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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
Websites
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Andy Russsell Career Scrapbook

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions5726
Part Of
Andy Russell fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings pertaining to the life and career of Andy Russell. Also includes an invitation presented to Russell from the Winnipeg Game and Fish Association and newspaper clippings pertaining to Cleo Mowers' career.
Date Range
1947-1961
Reference Code
M153 / 575
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Scrapbook
  1 image     1 Electronic Resource  
Part Of
Andy Russell fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M153 / S43 / V555
Sous-Fonds
M153
Sub-Series
VII Russell family series
Accession Number
5777
Reference Code
M153 / 575
GMD
Scrapbook
Date Range
1947-1961
Physical Description
3 cm of textual records (28 pages ; 31.5 x 35.5 cm)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings pertaining to the life and career of Andy Russell. Also includes an invitation presented to Russell from the Winnipeg Game and Fish Association and newspaper clippings pertaining to Cleo Mowers' career.
Name Access
Russell, Andy
Mowers, Cleo
Subject Access
Academics
Administration
Backpacking
Biographical
Climatology
Conservation
Ecology
Education
Environment and Nature
Forestry
Horseback riding
Personal and Professional Life
Photography
Natural history
Natural resources
Wildlife
Wildlife fatalities
Geographic Access
Banff
Lake Louise
Jasper
Banff National Park
Jasper National Park
Yoho National Park
Kootenay National Park
Alberta
British Columbia
Canada
Language
English
Conservation
Blank pages not scanned
Finding Aid
Access by advance appointment only
Creator
Russell, Kay
Title Source
Title based on item.
Processing Status
Processed
Electronic Resources
Images
thumbnail
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The beaver manifesto

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14183
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2011
Author
Hood, Glynnis
Publisher
Victoria [B.C.] : RMB
Call Number
04 H76 c.1
04 H76 c.2
Author
Hood, Glynnis
Responsibility
Glynnis Hood
Publisher
Victoria [B.C.] : RMB
Published Date
2011
Physical Description
ix, 130 p
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Beavers
Ecology
Environmental conservation
Parks Canada
ISBN
9781926855585
Accession Number
13-2-1 70,500
P2015-03-31
Call Number
04 H76 c.1
04 H76 c.2
Collection
Archives Library
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Blood memory : the tragic decline and improbable resurrection of the American Buffalo

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26204
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2023
Author
Duncan, Dayton and Burns, Ken
Publisher
New York : Alfred A. Knopf
Call Number
08 D91b
Author
Duncan, Dayton and Burns, Ken
Publisher
New York : Alfred A. Knopf
Published Date
2023
Physical Description
xvi, 329 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Buffalo
Pablo-Allard buffalo round-up
Conservation
Indigenous
Colonialism
Environment
Ecology
Abstract
The epic story of the buffalo in America, from prehistoric times to today--a moving and beautifully illustrated work of natural history. The American buffalo--our nation's official mammal-is an improbable, shaggy beast that has found itself at the center of many of our most mythic and sometimes heartbreaking tales. The largest land animals in the Western Hemisphere, they are survivors of a mass extinction that erased ancient species that were even larger. For nearly 10,000 years, they evolved alongside Native people who weaved them into every aspect of daily life; relied on them for food, clothing, and shelter; and revered them as equals. Newcomers to the continent found the buffalo fascinating at first, but in time they came to consider them a hindrance to a young nation's expansion. And in the space of only a decade they were slaughtered by the millions for their hides, with their carcasses left to rot on the prairies. Then, teetering on the brink of disappearing from the face of the earth, they would be rescued by a motley collection of Americans, each of them driven by different--and sometimes competing--impulses. This is the rich and complicated story of a young republic's heedless rush to conquer a continent, but also of the dawn of the conservation era--a story of America at its very best and worst -- Provided by publisher.
Contents
Part 1: The Trail to Extinction -- The Buffalo and the People -- Strangers -- Omen in the Skies -- The Iron Horse -- Kills Tomorrow -- Part 2: Back From the Brink -- A Death Wind for My People -- Just in the Nick of Time -- Changes of Heart -- Ghosts -- The Last Refuge -- Blood Memory -- Big Medicine.
Notes
Dayton Duncan ; based on a documentary film by Ken Burns ; written by Dayton Duncan ; with an introduction by Ken Burns ; picture research by Emily Mosher and Susan Shumaker ; design by Maggie Hinders.
Whyte Museum archival collections utilized.
ISBN
9780593537343
Accession Number
P2023.25
Call Number
08 D91b
Collection
Archives Library
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Booming and blooming in Waterton

