Latest Canadianrockies Podcast Episodes
029 Stampede foods, draining lakes, lost historic sites and summer crowds
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - May 28, 2017 07:23 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsStory 1 - New Stampede Foods Every year, the Calgary Stampede introduces new menu items for the midway…and this year is no different. As usual, some are tasty, and others nasty. Last week they announced 40 new foods to their usual fare of corn dogs, French fries and pizza. Wait…did someone say p...
028 Franklin Artifacts, Bear 148's Wanderings and B.C.'s Interior Rainforest
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - May 20, 2017 21:49 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsStory 1 - Banff Officials Launch New Campaign This summer, Parks Canada is launching a new public education campaign to try to educate visitors about the dangers of feeding animals in the park. Large images of a wolf with a plastic bottle in its mouth with the caption 'human food kills wildlif...
027 Bison babies, conservation wins and new transportation options for the mountains
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - May 06, 2017 05:46 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsStory 1 - First Bison Born in Banff Well, today, I'm able to share several good news stories that makes all the work worth it. While we are constantly being bombarded with bad news, it's always exciting when the hard work of thousands of people has a tangible impact on decisions taking place in ...
026 Parks Canada Takes its Lumps
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - April 24, 2017 04:58 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIf you're a follower of this podcast, you'll know I'm a great champion of the job that Parks Canada staff undergo on a daily basis. Every day, they're on the front lines trying to keep our wildlife both wild and safe, keeping resources protected and plucking injured wilderness wanderers off of m...
025 Icefields Chalet upgrades, Mount Edith Cavell permits and going Batty
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - April 19, 2017 06:10 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThis week we're looking at some important changes to the tourism infrastructure in Jasper National Park as well as some insights into the life of bats in the mountain west http://traffic.libsyn.com/mountainnature/Ep025_Mountain_Nature_and_Culture_Podcast.mp3 Story 1 - The Tourism Files As th...
024 Bow Valley Wildlife Corridors vs Developers
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - April 11, 2017 19:35 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThis episode takes an in-depth look at the developments currently threatening to close off the last wildlife corridors moving through the Bow River Valley at Canmore. These developments include the Three Sisters and Smith Creek Developments, as well as the proposed development and gondola at Sil...
023 Wolves and Ravens, The Boss Awakens, Icefields Bike Trail, and Winter Olympics 2026
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - March 29, 2017 04:33 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsStory 1 - Why do wolves hunt in packs? Have you ever wondered why wolves hunt in packs? After all, a single wolf is capable of taking down a 300 kg (1000 lb) moose all on its own. Theoretically, if a wolf hunted alone or in a group of one or two, they would just get more of the meat to themsel...
022 Grizzly Reintroduction to the North Cascades, North America's earliest bison, the Rocky Mountain Pledge and people using wildlife corridors
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - March 20, 2017 01:56 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThis week we'll look at efforts to reintroduce grizzly bears to the north Cascades of Washington State. The plan may include some Canadian bears to help repopulate an area that has excellent habitat for bears. We'll also look way back into the earliest history of bison on the North American land...
021 Bison Homecoming
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - March 08, 2017 06:26 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsI was really pleased to record the presentations at the Buffalo Homecoming celebrations held on March 2, 2017 at the Cave and Basin National Historic Site. The Eleanor Luxton Foundation and Bison Belong co-sponsored the event which was a gala evening with first nations blessings, dancing and dru...
020 Castle Park Announcement, Whirling Disease Updates, Shocking Grizzly Stories and Frigid Pine Beetles
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - February 23, 2017 05:09 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsStory 1 - Castle Parks are Expanding Whenever we hear about new parks being established, it's great news - and this January, we got a double whammy as the Alberta Government finalized the boundaries of Castle Wildland and announced the creation of Castle Provincial Park on January 20, 2017. Th...
019 Keeping Wolves Safe, Returning Bison, and new research into Grizzlies
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - February 11, 2017 00:08 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsStory 1 - Bow Valley Wolf Pack This has been a difficult year for wolves in Banff. The dramatic increase in visitation over the past few years has put wolves living in the Bow River Valley, right into direct conflict with tourists. While other Banff packs have managed to avoid the brunt of hum...
018 Summer Reservations, Radium Expansion, Formation of the Rockies and Canadian Towns worth Visiting
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - January 24, 2017 09:19 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsStory 1 - Summer Camping Reservations Filling Up Fast In Episode 17, I suggested that anybody thinking of camping in the mountain national parks this summer make a point of booking their sites as soon as the summer reservation system opened on January 11. As it turned out, the reservations wen...
017 2017 Park Passes, Canada Rated a top tourism destination, Global Water Futures and Caribou in the Rockies
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - January 12, 2017 07:57 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsStory 1 - Park Passes are still necessary Unless you've been living under a rock for the past year you'll likely be aware that the federal government has decided to make entry into Canada's national parks completely free for 2017. Parks still needs to be able to track the number of visitors ...
016 Winter Ticks, Winter Insect Survival and New Northward Migrations
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - December 08, 2016 20:25 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsStory 1 - Winter Ticks Have you ever gone on a spring hike and returned to your car only to find that you had unwittingly picked up an eight legged hitchhiker? Maybe you didn't notice and, a few days later found a growing eight-legged grape tucked away in your navel, or worse - and let's leave...
015 Rutting Moose, Gravel Rivers and Mountains 101
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - November 30, 2016 06:03 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsStory 1 - Rutting Moose Recently, photographs hit the web from Alaska, showing two bull moose that had their antlers locked together costing them both their lives. They were found frozen in a slough pond with just their antlers and part of their sides exposed above the frozen surface of the wa...
