, Nissa
Publisher
The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal
Call Number
P
  1 website  
Author
Petterson, Nissa
Responsibility
Nissa Petterson
Publisher
The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
pg. 19 - 21
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Wildlife
Wildlife management
Alberta
Bears
Bears, Grizzly
Hunting
Abstract
Pertains to the arguments for and against hunting grizzly bears and their important role in the ecosystem - current populations are not self sustaining in the wild without interventions.
Notes
In Wildlands Advocate, Vol. 28, No.4, December 2020
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
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Call of the wild - National Museum of Wildlife Art 2011-2012 Edition

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25130
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2011 - 2012
Author
National Museum of Wildlife Art
Publisher
National Museum of Wildlife Art
Call Number
06.1 N19c 2011-2012PAM
  1 website  
Author
National Museum of Wildlife Art
Publisher
National Museum of Wildlife Art
Published Date
2011 - 2012
Physical Description
48 pages ; illus.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
2011-2012
Subjects
Wildlife
Wildlife artists
Art
Art galleries
Artists
Abstract
Pertains to wildlife art and wildlife artists at the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson, Wyoming
Contents
From Yellowstone to Yukon - the Journey of Wildlife Art
Above Timberline - the Complete Carl Rungius Drypoint Collection
A Force of Nature - the Art of George McLean
The Last Ocean - Weller's Antarctica
In the Spotlight - Mark Eberhard's "On the Edge"
Notes
Article about the exhibition "From Yellowstone to Yukon - the Journey of Wildlife Art" was on display at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies in 2012
Article "Above Timberline - the Complete Carl Rungius Drypoint Collections" pertains the the complete collection of drypoint's at the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson, Wyoming
Accession Number
TBD
Call Number
06.1 N19c 2011-2012PAM
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
National Museum of Wildlife Art website
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Call of the wild - National Museum of Wildlife Art Volume 5, Number 1, 2009

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25122
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2009
Author
National Museum of Wildlife Art
Publisher
National Museum of Wildlife Art
Call Number
06.1 N19c 2009 PAM
  1 website  
Author
National Museum of Wildlife Art
Publisher
National Museum of Wildlife Art
Published Date
2009
Physical Description
46 pages ; illus.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Volume 5, Number 1
Subjects
Wildlife
Wildlife artists
Art
Art galleries
Artists
Abstract
Pertains to wildlife art and wildlife artists at the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson, Wyoming
Contents
Patrons without peer: selections from the McCoy Collection
He speaks for the trees: Dr. Suess and the Lorax
On the natural world
Collection spotlight: Dan Ostermiller's "The Emperor"
Walter Hood to design sculpture trail for museum
Wildlife in American art
Community focus committee: engaging the community
Notes
Features article on page 18 entitled "Looking at Wildlfe - the maturing Carl Rungius" - the National Museum of Wildlife Art holds the largest collection of Carl Rungius pieces in the United States
Accession Number
TBD
Call Number
06.1 N19c 2009 PAM
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
National Museum of Wildlife Art website
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Call of the wild - National Museum of Wildlife Art Volume 6, Number 1, 2010

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25119
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2010
Author
National Museum of Wildlife Art
Publisher
National Museum of Wildlife Art
Call Number
06.1 N19c 2010 PAM
  1 website  
Author
National Museum of Wildlife Art
Publisher
National Museum of Wildlife Art
Published Date
2010
Physical Description
54 pages ; illus.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Volume 6, Number 1
Subjects
Wildlife
Wildlife artists
Art
Art galleries
Artists
Abstract
Pertains to wildlife art and wildlife artists at the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson, Wyoming
Contents
Museum announces inaugural Bull-Bransom award for children's book illustration
Authentic and artistic: Karl Bodmer's western wildlife
When two prints are not the same
Wild at heart, a rich history of fauna in art
Picture this: a change of seasons
Exclusive: Maurice Sendak on the wild side of humanity
Me & Mike : Mike Forsberg's Great Plains
Secrets of the night - dusk to dawn: nocturnes from the collection
Incomparable inspiration: African adventures with William R. Leigh and his contemporaries
Collection spotlight: Rembrandt, Bugatti and the Antwerp School
Accession Number
TBD
Call Number
06.1 N19c 2010 PAM
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
National Museum of Wildlife Art website
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Canadian Rockies : they abound in wild animals, glaciers, and luxurious hotels

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24918
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1947
Publisher
Life
Call Number
02.6 L11c PAM OS
  1 website  
Publisher
Life
Published Date
1947
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Banff National Park
Travel
Tourism
Banff Springs Hotel
Rundle Mount
Athabaska River
Brazeau
Maligne Lake
Bow River
Canadian National Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway
Chateau Lake Louise
Trails
Mountaineering
Columbia Icefield
Abstract
Pertains to the Canadian Rocky Mountains as a tourist destination in 1947 and features main geographical attractions such as the Mount Rundle, Athabaska River, Maligne Lake, Bow River in addition to the Banff Springs Hotel with map of Banff National Park and Jasper National Park.
Notes
In Life, June 9, 1947, pp. 68 - 76
Accession Number
7889
Call Number
02.6 L11c PAM OS
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Specific volume with article can be viewed online via Google Books
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Caribou comeback : how the plan to reintroduce a lost species is unfolding in Canada's flagship national park