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15252
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
2016
Author
England, Sky
Publisher
In Canadian Rockies Annual, vol.01, 2016
Call Number
P
Author
England, Sky
Publisher
In Canadian Rockies Annual, vol.01, 2016
Published Date
2016
Physical Description
p.28-29
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Biodiversity
Climate
Ecology
Flora
Geology
Waterton Lakes National Park
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
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Booming and blooming in Waterton

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15397
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
2017
Author
England, Sky
Publisher
In Canadian Rockies Annual, vol.01, 2017
Call Number
P
Author
England, Sky
Publisher
In Canadian Rockies Annual, vol.01, 2017
Published Date
2017
Physical Description
p.28-29
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Biodiversity
Climate
Ecology
Flora
Geology
Waterton Lakes National Park
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
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The buzz about native bees

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25150
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
March 2020
Author
Skrajny, Joanna
Publisher
The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal
Call Number
P
  1 website  
Author
Skrajny, Joanna
Responsibility
Joanna Skrajny
Publisher
The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal
Published Date
March 2020
Physical Description
p. 9 - 11
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Alberta
Ecology
Biodiversity
Flowers
Abstract
Pertains to natives bees in Alberta and the issues caused by invasive honey bees, loss of biodiversity, disease, and use of neonicotinoids with suggested solutions
Notes
In Wildlands Advocate, Vol. 28, No.1, March 2020
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
PDF of publication can be downloaded on Alberta Wilderness' website
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The Canadian mountain assessment : walking together to enhance the understanding of mountains in Canada

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26222
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2023
Publisher
Calgary, AB : University of Calgary Press
Edition
2023
Call Number
04 M14c
Responsibility
Graham McDowell (Project Lead), Madison Stevens, Shawn Marshall [and 70 others]
Edition
2023
Publisher
Calgary, AB : University of Calgary Press
Published Date
2023
Physical Description
xvii, 355 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), color maps ; 28 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountains
Ecology
Science
Indigenous People
Environment
Abstract
The Canadian Mountain Assessment provides a first-of-its-kind look at what we know, do not know, and need to know about mountain systems in Canada. The assessment is based on insights from First Nations, Métis, and Inuit knowledges of mountains, as well as findings from an extensive assessment of pertinent academic literature. Its inclusive knowledge co-creation approach brings these multiple forms of evidence together in ways that enhance our collective understanding of mountains in Canada, while also respecting and maintaining the integrity of different knowledge systems. The Canadian Mountain Assessment is a text-based document, but also includes a variety of visual materials as well as access to video recordings of oral knowledges shared by Indigenous individuals from mountain areas in Canada. The assessment is the result of over three years of work, during which time the initiative played an important role in connecting and cultivating relationships between mountain knowledge holders from across Canada. -- Provided by publisher.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Mountain environments -- 3. Mountains as homelands -- 4. Gifts of the mountains -- 5. Mountains under pressure -- 6. Desirable mountain futures.
Notes
Staff member Dawn Saunders Dahl contributed to this publication.
2022-2023 Lillian Agnes Jones Scholarship Recipient, Kate Hanly contributed to this publication.
Publication utilized Whyte Museum Archives and Special Collections materials.
ISBN
9781773855097
Accession Number
P2024.01
Call Number
04 M14c
Collection
Archives Library
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Canadians and the natural environment to the twenty-first century