014 Canada's National Bird, Lake Louise World Cup Cancelled and Desperate Measures for Whirling Disease
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - November 18, 2016 23:23 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsStory 1 - Canada Jay selected to be our national bird For the past year, the Royal Canadian Geographic Society has been listening to Canadians suggestions for a national bird. While the Americans have the bald eagle, Canada has never adopted a national bird. The Royal Canadian Geographic Socie...
013 Choosing Snowshoes, Summer Crowds and Super Moons
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - November 13, 2016 22:10 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsStory 1 - Buying Your First Pair of Snowshoes What should you look for when buying your first pair of snowshoes. First, you'll need to answer these fundamental questions: Where do you want to go? How steep will the terrain be? How deep with the snow be? Will it be powder or packed? ...
012 Adapting to Winter and the History of Snowshoeing
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - November 04, 2016 23:15 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsStory 1 - Adapting to Winter There are many ways that animals and birds can adapt to deal with the cold temperatures of winter. In most cases, we can classify animals as winter avoiders, winter tolerators and winter lovers. Right now we're seeing migratory birds like the tundra swan gathering ...
011 Glacial History of the Athabasca Glacier
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - October 26, 2016 16:59 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsStory 1 - Winter Weather Predictions I look at some of the predictions for this year's winter weather. We've had a few very mild winters now but the change towards La Niña conditions may shake that up with higher than average snowfalls. Story 2 - Leave Your Drones at Home Camera drones are...
010 Glaciers in the Mountain West
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - October 07, 2016 03:10 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsStory 1 - Mountain Soundscape I wanted to share a sound file that I recorded recently as part of a haunting morning video of elk during the annual rut in Banff National Park. If you enjoy the audio, check out the original file at: http://bit.ly/2dwQzJp . Story 2 - Glaciers in the Mountain We...
009 Whirling Disease, Franklin's 2nd Ship Discovered, Banff Experience, Swimming Bears and Expired Bear Spray
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - September 30, 2016 05:23 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsStory 1 - Whirling Disease Last week we talked about the discovery of whirling disease in Johnson Lake in Banff National Park. This was the first discovery of this devastating parasitic disease in the country and resulted in a huge flurry of research to see if it had spread beyond this tiny mo...
008 Life in a Rut, Fall Hikes, Dark Skies and Canada's National Bird
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - September 13, 2016 06:50 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsStory 1 - Life In a Rut Now that September has arrived, thoughts will be turning to romance in the local elk population. The antlers that have been covered in velvet since late-April are now beginning to peel as the blood supply is cut off to the velvet. Big bulls, properly called stags will b...
007 Berry Season Ends, Whirling Disease and Quagga Mussels and New Fossils Found
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - September 04, 2016 07:44 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsStory 1 - The End of the Buffaloberry Seaon For the past 6 weeks or so, we have been talking about a bumper crop of buffaloberries. However, since they only last until the first frost of autumn, the berries have now disappeared and bears will be moving onto other fall foods. This means it is e...
006 Unethical Photographers, Amazing Parks Dog and Handler Honoured, Book Reviews, ice Age Migration Dilemma, and Ground Squirrel Reflections
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - August 19, 2016 00:12 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsStory 1 - Photographers Using Telemetry Gear to Track Wildlife This week we heard from Parks Canada staff that unscrupulous photographers may be using telemetry antennas to track wildlife to photograph. These antennas, generally the sole property of wardens, conservation officers and biologi...
005 Oops, Out of Bear Spray, Park Improvements, Another Dead Wolf and Ground Squirrels in the Rockies
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - August 08, 2016 21:56 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsStory 1 - Breaking News There have been several news stories since our last episode. The first one deals with an unexpected challenge related to bears and buffaloberries…Calgary outdoor shops have been having a hard time keeping bear spray in stock. You may have to look around a bit to find a ...
004 Bear Updates, Holiday Travel Tips, Jasper Berry Harvest and Wildlife Crossing Structures
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - July 30, 2016 17:54 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsStory 1 - Buffaloberry and Bears Update This has been another busy week for black and grizzly bears in the Rockies. With the bumper crop of buffaloberries this year, the number of close encounters has been growing steadily. This week. Kananaskis Country has issued a warning for the entirety of...
003 Citizen Science, Bear 148's Wanderings, Icefields Bike Trail and Book Review
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - July 21, 2016 06:28 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWell it's official. We're now on the iTunes Store. You can subscribe directly by searching for us on iTunes or simply by clicking the following link: http://apple.co/29V9UOh. Subscribing is the best way to make sure you have access to every episode as soon as it's uploaded. We also appreciate an...
002 Mountain News, Stampede Food, and Shrinking Glaciers
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - July 15, 2016 19:50 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsStory 1 - Mountain News Items Parks Increasing Prosecutions for Feeding Wildlife This has been a difficult year for wildlife in the Rockies. We've had numerous bears killed along highways but we've also had a growing problem with visitors giving handouts to wildlife. It all came to a head re...
001 Buffaloberries and Bears, Banff signs and The Amazing Race
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - July 09, 2016 20:07 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsStory 1 - The Amazing Race Canada comes to Jasper On June 28 the 4th season of the Amazing Race Canada kicked off with a visit to Alberta's Jasper National Park. They did some crazy things but the scariest of all was climbing out of tram car at the Jasper Tramline and climb down one side, cros...
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