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20015
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
2013
Author
Hajnrych, Taryn
Call Number
P
  1 website  
Author
Hajnrych, Taryn
Responsibility
Taryn Hajnrych
Published Date
2013
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Caribou
Wildlife
Wildlife management
National parks
Avalanches
Abstract
Pertians to the reintroduction of caribou in Banff National Park
Notes
In Highline Magazine, Vol. 5, Iss. 2, Summer 2013, p. 37 - 39
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Highline website
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Caribou rainforest : from heartbreak to hope

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25061
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2018
Author
Moskowitz, David
Publisher
Seattle, WA : Braided River, the conservation imprint of Mountaineers Books
Call Number
04.2 M85c
  1 website  
Author
Moskowitz, David
Publisher
Seattle, WA : Braided River, the conservation imprint of Mountaineers Books
Published Date
2018
Physical Description
204 pages : color illustrations, color maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Caribou
Wildlife
Conservation
Alberta
Rocky Mountains
Abstract
In a North American rainforest, that few people even know exists, about a dozen dwindling herds of caribou are struggling to survive. Caribou Rainforest doesn’t tell an easy story, ask easy questions, or pretend that there are easy solutions to the possible extinction of the last mountain caribou herds found in Canada and the United States. There are fewer than twenty animals left in the last US herd. Yet what Caribou Rainforest does—with photographs, words, and science—is explain why this is happening, so that as a community we don’t repeat our mistakes, even when our intentions are good. Author and photographer David Moskowitz has studied and photographed these caribou extensively in order to understand their plight. He hasn’t found villains, but rather climate change, predators, recreationists, settler colonialism, industrial logging, mineral extraction, and a perfect confluence of factors that have worked against this fragile species and the fragile environment upon which it relies. The story of this iconic animal and stunning landscape provides an example of shifting conservation challenges and tactics in the twenty-first century. Mountain caribou have been identified as an “umbrella species” by conservationists, meaning that protecting their habitat also helps preserve many other species who depend on the same ecosystem. The discussion topics are controversial and wrenching—upending the forestry economy of the region, exterminating wolves (who also struggle to survive) to protect the caribou, limiting recreational access to critical habitat, respecting the rights of indigenous peoples. The issues are contentious, but the opportunity to craft solutions still exists. If we do in fact lose the caribou, the task then pivots to how can we protect what remains of this rare rainforest ecosystem. In Caribou Rainforest, the author searches for lessons that can turn despair into hope: their story can become the inspiration and catalyst for committed change. (from Caribou Rainforest website)
Contents
North America's hidden rainforest. Map: Mountain caribou range : historical and current -- The mountains : our playground, their last refuge. Map: Overview of the Caribou Rainforest -- The Caribou Rainforest : a forest like none other. Map: Northwest inland temperate rainforest -- Mountain caribou : ghosts of the rainforest. Map: Historical and current caribou populations -- Wildlife of these mountains : a laboratory of evolution -- Human dimensions : the language of a landscape -- The path ahead : reflections on grief and hope -- Acknowledgments -- Source notes -- Selected bibliography -- Photographer's notes -- Get involved.
Notes
Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival finalist for Mountain Environment and Natural History
ISBN
9781680511284
Accession Number
P2020-1
Call Number
04.2 M85c
Location
Reading Room
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Website for Caribou Rainforest project
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Castle in the wilderness : the story of the Banff Springs Hotel

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2019
Author
Robinson, Bart
Publisher
Banff, AB : Summerthought Publishing
Edition
1st Edition
Call Number
08.5 R55c
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Author
Robinson, Bart
Responsibility
Bart Robinson
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Banff, AB : Summerthought Publishing
Published Date
2019
Physical Description
160 p.; illus.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Hotels
History
Travel
Tourism
Banff Springs Hotel
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
Abstract
A Castle in the Wilderness: The Story of the Banff Springs Hotel is the definitive historical record of one of the world’s most famous mountain resorts. The story navigates the hotel’s early history from its construction by the Canadian Pacific Railway to the glittering era of the 1920s through to the changes of modern times. Local author and historian Bart Robinson has been exploring and writing about the Banff Springs Hotel since the 1970s. In A Castle in the Wilderness he combines a complete hotel history with rich anecdotes and snippets of the past that have enriched Banff and indeed Canada, from the hotel’s links to the construction of the transcontinental rail line to the visits of maharajahs and movie stars.How did such a gracious hotel come to be in the wilds of the Canadian Rockies? How much did it cost to build? Who designed it? Who selected its furnishings? Which famous visitors has it hosted? And why is now known as the Fairmont Banff Springs? These and many more questions are answered in the Castle in the Wilderness. (from publisher's website)
Contents
Introduction
Origins of a Hotel
Grand Designs
Vistas and Vendettas
Growing Pains
Towers and Troubles
Princes and Politicians
Out of the Fire
A Brief But Golden Moment
Tribulations and Triumph
A Second Century
Into the New Millenium
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
Credits
Acknowledgements
About the Author
ISBN
9781926983356
Accession Number
2019.89
Call Number
08.5 R55c
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Link to publishers website where publication can been purchased
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