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- 2011
- Medium
- oil on wood
- Catalogue Number
- GuR.02.01
- Description
- A landscape oil painting, on board, of forest on fire. The painting is dominated by one central tree. Fallen tree on fire diagonally across painting in foreground. Background is thick forest on fire and some blue sky with orange smoke. Primarily red, green, blue and yellow color palette. Au verso s…
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- Title
- #4 Wildfires
- Date
- 2011
- Medium
- oil on wood
- Dimensions
- 19.2 x 24.3 cm
- Description
- A landscape oil painting, on board, of forest on fire. The painting is dominated by one central tree. Fallen tree on fire diagonally across painting in foreground. Background is thick forest on fire and some blue sky with orange smoke. Primarily red, green, blue and yellow color palette. Au verso several stickers. At top white with black printing “THIS PAINTING HAS BEEN DONATED TO THE PERMANENT COLLECTION OF THE WHYTE MUSEUM OF THE CANADIAN ROCKIES AT BANFF. IT IS A GIFT FROM THE ARTIST, ROBERT GUEST OF GRANDE CACHE. 2012.” Sticker middle right is yellow with black print, “ CAUTION! HELP AVOID FADING: Display original artwork out of direct sunlight or other strong light, and away from heat or moist conditions!” Bottom left label, white with black printing, “#4. Wildfires./2011” NEW OILPAINT SERIES - 8X10 “ PANELS AT GRANDE CACHE, BY R. GUEST.” Bottom left sticker, blue with black print, see artist bio.
- Subject
- landscape
- forest fire
- Robert Guest
- Credit
- Purchased from Robert Guest, Grande Cache, 2012
- Catalogue Number
- GuR.02.01
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A..."climate"...ising to Alberta in the dawn of the Anthropocene
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20009
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- 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
- Physical Description
- p. 22 - 25
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Abstract
- Pertains to climate change during Anthropocene including increased wildfires, ticks, and tick-borne diseases, floods, increase in insurance rates, and negative effects on health and mental health, wildlife extinction, decrease in fresh water.
- Notes
- In Wildlands Advocate, Vol. 27, No.2, June 2019, p. 22 - 25
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- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Digital version of publication available online
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Conservation : from Chaucer to Smokey the Bear : part 1
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue9551
- Author
- Gadd, Ben
- Physical Description
- p.4, 7
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Fire ecology
- Forests
- Notes
- In Wild Lands Advocate, vol.6, no.3, April 1998
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- P
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- Archives Library
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Friendly forest fire - assessing the benefits seven years later
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue59
- Author
- Rasmussen, Corey
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Fires
- Fire ecology
- Banff National Park
- Notes
- Conservation Magazine, fall-winter 2017
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- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The language of fire - interview with Parks Canada Gregg Walker
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue916
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- 2018
- Author
- Wilson, Niki
- Publisher
- In Canadian Rockies Annual, Vol. 3, 2018
- Call Number
- P
- Author
- Wilson, Niki
- Editor
- Ward, Meghan J.
- Publisher
- In Canadian Rockies Annual, Vol. 3, 2018
- Published Date
- 2018
- Physical Description
- p.48-53
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Fire ecology
- Fire fighting
- Fires
- Parks Canada
- Banff National Park
- Kootenay National Park
- Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
- Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park
- Abstract
- Wildfires play an important role in the landscape. But when they burn out of control, professionals dive in to manage them. Fire expert Gregg Walker explains what's really going on amidst the flames
- Language
- English
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My grandfather's wilderness
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue10649
- Author
- Van Tighem, Kevin
- Physical Description
- p.8-10
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Banff National Park
- Cascade Fire Road
- Notes
- In Wilderness Alberta, vol.19, no.3, winter 1989
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New hall in old walls
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue10257
- Physical Description
- p.1-2
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Banff Fire Hall
- Notes
- In Town Crier, vol.3, no.4, Aug 1992
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Park Protectors - six species at risk that the unsung heroes of Parks Canada are striving to save
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1298
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- Library - Periodical
- Author
- Wilson, Niki
- Publisher
- Canadian Geographic
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- P
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- Author
- Wilson, Niki
- Publisher
- Canadian Geographic
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Abstract
- Northern Leopard Frogs in Waterton Lakes National Park
- Notes
- In Canadian Geographic, November - December 2018, p. 44-50
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- Archives Library
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- URL additional information to article
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- Author
- Nikiforuk, Andrew
- Physical Description
- p.68-76 : ill., map
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Botany
- Entomology
- Fire ecology
- Forests
- Logging
- Notes
- In Canadian Geographic, vol.127, no.1 (January / February 2007). Article pertains to the mountain pine beetle infestation
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Protection paranoia: the story of the Bighorn
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13444
- Author
- Pharis, Vivian
- Physical Description
- p.4-11 : ill., map
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Notes
- In Wild Lands Advocate, vol.15, no.4 (August 2007). Article pertains to the Bighorn Wildland recreation area situated in the Central Rockies, adjacent to eastern boundaries of Jasper and Banff National Parks, containing the headwaters of the South and North Saskatchewan rivers
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