Category Archives: Environment
Living with MAD
For over 75 years humanity has been under the threat of a nuclear holocaust, the prevention of which is dependent on the good will of leaders in conflict. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Environment, General
Tagged air raid drills, B52, B52 bomber, Cold War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Dr. Strangelove, fallout shelter, Hiroshima, ICBM, inter-continental ballistic missile, MAD, Mutually Assured Destruction, Nagasaki, nuclear attack, nuclear holocaust, Premier Khrushchev, President Kenndey, Putin, Russia, Soviet Union, strategic nuclear weapon, Strong Ukraine, Support Ukraine, tactical nuclear weapon, Ukraine, United States, Vladimir Putin
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Wabamun Lake Fishery—2021
Copyright © 2021 Don H. Meredith, All Rights Reserved [Please note: I have published a more recent (2024-04) Wabamun Lake update here.] [Note: Wabamun Lake is located about 60 km west of Edmonton, Alberta Canada. It is one of the most … Continue reading
Posted in Alberta, Climate Change, Conservation, Environment, Fishing
Tagged Alberta Environment and Parks, Alberta regulations, burbot, catch-and-keep, catch-and-release fishing, class-c special harvest licence, Duane Radford, Fall Index Netting, FIN, fish-sustainability-index, fisheries, fisheries management, lake whitefish, northern pike, special harvest licence, train derailment, trophy lake, trophy pike, trophy-pike lake, Volunteer Biologists Group, Wabamun Lake, Wabamun power plant, Wabamun train derailment, walleye, walleye introduction, yellow perch
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A Dangerous Man with a Dangerous Concept—Cumulative Effects
Guest Blog: The following essay by guest blogger Lorne Fitch describes how one person has attempted to come to grips with our future by measuring the cumulative effects of all we do on the land. The piece was first published … Continue reading
Waiting for the Miracle
or Thoughts on Viruses, Vaccines and Hope The sands of time were fallingFrom your fingers and your thumbAnd you were waitingFor the miracle, for the miracle to come -Leonard Cohen, Waiting for the Miracle You will note that I have … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, General
Tagged Albert Sabin, clinical trials, common cold, Covid-19, Dr. Jonas Salk, epidemic, flu, herd immunity, influenza, Leonard Cohen, pandemic, pandemic fatigue, polio, Poliomyelitis, post-polio syndrome, RNA, smallpox, smallpox scar, Spanish Flu, vaccine, virus
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Daylight Moving Time
Changing the time twice a year has a lot of ramifications for our well being. Continue reading
A Fisher at the Feeder
Copyright © 2019 Don H. Meredith, All Rights Reserved “Don,” my wife said in a half-whisper. “Come quick.” It was an October morning just before sunrise, and I was doing my early morning routine of reviewing and deleting email messages … Continue reading
Posted in Alberta, Conservation, Environment, General, Wildlife
Tagged acreage, Alberta parkland, Alberta Trappers Association, Badry, blue jay, Calgary Zoo, Chris Fisher, Conservation Northwest, Don Pattie, Edmonton Area Land Trust, Fisher, fisher introductions, fisher reintroductions, infrared flash, infrared photography, J. Dewey Soper, parkland, Pattie, Pekania pennanti, Proulx, red squirrel, suet, suet cake, trail cam, U.S. National Park Service, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Washington State, Woodard
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Public Land – Alberta’s Best Idea
Apology: For those of you who have been waiting for me (Don) to update my blog (a steadily decreasing number, I know), I must apologize. I know in this fast-paced world blogs are to be regularly updated with fresh content … Continue reading
Posted in Alberta, Conservation, Environment, General, Lorne Fitch
Tagged Alberta public land, Attwater's Prairie Chicken, Eastern Slopes, healthy landscapes, natural heritage, other unimproved lands, public land, Sage Grouse, selling public land, Texas public land, Wallace Stegner, watersheds, wild land, wild space
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Bighorn Country—A Good Idea We Shouldn’t Squander
Note: In November of 2018, Alberta Environment and Parks opened a discussion about its proposal for the protection of the headwaters of the North Saskatchewan River, or Bighorn Country, an area that has been needing protection from abuse for many … Continue reading
Posted in Alberta, Conservation, Environment, Fishing, General, Wildlife
Tagged Alberta Environment and Parks, Bighorn Country, Fish and Wildlife biologists, Fish and Wildlife Officers, Fish and Wildlife technicians, headwaters, land stewardship, North Saskatchewan River, public land use zone, Rachel Notley, Shannon Phillips, species-at-risk, threatened species, watershed, Wildland Parks
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Don Meredith Outdoors 