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Fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium) has, for many years, been one of my favourite wildflowers. I’ve always admired its vibrant, purple-pink flowers, often...
Preparation and planning go a long way toward strengthening your psychological state and arming you with the tools you need...
Mid-May showers – real showers, those that we haven’t seen in a couple of years, it feels like – have...
Foraging edible wild plants is a fun, rewarding hobby that pairs up perfectly with other outdoor activities, and it’s a...
When it comes to camping, the idea of “roughing it,” of enduring uncomfortable nights just to be closer to nature,...
Tucked away in the misty mountains of Vancouver Island lives one of the rarest mammals in North America – and...
On a sunny summer afternoon, conservationist Ian McAllister and I tacked north into Wright Sound aboard his trimaran mid-way between...
Land is something most of us take for granted, despite our complete dependence upon it. No person, animal or plant...
On a summer day in 1995, John Harper, a BC marine geologist, realized there was something he was repeatedly seeing...
The allure is simple: cooler air, quieter trails and a night sky bright enough to turn any lookout into a...
A short ferry ride from Vancouver or Victoria will bring you to Galiano Island. And although it’s not a large...
