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Streams of consequence : dispatches from the conservation world
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26207
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2023
- Author
- Fitch, Lorne
- Publisher
- Victoria, BC : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- 04 F55s
- Author
- Fitch, Lorne
- Publisher
- Victoria, BC : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2023
- Physical Description
- 217 pages ; 19 cm
- Abstract
- A collection of essays highlighting the splendour and diversity of the landscape of southern Alberta. Streams of Consequence weaves together a bit of “ecology for dummies,” a cross-section of stories and essays on Alberta’s biodiversity riches and treasured landscapes, and a backdrop of selections on conservation issues. These are stories of the land and of Alberta’s plants, fish, and wildlife told through the voice of a biologist with decades of experience on the front lines of conservation efforts. Through stories, metaphor, and allegory, basic ecological principles are made clear, ecosystems are described, and our human role in stewarding these natural treasures is revealed. Infused in these “dispatches from the conservation world” is the special magic of biology, taking mute organisms at a variety of scales and understanding their lives and habitats so that they have meaning and a connection to us. The role, the unstated objective of biologists, is to remind us, unceasingly, that it is only in our minds that we live apart from the natural world. These stories have power to engage and educate, to help create and sustain an ecologically literate constituency that knows and cares about Alberta’s wilder side. Readers can look back on the changes, weigh their significance, and think about where we came from, where we are today, and where the trend might take us if we choose one road or another. There are some rocks heaved at our economy-centred, consumer-driven world. Scattered between them are the acts of altruism, of caring, of forethought, and of stewardship. These are rays of hope amid dark clouds threatening our very existence. -- From publisher
- ISBN
- 9781771606691
- Accession Number
- P2023.25
- Call Number
- 04 F55s
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Echo loba, loba echo : of wisdom, wolves and women
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26217
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2023
- Author
- Swift, Sonja
- Publisher
- Victoria, BC : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- 04 S5e
- Author
- Swift, Sonja
- Responsibility
- Foreword by Winona LaDuke
- Publisher
- Victoria, BC : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2023
- Physical Description
- 248 pages ; 20 cm
- Subjects
- Wolves
- Wildlife
- Conservation
- Women
- Abstract
- A unique look at the cultural, environmental, historical, literary, metaphorical, and political role of the wolf. Echo Loba, Loba Echo is a story about the metaphor of the wolf and how this is echoed in the lives and minds of people. A metaphor that embodies worldviews colliding, and the collision, the fallout, we live with still. It is a story about wolves’ own cultures, survival stories, acts of rebellion, and vital roles in maintaining healthy territories. And it is also a story about what we have been told to forget, or never even know, and what wolves show us about ourselves. Through essay and poetry, the metaphor of the wolf, and loba – for she-wolf – is examined the way one might observe the light off a prism, in multi-dimensional ways. The associations are many and diametrically varied. Wolf as scapegoat, villain, outcast, blamed for human violence. Wolf as warrior, guide, mother to stray or orphaned children as well as her own pups. The Ojibwe word for wolf is ma’iingan: the one sent here by that all-loving spirit to show us the way. Wolf (Latin: lupus), which is another word for whore (lupa), for woman. Wolf, another word for backcountry. Yet the choice is not an easy duality, not simply between the notion of wolf as heroine or wolf as devil. -- From publisher
- ISBN
- 9781771606288
- Accession Number
- P2024.01
- Call Number
- 04 S5e
- Collection
- Archives Library
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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
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- 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
- 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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J. B. Harkin : father of Canada's national parks
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13802
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2010
- Author
- Hart, E. J
- Publisher
- Edmonton : University of Alberta Press
- Edition
- 1st edition, 1st printing
- Call Number
- 13.117 H25h
- Author
- Hart, E. J
- Responsibility
- E.J. (Ted) Hart
- Edition
- 1st edition, 1st printing
- Publisher
- Edmonton : University of Alberta Press
- Published Date
- 2010
- Physical Description
- xxii, 564p. : ill
- Series
- Mountain cairns : a series on the history and culture of the Canadian Rockies
- Notes
- Bibliography and index.
