The Black Grizzly Of Whiskey Creek
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The Black Grizzly Of Whiskey Creek
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Author : Sid Marty
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2008-11-25
The Black Grizzly Of Whiskey Creek written by Sid Marty and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-11-25 with Nature categories.
In describing the true events surrounding a series of frightening bear attacks in l980, a bestselling nature/adventure author explores our relationship with the great grizzly. Many citizens of Banff, Alberta, valued living in a place where wildlife grazed on the front lawn; others saw wild bears as a mere roadside attraction. None were expecting the bear attacks that summer, which led to one man’s death. During the massive hunt that followed, Banff was portrayed in the international media as a town under siege by a killer bear, and the tourists stayed away. The pressure was on to find and destroy the Whiskey Creek mauler, but he evaded park wardens and struck again — and again. When the fight was over, the hard lessons learned led to changes that would save the lives of both bears and people in the coming years. Sid Marty’s The Black Grizzly of Whiskey Creek is an evocative and gripping story that speaks to our complex and increasingly combative relationship with the wilderness and its inhabitants.
The Black Grizzly Of Whiskey Creek
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Author : Sid Marty
language : en
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Limited
Release Date : 2008
The Black Grizzly Of Whiskey Creek written by Sid Marty and has been published by McClelland & Stewart Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Nature categories.
In describing the true events surrounding a series of frightening bear attacks in l980, a bestselling nature/adventure author explores our relationship with the great grizzly. Many citizens of Banff, Alberta, valued living in a place where wildlife grazed on the front lawn; others saw wild bears as a mere roadside attraction. None were expecting the bear attacks that summer, which led to one man’s death. During the massive hunt that followed, Banff was portrayed in the international media as a town under siege by a killer bear, and the tourists stayed away. The pressure was on to find and destroy the Whiskey Creek mauler, but he evaded park wardens and struck again — and again. When the fight was over, the hard lessons learned led to changes that would save the lives of both bears and people in the coming years. Sid Marty’sThe Black Grizzly of Whiskey Creekis an evocative and gripping story that speaks to our complex and increasingly combative relationship with the wilderness and its inhabitants. From the Hardcover edition.
Ecology Wonder In The Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site
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Author : Robert W. Sandford
language : en
Publisher: Athabasca University Press
Release Date : 2010
Ecology Wonder In The Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site written by Robert W. Sandford and has been published by Athabasca University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Nature categories.
Ecology and Wonder celebrates Western Canada's breathtaking landscape. The book makes several remarkable claims. The greatest cultural achievement in the mountain region of western Canada may be what has been preserved, not what has been developed. Protecting the spine of the Rocky Mountains will preserve crucial ecological functions. Because the process of ecosystem diminshment and species loss has been slowed, an ecological thermostat has been kept alive. This may well be an important defence against future impacts of climate change in the Canadian West.
The Grizzly Manifesto
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Author : Jeff Gailus
language : en
Publisher: Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
Release Date : 2011-02-15
The Grizzly Manifesto written by Jeff Gailus and has been published by Rocky Mountain Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-15 with Nature categories.
Provocative, passionate and populist, RMB Manifestos are short and concise non-fiction books of literary, critical, and cultural studies. The grizzly bear, once the archetype for all that is wild, is quickly becoming a symbol of nature’s fierce but flagging resilience in the face of human greed and ignorance—and the difficulty a wealth-addicted society has in changing its ways. North America’s grizzlies have been under siege ever since Europeans arrived. They’d survived the arrival of spear-wielding humans 13,000 years ago, outlived the short-faced bear, the dire wolf and the sabre-tooth cat—not to mention mastodons, mammoths and giant ground sloths the size of elephants—but grizzly bears in much of Turtle Island succumbed to 375 years of unrelenting commercialization and industrialization, disappearing from the Great Plains and much of the mountain West. Despite their relatively successful recovery in Yellowstone National Park, the bears’ decline continues largely unchecked. And the front line in this centuries-old battle for survival has shifted to western Alberta and southern BC, where outdated mythologies, rapacious industry and disingenuous governments continue to push the Great Bear into the mountains and toward a future that may not have room for them at all.
High Cols And Deep Canyons
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Author : Stephen Legault
language : en
Publisher: FriesenPress
Release Date : 2024-05-24
High Cols And Deep Canyons written by Stephen Legault and has been published by FriesenPress this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-24 with Nature categories.
