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(94/366) One Thing the Outer Coast Does Particularly Well…
April 3, 2012 – One thing the outer coast of Vancouver Island does particularly well is grow moss. Why? Well, with an annual average precipitation of close to 3 metres of rain, it’s a pretty moist environment. It’s lovingly known as the “Wet Coast”, and it is a beautiful place to visit if you are a person who can get…
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(81/366) Spring Greening
March 21, 2012 – I love the smells and colours that come with Spring. The tang of freshly cut grass reminds me of the pleasures of just lying on the lawn, staring up at the clouds, looking for shapes and finding wondrous creatures in the random swirling of water in the sky. Plucking a blade of grass from the ground…
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The Ocean’s Shifting Baseline
Daniel Pauly is a Professor in the Fisheries Centre & Zoology at the University of British Columbia, and is the Principal Investigator of the Sea Around Us Project (see www.seaaroundus.org), funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts, Philadelphia, and devoted to studying, documenting and promoting policies to mitigate the impact of fisheries on the world’s marine ecosystems. He was the Director of the…
Read more »Anatomy of Deception
An article written for Aquaculture North America (Jan/Feb 2012) by a well respected member of the aquatic sciences community, and worthy of passing on, mainly because the amount of misinformation in the media is overwhelming. Anatomy of Deception by Brad Hicks When anti-salmon farming activists announced the discovery of Infectious Salmon Anaemia Virus in British Columbia last fall it was…
Read more »Day 326 – Grateful
I never knew that I could be so grateful to have discovered what I think is the best line of outdoor clothing around. Icebreaker came to Vancouver in about March and I was interested in it from a travel perspective at first. Lightweight wool seems like a strange concept to stay cool in, and I started to toy with the…
Read more »Day 307 – At the end of the day
307/365 (Nov 3, 2011) – Saw it all today. It started out dark (surprise!) for my ride up to a nearby fish hatchery (about 2 km up the road) where I had planned on spending a few hours doing some sampling before heading into the office. But the best thing about plans is that they can change. The staff were…
Read more »Day 213 – BC Day on Mount Seymour
213/365 (August 1, 2011) – Mt. Baker is in the distance, it’s August 1st, and yes, those are piles of snow, as yet unmelted.
Read more »Day 195 – Chilliwack River
195/365 (July 14, 2011) – More rain, lots and lots of rain actually. Like monsoon rains.
Read more »Day 136 – Just when you think we are making headway….
136/365 (May 16, 2011) – People worry about the environment.
Read more »Day 129 – Rainforest
129/365 (May 9, 2011) – As much as I whine about the rain, if it wasn’t for that moisture we wouldn’t live next to this magnificent forest that contains such fabulous plant and animal life.
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