Tag: Grizzly bear

082 Top Ecology Podcasts, and grizzlies digging up the high country

When a grizzly digs up a meadow in the search for roots, it looks like a commercial excavator has been working in the area. Grizzlies are born to dig!

082 Top Ecology Podcasts, and grizzlies digging up the high country

Published December 21, 2019 by Ward Cameron

In this episode, I’m taking a deep dive into the impacts that grizzly bears have on subalpine and alpine meadows as they tear up the…

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079 season of the crocus, earlier blooming is stressing bird populations and early berries for bears may not be a good thing`

photo of a Prairie Crocus (Anemone patens)

079 season of the crocus, earlier blooming is stressing bird populations and early berries for bears may not be a good thing`

Published April 25, 2019 by Ward Cameron

This week, I start with a closer look at one of the true harbingers of spring, the prairie crocus. It’s more than just a pretty…

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074 Keeping Alberta Rat Free, and how adding one non-native fish to Yellowstone caused a food web to collapse

Photo of a juvenile bald eagle being mobbed by ravens.

074 Keeping Alberta Rat Free, and how adding one non-native fish to Yellowstone caused a food web to collapse

Published March 21, 2019 by Ward Cameron

This week I take a look at a little known Alberta claim to fame. It’s the only place on Earth, outside of the Arctic and…

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047 Canada’s 150th birthday and its effects on visitation to the Mountain Parks, an Ode to Bear 148, and interviews with several candidates.

047 Canada’s 150th birthday and its effects on visitation to the Mountain Parks, an Ode to Bear 148, and interviews with several candidates.

Published October 12, 2017 by Ward Cameron

I look at just how Canada’s 150th birthday and free park passes impacted visitation to Banff National Park. Also in this episode, Canmore says goodbye…

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046 Bears and Trains, and the Cariboo Goldrush becomes a Bonanza

046 Bears and Trains, and the Cariboo Goldrush becomes a Bonanza

Published October 7, 2017 by Ward Cameron

This week, I look at some new research on grizzly bears and train tracks within Banff and Yoho National Parks. As always, there’s some amazing…

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045 Wolves help grizzlies by killing elk, the Trans Canada Trail is complete, the Jasper to Columbia Icefields trail falls into limbo, and gold rushes in British Columbia

045 Wolves help grizzlies by killing elk, the Trans Canada Trail is complete, the Jasper to Columbia Icefields trail falls into limbo, and gold rushes in British Columbia

Published September 28, 2017 by Ward Cameron

In this episode, I look at the possibility that a landscape without wolves might also be a landscape without grizzlies. In addition, Canada’s Great Trail,…

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034 Bear Spray containers, Wildlife overpasses, Bear 148 in trouble, new bear research methods, and Waterton Park’s namesake

034 Bear Spray containers, Wildlife overpasses, Bear 148 in trouble, new bear research methods, and Waterton Park’s namesake

Published July 9, 2017 by Ward Cameron

This past week, bear 148 has been in some trouble around Canmore and we’ll look into her most recent runin with Conservation Officers. I talk…

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020 Castle Park Announcement, Whirling Disease Updates, Shocking Grizzly Stories, and Frigid Pine Beetles

020 Castle Park Announcement, Whirling Disease Updates, Shocking Grizzly Stories, and Frigid Pine Beetles

Published February 23, 2017 by Ward Cameron

In this episode I introduce you to the Castle Mountain Wilderness and provincial park. There is also some important news regarding the status of whirling…