"I am drawn to the empty quarter, to open country, to the place on the map where there are dragons and giants, and the vast open spaces of mountains, canyons, rivers, prairies, and oceans. However, as the subtitle of this book declares, I am merely an ordinary adventurer in search of extraordinary places." In this series of fascinating and beautifully written essays about his deep desire for meaningful connection with the natural world , his steadfast commitment to protecting the wilderness, and his life on this vast and precious planet, Legault invites us to explore the intricate relationships that develop between people and place when we immerse ourselves in wild nature. Whether comfortably ensconced in a favourite easy chair or bedded down by a raging river under a canopy of stars, readers will slip between sheer canyon walls, walk a wind-torn ridge high in the mountains, meet Blondie the grizzly bear, and perhaps discover their feral selves and the possibilities for a better future that this awakening might bring.
This One Wild Life
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Author : Angie Abdou
language : en
Publisher: ECW Press
Release Date : 2021-04-13
This One Wild Life written by Angie Abdou and has been published by ECW Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-13 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
From the author of Canada Reads finalist The Bone Cage. Includes research on the shy child, parent-child bonding, social media issues, and the benefits of outdoor activity and nature immersion. Disillusioned with overly competitive organized sports and concerned about her lively daughter’s growing shyness, author Angie Abdou sets herself a challenge: to hike a peak a week over the summer holidays with Katie. They will bond in nature and discover the glories of outdoor activity. What could go wrong? Well, among other things, it turns out that Angie loves hiking but Katie doesn’t. Hilarious, poignant, and deeply felt, This One Wild Life explores parenting and marriage in a summer of unexpected outcomes and growth for both mother and daughter.
On Active Grounds
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Author : Robert Boschman
language : en
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Release Date : 2019-04-17
On Active Grounds written by Robert Boschman and has been published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-17 with Nature categories.
On Active Grounds considers the themes of agency and time through the burgeoning, interdisciplinary field of the environmental humanities. Fourteen essays and a photo album cover topics such as environmental practices and history, temporal literacy, graphic novels, ecocinema, ecomusicology, animal studies, Indigeneity, wolf reintroduction, environmental history, green conservatism, and social-ecological systems change. The book also speaks to the growing concern regarding environmental issues in the aftermath of the 2015 Paris Climate Conference (COP21) and the election of Donald Trump in the United States. This collection is organized as a written and visual appeal to issues such as time (how much is left?) and agency (who is active? what can be done? what does and does not work?). It describes problems and suggests solutions. On Active Grounds is unique in its explicit and twinned emphasis on time and agency in the context of the Environmental Humanities and a requisite interdisciplinarity.
The Heart Logs
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Author : John Gudmundson
language : en
Publisher: FriesenPress
Release Date : 2014-06-13
The Heart Logs written by John Gudmundson and has been published by FriesenPress this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-13 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This memoir chronicles a tumultuous six month period in the life of the author, beginning with his sudden hospitalization due to endocarditis, an infection of the heart, and ending with his return to a normal life. The events and the people that connect the start to the finish are many and varied, sometimes tragic and oftentimes comedic. From the first afternoon in the emergency room, the author, a career software engineer, uses his curiosity in the modern medical system and its parallels and contrasts with his own industry to keep himself interested and focused on staying alive. The result is a rare technical take on our system by a medical outsider. The story is at once highly personal and inspiring without ignoring the technical details: what's involved in carrying out and undergoing modern treatments including an angiogram, MRI, renal dialysis, and heart surgery, from the points of view of both patient and medical staff. Above all, it is an intimate travelogue where the physical distances are small while the human distances are broad, and where the unflinching support of family, friends, community and medical system converge into a success story....
The Rider With Good Hands
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Author : Sid Marty
language : en
Publisher: Frontenac House
Release Date : 2011
The Rider With Good Hands written by Sid Marty and has been published by Frontenac House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Poetry categories.
Switchbacks
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Author : Sid Marty
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2001-02-08
Switchbacks written by Sid Marty and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-02-08 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In Switchbacks, Sid Marty draws on his own memories and those of friends and former colleagues in relating a series of true mountain tales. Among his subjects are: the old guide who built a staircase up a cliff; the stranded snowshoer who was rescued between rounds of beer in a Banff tavern; the man who catered to hungry grizzlies; an opinionated packrat with a gift for larceny; and a horse named Candy whose heart was as big as a stove. Along the way, Marty tries to answer the kind of questions that all of us must face some day. Do we really have to “grow up” and abandon adventure as well as youthful ideals? Can the mountains draw old friends back together, when politics and life styles have set them apart? Sid Marty writes gracefully of the land he loves and lampoons a few bureaucrats whose policies sometimes threaten its integrity. His portraits of the people – and creatures – that make their lives in the mountains are affectionate and respectful. But, above all, this is a collection of engaging, surprising, funny, and superbly told true stories by a gifted writer.