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25269
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2012
Author
Forkey, Neil S.
Publisher
Toronto : University of Toronto Press
Call Number
04 F74c
  1 website  
Author
Forkey, Neil S.
Responsibility
Neil S. Forkey
Publisher
Toronto : University of Toronto Press
Published Date
2012
Physical Description
157 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Ecology
Politics
History
Canada
Environment
Environmental conservation
Abstract
Canadians and the Natural Environment to the Twenty-First Century provides an ideal foundation for undergraduates and general readers on the history of Canada's complex environmental issues. Through clear, easy-to-understand case studies, Neil Forkey integrates the ongoing interplay of humans and the natural world into national, continental, and global contexts. Forkey's engaging survey addresses significant episodes from across the country over the past four hundred years: the classification of Canada's environments by its earliest inhabitants, the relationship between science and sentiment in the Victorian era, the shift towards conservation and preservation of resources in the early twentieth century, and the rise of environmentalism and issues involving First Nations at the end of the century. Canadians and the Natural Environment to the Twenty-First Century provides an accessible synthesis of the most important recent work in the field, making it a truly state-of-the-art contribution to Canadian environmental history (from publisher's website)
Contents
Introduction -- The classification of Canada's environments (1600s to early 1900s) -- Natural resources, economic growth, and the need for conservation (1800s and 1900s) -- Romanticism and the preservation of nature (1800s and 1900s) -- Environmentalism (1950s to 2000s) -- Aboriginal Canadians and natural resources : an overview -- Conclusion.
ISBN
9780802090225
Accession Number
P2020.08
Call Number
04 F74c
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Publisher's website
Websites
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Dark days at noon : the future of fire

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26239
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2022
Author
Struzik, Edward
Publisher
Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press
Call Number
04 St8d
Author
Struzik, Edward
Publisher
Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press
Published Date
2022
Physical Description
ix, 291 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), colour map ; 27 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canada
Environment
Climate change
Climate
Politics
History
History-Canada
Fire ecology
Abstract
The catastrophic runaway wildfires advancing through North America and other parts of the world are not unprecedented. Fires loomed large once human activity began to warm the climate in the 1820s, leading to an aggressive firefighting strategy that has left many of the continent's forests too old and vulnerable to the fires that many tree species need to regenerate. Dark Days at Noon provides a broad history of wildfire in North America, from pre-European contact to the present, in the hopes that we may learn from how we managed fire in the past, and apply those lessons in the future. As people continue to move into forested landscapes to work, play, live, and ignite fires--intentionally or unintentionally--fire has begun to take its toll, burning entire towns, knocking out utilities, closing roads, and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people. Fire management in North America requires attention and cooperation from both sides of the border, and many of the most significant fires have taken place at the boundary line. Despite a clear lack of political urgency among political leaders, Edward Struzik argues that wildfire science needs to guide the future of fire management, and that those same leaders need to shape public perception accordingly. By explaining how society's misguided response to fire has led to our current situation, Dark Days at Noon warns of what may happen in the future if we do not learn to live with fire as the continent's Indigenous Peoples once did. -- Provided by publisher.
Contents
Introduction -- 1. Prelude to the dark days at noon -- 2. The fire triangle -- 3. More dark days coming -- 4. The big burn -- 5. Big burns in Canada -- 6. Paiute forestry -- 7. Fire suppression -- 8. The Civilian Conservation Corps -- 9. Canada's Conservation Corps -- 10. The fall of the Dominion Forest Service -- 11. The royal commission into wildfire -- 12. White man's fire -- 13. International co-operation -- 14. Blue moon and blue sun -- 15. Nuclear winter -- 16. Yellowstone: A turning point -- 17. Big and small grizzlies -- 18. Climate and the age of megafire -- 19. The holy shit fire -- 20. The Pyrocene -- 21. Nuclear winter: Part two -- 22. Owls and clear-cuts -- 23. Water on fire -- 24. The Arctic on fire -- 25. The big smoke -- 26. Fire news -- Conclusion.
ISBN
9780228012092
Accession Number
P2024.02
Call Number
04 St8d
Collection
Archives Library
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