Latest Canmore Podcast Episodes
089 Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - July 02, 2021 05:54 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsOver the past few weeks, the news has been flooded with stories of countless graves of indigenous children, forgotten victims of Canada's Residential School system. This has brought into clear focus the horrible indignities done to our first nations over the span of more than a century and has...
088 Bringing nature closer when you can't go far.
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - April 22, 2020 21:28 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIf you'd like to listen to this episode, visit the show notes at www.MountainNaturePodcast.com/ep088
087 Ice Battleships and Alberta's Connection to WWII's Battle of the Atlantic.
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - March 15, 2020 19:08 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsVisit www.MountainNaturePodcast.com/ep087 for links to additional information, historic images, and to listen to this episode.
086 Dangers of the Insect Apocalypse
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - February 26, 2020 04:33 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIf you'd like to listen to this episode, please visit www.MountainNaturePodcast.com/ep086.
085 Looking at the 25th anniversary of the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - February 11, 2020 07:06 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIf you'd like to check out this episode, visit the web page at www.MountainNaturePodcast.com/ep085
084 Feeding Birds Ethically and Effectively
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - January 24, 2020 18:46 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsTo listen to this podcast, visit the show notes at www.MountainNaturePodcast.com/ep084.
083 The Real Story Behind the Movie The Revenant
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - January 14, 2020 23:55 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIf you'd like to check out the show notes for this episode, visit www.MountainNaturePodcast.com/ep083
082 We're one of the top 15 podcasts on Ecology, and grizzlies digging up the high country
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - December 21, 2019 19:54 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIf you'd like to check out the show notes for this episode, visit www.MountainNaturePodcast.com/ep082
081 Overtourism in Canada's Mountain National Parks
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - June 13, 2019 04:43 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIf you'd like to check out the show notes for this episode, visit www.MountainNaturePodcast.com/ep081
080 Conserving caribou by blaming carnivores and ancient human footprints lead the way to a new coastal migration theory
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - May 30, 2019 04:07 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIf you'd like to view the show notes to this episode, please visit the website at www.MountainNaturePodcast.com/ep080
079 season of the crocus, earlier blooming is stressing bird populations and early berries for bears may not be a good thing.
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - April 25, 2019 05:05 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIf you'd like to listen to this episode, or check out the show notes, please visit www.MountainNaturePodcast.com/ep079
078 Examining a new Fire Management Plan for Banff, Yoho, and Kootenay National Parks and Game of Thrones connections in western Canada
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - April 17, 2019 22:40 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIf you'd like to listen or view the show notes for this episode, please visit www.MountainNaturePodcast.com/ep078.
077 Wolverines in the mountain west, and tick season is upon us
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - April 10, 2019 13:55 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsTo view the show notes and listen to this episode, please visit www.MountainNaturePodcast.com/ep077
076 New report shows Canada warming up twice as fast as most of the world, a look a the biggest, the cuddliest, and the most frightening T. Rex's, and the day the world ended for the dinosaurs.
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - April 04, 2019 18:51 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIf you'd like to visit the show notes for this page, please go to: www.mountainnaturepodcast.com/ep076
075 Grizzly bears emerge from their winter dens, and Montana's Glacier National Park is losing its glaciers
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - April 01, 2019 00:09 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThis podcast explores the natural and human history of the Canadian Rockies as well as its attractions and culture. We'll look at the ecology and wildlife as well as the unique plants and birds that make the Canadian Rockies home. Looking back through our history we will share the stories behind ...
074 Keepiing Alberta Rat Free, and how adding one non-native fish to Yellowstone caused a food web to collapse
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - March 21, 2019 15:18 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIf you'd like to listen to this episode, please visit www.MountainNaturePodcast.com/ep074.
073 Scientific mysteries around ancient pictographs in Grotto Canyon, and how winters with lower snowpacks will effect local wildlife.
