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- Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian) 2
- Bern Smith (1928 – 2009, Canadian) 1
- Donahue, W.F. 1
- Edward Burtynsky (1955 – , Canadian) 1
- Gray, Kim 1
- Kenneth Gillespie (1948 – , Canadian) 1
- Norman Yates (1923 – 2014, Canadian) 1
- Phare, Merrell-Ann 1
- Sandford, Robert W 1
- Sandford, Robert William 1
- Schindler, D.W. 1
- Swenson, Roy 1
An impending water crisis in Canada's western prairie provinces
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24934
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2006
- Author
- Schindler, D.W.
- Donahue, W.F.
- Publisher
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
- Call Number
- 03.5 Sc1a PAM
1 website
- Author
- Schindler, D.W.
- Donahue, W.F.
- Responsibility
- D.W. Schindler
- W.F. Donahue
- Publisher
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
- Published Date
- 2006
- Physical Description
- 6 pages ; illustrations , maps
- Abstract
- Canada is usually considered to be a country with abundant freshwater, but in its western prairie provinces (WPP), an area 1/5 the size of Europe, freshwater is scarce. European settlement of the WPP did not begin until the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Fortuitously, the period since European settlement appears to have been the wettest century of the past two millennia. The frequent, long periods of drought that characterized earlier centuries of the past two millennia were largely absent in the 20th century. Here, we show that climate warming and human modifications to catchments have already significantly reduced the flows of major rivers of the WPP during the summer months, when human demand and in-stream flow needs are greatest. We predict that in the near future climate warming, via its effects on glaciers, snowpacks, and evaporation, will combine with cyclic drought and rapidly increasing human activity in the WPP to cause a crisis in water quantity and quality with far-reaching implications.
- Notes
- In PNAS May 9, 2006 103 (19) 7210-7216
- Call Number
- 03.5 Sc1a PAM
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Available online via PNAS's website
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Man on water - water almost claimed Bob Sandford's life, so why has the Alberta scientist devoted his entire career to saving the planet's most precious resource?
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25115
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- April 2009
- Author
- Gray, Kim
- Publisher
- Canadian Living
- Call Number
- P
- Author
- Gray, Kim
- Responsibility
- Kim Gray (author)
- George Webber (photographer)
- Publisher
- Canadian Living
- Published Date
- April 2009
- Physical Description
- p. 164 - 173
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Abstract
- Pertains to Bob Sandford's work in the Canadian Rocky Mountains with water conservation
- Notes
- In Canadian Living, Vol. 34, No.4, April 2009 pg. 164-173
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Water, weather and the mountain west
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13641
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2007
- Author
- Sandford, Robert W
- Publisher
- Surrey, B.C. : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- 03.5 Sa5wa c.1
- 03.5 Sa5wa c.2
- 03.5 Sa5wa ref. c.3
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- Author
- Sandford, Robert W
- Publisher
- Surrey, B.C. : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2007
- Physical Description
- 207 pages : illustrations
- Subjects
- Conservation
- Water
- Watersheds
- Canada
- Climate
- Climate change
- Climatology
- Hydrology
- Hydrology - Alberta
- Abstract
- Growing populations, increasing industrial use and heavy agricultural demand are beginning to tax water supplies in many regions of Canada. Since many rivers are already fully allocated to numerous uses, future economic and social development will depend upon how much we know about our surface and ground water resources and how effectively we manage them—especially in the face of climate change. The message to take home from this eloquent book is that it is time to dispel the myth of limitless abundance of water in Canada and throughout North America. We all need to be mindful that though our technologically sophisticated society is largely fuelled and lubricated by refined petroleum, it ultimately runs on plain water. In his conclusion to this authoritative book, Robert Sandford, chair of Canada’s United Nations Water for Life Decade, offers a realistic picture of the various issues and threats related to the future availability and quality of fresh water in Canada. (from Rocky Mountain Books website)
- Contents
- Invocation: through mist and rainbow the water speaks
- One: water, weather and the west
- Two: the drinking-water supply in Canada
- Three: what can we learn from others
- Four: reading the wind: reframing the climage-change debate
- Five: future landscapes in the mountain west
- Appendix One
- Appendix Two
- Written on the wind: a climate-change bookshelf
- Index
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-198) and index
- ISBN
- 9781894765930
- Accession Number
- 40500 - 2 copies
- P2020-2
- Call Number
- 03.5 Sa5wa c.1
- 03.5 Sa5wa c.2
- 03.5 Sa5wa ref. c.3
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Summary on Rocky Mountain Books website
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Denying the source : the crisis of First Nations water rights
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14185
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2009
- Author
- Phare, Merrell-Ann
- Publisher
- Surrey, B.C. : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- 04 P49
- Author
- Phare, Merrell-Ann
- Responsibility
- Merrell-Ann S. Phare
- Publisher
- Surrey, B.C. : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2009
- Physical Description
- xi, 99 p.