- ISBN
- 9780888645128
- Accession Number
- 8037
- 60500 2010-06-03
- Call Number
- 13.117 H25h
- Collection
- Archives Library
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A new era for wolves and people : wolf recovery, human attitudes and policy
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13811
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2009
- Author
- Musiani, Marco
- Publisher
- Calgary : University of Calgary Press
- Call Number
- 04.2 M97a
- Author
- Musiani, Marco
- Responsibility
- edited by Marco Musiani, Luigi Boitani, and Paul C. Paquet
- Publisher
- Calgary : University of Calgary Press
- Published Date
- 2009
- Physical Description
- xx, 282 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, ports
- Series
- Energy, ecology, and the environment series, 1919-7144 ; no. 2
- Subjects
- Conservation
- Wildlife management
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-233) and index.
- ISBN
- 9781552382707
- Accession Number
- 60000 2010-03-25
- Call Number
- 04.2 M97a
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Ned : the story of Bear Six Nine Three
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13547
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2007
- Author
- Pavelka, Joe
- Publisher
- Vancouver : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- 05.2 P28n
- Author
- Pavelka, Joe
- Responsibility
- written by Joe Pavelka; illutrated by Lynne Huras
- Publisher
- Vancouver : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2007
- Physical Description
- [32] p. : col. ill
- ISBN
- 9781894765954
- Accession Number
- 40500 08-02-01
- Call Number
- 05.2 P28n
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Survival on the move : a CD/CD-ROM on wildlife movement in Banff National Park
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14427
- Medium
- Library - Sound recording
- Published Date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Canada : Parks Canada
- Call Number
- 13.113 S8 CDR
- Responsibility
- Parks Canada
- Publisher
- Canada : Parks Canada
- Published Date
- 2007
- Physical Description
- 1 CD-ROM (29 min., 26 sec.) : digital, stereo ; 12 cm
- Medium
- Library - Sound recording
- Notes
- Contains: Documentary: the pulse of the park (9:52) -- Family story: Carly's day out (13:49) -- CD-ROM special bonus feature: "...to get to the other side, of course!" (6:05)
- Contains spoken word audio and images
- Call Number
- 13.113 S8 CDR
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Wild country : the best of Andy Russell
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12642
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2004
- Author
- Russell, Andy
- Call Number
- 05 R91wi
- Author
- Russell, Andy
- Responsibility
- Andy Russell
- edited by R. Bruce Morrison
- Published Date
- 2004
- Physical Description
- 355p
- Subjects
- Biography
- Conservation
- Outfitters trail guides packers
- Ranching
- Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
- Wildlife
- ISBN
- 07710788703
- Accession Number
- 7562
- Call Number
- 05 R91wi
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Bighorn wildland : defending wild Alberta through awareness and action
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14833
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2003
- Author
- Alberta Wilderness Association
- Publisher
- Calgary : Alberta Wilderness Association
- Call Number
- S918 A43
- Responsibility
- Alberta Wilderness Association
- Publisher
- Calgary : Alberta Wilderness Association
- Published Date
- 2003
- Physical Description
- v, 162 p. : col. ill., col. maps
- Subjects
- Conservation
- Wildlife
- ISBN
- 0920074200
- Call Number
- S918 A43
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Bighorn wildland
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12064
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Alberta Wilderness Association
- Call Number
- 04 B48a
- Responsibility
- Rod Burns, Julie Cook, Dorothy Dickson, [et. al]
- Publisher
- Alberta Wilderness Association
- Published Date
- 2003
- Physical Description
- 162 p. : ill. (mostly col.), maps
- Subjects
- Conservation
- Eastern slopes
- Exploration
- Geology
- Indians
- Kootenay Plains
- McKenzie, Ed
- McKenzie, Mildred
- Outfitters, trail guides, packers
- Sands family
- Wildlife
- Ya Ha Tinda Ranch
- ISBN
- 0920074-20-0
- Accession Number
- 7480
- Call Number
- 04 B48a
- Collection
- Archives Library
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