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - March 13, 2019 05:24 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIf you'd like to see the show notes for this episode, please visit www.MountainNaturePodcast.com/ep073
072 Saying goodbye to the father of Global warming, Canmore's Nuclear Bunker, New Train Service to the Mountains, and watching for the bears to emerge
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - March 07, 2019 04:21 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThis week we say goodbye to Wallace Smith Broeker, the groundbreaking climatologist that coined the term "global warming'. I also look at a cold war bunker near Canmore, Alberta that forms a stark reminder of a more dangerous time in our history. A propos
071 Smoke melts glaciers, and winter wildlife survival strategies
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - February 27, 2019 07:20 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsCheck out the show notes for this episode at www.MountainNaturePodcast.com/ep071 for links to additional information.
070 Polar bears and climate change denial, Alberta's mountains see the highest temperature increases, and did European contact in the New World cause the Little Ice Age
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - February 19, 2019 05:34 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIf you would like to view the transcript and show notes for this episode visit our web page at www.mountainnaturepodcast.com/ep070.
069 Looking at why elk keep their antlers througout the winter, and forest fires in California and British Columbia
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - November 25, 2018 20:56 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIf you'd like to see the detailed show notes for this episode, please visit: www.MountainNaturePodcast.com/ep069.
068 Fire ecology in western Canada with fire expert Cliff White.
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - September 10, 2018 03:56 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThis is a special episode that I wanted to get out right away. It's an important talk about the fire situation in western Canada, but more importantly, what we can do in townsites like Banff, Canmore, and Jasper…and with that said, let's get to it. This presentation was organized through the R...
067 Mapping the Expansion of Coyotes, Reintroduced Bison Test Their Boundaries, and Time to Stop Making Rock Sculptures
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - August 29, 2018 02:06 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsMapping the Expansion of Coyote Range across the Continent In the mountain west, we simply accept the presence of coyotes on the landscape. They're simply a part of the mountain environment that we call home. For many places though, that isn't the case. Coyotes are one of the continent's most s...
066 Finally, free roaming bison in Banff, and bear safety during buffaloberry season.
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - August 04, 2018 01:55 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsParks Canada has just announced that it has opened the gates and finally allowed its growing herd of wild bison out of their enclosure and, for the first time, letting them wander somewhat freely within the park, at least within a 1,200 sq km release zone. The release has happened a little lat...
065 The buffaloberries are back, and a new report on Coexisting with Wildlife in the Bow Valley
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - July 22, 2018 04:18 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThis podcast explores the natural and human history of the Canadian Rockies as well as its attractions and culture. We'll look at the ecology and wildlife as well as the unique plants and birds that make the Canadian Rockies home. Looking back through our history we will share the stories behind ...
064 The story of Crowfoot wraps up, and new decisions on development in the Bow Valley
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - July 12, 2018 20:50 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIn this episode, I wrap up the story of Blackfoot Chief Crowfoot as he experiences life under Canada's Treaty 7. I also look at the implications of some recent government and court decisions regarding development in the Bow Valley. For the complete show notes, please visit our show page at www...
063 New Reviews, Crowfoot gets to know the Mounties, and the secret lives of the Yellow Ladyslipper Orchid
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - June 28, 2018 23:58 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsA New Review of the Podcast Before I reprise the story of Crowfoot, I wanted to give a shout out to an iTunes listener with the screen name Jul121314 in the U.S. for the kind review. The review is titled "Great Storytelling". They continue saying: "Love listening to the stories - current and h...
062 The Life of Chief Crowfoot of the Blackfoot, and bears along the train tracks
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - June 18, 2018 05:56 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsCrowfoot The First Nations of the plains were a diverse and powerful collection of Tribes that were often at war with one another. Wars over territory, the best hunting areas, the theft of horses, and many other grievances kept the borders of various nations constantly in flux. One of the mo...
061 Sulphur Storms, Mismatched Colours, and Famous Filming Locations
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - May 30, 2018 04:30 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsSulphur Storms This past week has marked the start of pollen season in the mountain west. The white spruce, in particular, released vast amounts of yellowish-green pollen, coating every car, patio set, pond, and puddle. The railings alongside trails and even the surfaces of leaves have been co...
060 Tricking bumblebees and a renewed focus on ecological integrity in Canada's national parks
Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast - May 20, 2018 06:16 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsOrchids tricking Bumblebees Wandering trails around the Bow River valley, it seems like every day there are new and exciting changes taking place. The leaves have begun to emerge and the early season blooms are adding a splash of colour to the meadows and forest leaf litter. Today I saw my f...
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