- ISBN
- 9781897522615
- Accession Number
- 13-2-1 70,500
- Call Number
- 04 P49
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Water, weather and the mountain west
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13662
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2007
- Author
- Sandford, Robert William
- Publisher
- Surrey B.C. : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- S918 S26
- Author
- Sandford, Robert William
- Responsibility
- Robert William Sandford
- Publisher
- Surrey B.C. : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2007
- Physical Description
- x, 207p.
- Subjects
- Water
- Glaciers
- Conservation
- ISBN
- 978-1-894765-93-0
- Call Number
- S918 S26
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Town of Banff state of our environment report
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11741
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2002
- Call Number
- 13.112 B22tow Pam
- Responsibility
- prepared by Highwood Environmental Management Limited
- Published Date
- 2002
- Physical Description
- 55 p
- Subjects
- Roads
- User studies
- Utilities
- Water
- Wildlife management
- Accession Number
- 7410
- Call Number
- 13.112 B22tow Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Lakes, rivers and streams of Alberta : southern basins
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11832
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2002
- Author
- Swenson, Roy
- Publisher
- Spruce Grove (Alberta) : Space Maps Inc
- Call Number
- 03.1 S3l v.1
- Author
- Swenson, Roy
- Publisher
- Spruce Grove (Alberta) : Space Maps Inc
- Published Date
- 2002
- Physical Description
- 423 p. : ill., maps
- Subjects
- Fish
- Irrigation
- Names, Geographical
- Water
- Accession Number
- 35500
- Call Number
- 03.1 S3l v.1
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- Archives Library
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Alberta Oil Sands #14
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactbue.18.01
- Date
- 2007
- Medium
- photograph on board
- Catalogue Number
- BuE.18.01
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- Title
- Alberta Oil Sands #14
- Date
- 2007
- Medium
- photograph on board
- Dimensions
- 162.56 x 121.92 cm
- Subject
- oil
- water
- chromogenic
- Credit
- Gift of Edward Burtynsky, Toronto, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- BuE.18.01
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- Date
- 2000
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- GiK.01.01
- Description
- The scene is dominated by the rock faces, and mountains, notably the Yukness Ledges. Very little sky is visible, mostly white and blue clouds. Mauve, pink and brown mountains with a few vestiges of snow; pink and brown rock faces with dark and light green trees leading down to the shore. Seven Sist…
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- Title
- Lake O’Hara
- Date
- 2000
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 76.5 x 101.5 cm
- Description
- The scene is dominated by the rock faces, and mountains, notably the Yukness Ledges. Very little sky is visible, mostly white and blue clouds. Mauve, pink and brown mountains with a few vestiges of snow; pink and brown rock faces with dark and light green trees leading down to the shore. Seven Sisters Falls is visible mid-to viewer’s right. The bottom portion is turquoise blue water bisected by a line of brown/orange/pink rocks with seven shadowy trees and tree trunks, viewer’s right.Au verso printed in black marker, viewer’s left, Lake O’Hara 30x40; viewer’s right Lake O’Hara
- Subject
- landscape
- mountains
- water, Lake O’Hara
- Credit
- Gift of Barbara and Andrew Hyslop Zinter, 2012
- Catalogue Number
- GiK.01.01
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Kootenay Plains/Mountain Study #7
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactgrl.01.11
- Date
- 2001 – 2001
- Medium
- oil on masonite board
- Catalogue Number
- GrL.01.11
- Description
- An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours are green, blue, brown and grey. The top right corner is rimmed with white clouds, under which the mountain is rendered in a purple/grey. Under the mountain, in the lower third of the image, several blue streaks represent a river or lake. A…
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- Title
- Kootenay Plains/Mountain Study #7
- Date
- 2001 – 2001
- Medium
- oil on masonite board
- Dimensions
- 35.6 x 45.7 cm
- Description
- An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours are green, blue, brown and grey. The top right corner is rimmed with white clouds, under which the mountain is rendered in a purple/grey. Under the mountain, in the lower third of the image, several blue streaks represent a river or lake. At the blhc there is a segment of green. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in beige paint. Au verso, written in black ink in the tlhc, “45/H-2”.
- Credit
- Gift of Les Graff, Bashaw, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- GrL.01.11
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