Tag Archives: Alberta Outdoorsmen
Moving On
[Note: The following was first published in the December 2017 Alberta Outdoorsmen.] Copyright © 2017 Don H. Meredith, All Rights Reserved. Knowing when to end something you’ve enjoyed doing can be difficult to do. Although I have enjoyed writing Rubs, Scrapes … Continue reading
Posted in Alberta Outdoorsmen, Climate Change, Conservation, Environment, Fishing, Hunting, Wildlife
Tagged Alberta Fish and Wildlife Divison, Alberta Outdoorsmen, catch-and-release, Climate Change, habitat conservation, habitat protection, Habitat Protection and Management Branch, last column, Outdoor Writers of Canada, Rob Miskosky
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On the Hunt of a ‘Beloved’ Lion
[Note: The following was first published in the September 2015 Alberta Outdoorsmen.] Copyright © 2015 Don H. Meredith, All Rights Reserved. As I sat making plans for the coming fall’s hunting season and looking forward to the amenities and isolation of … Continue reading
An Open Letter to the Premier and Minister
[Note: The following was first published in the July 2015 Alberta Outdoorsmen.] Copyright © 2015 Don H. Meredith, All Rights Reserved. We are at a turning point in the history of this province. A totally new government is taking over … Continue reading
Posted in Alberta Outdoorsmen, Conservation, Environment, Fishing, Hunting, Wildlife
Tagged ACA, AEMERA, Alberta Conservation Association, Alberta Environment and Parks, Alberta Environmental Monitoring Evaluation and Reporting Agency, Alberta Fish and Wildlife Division, Alberta Government, Alberta Outdoorsmen, anglers, boreal forest, fish and wildlife, headwaters, Premier Notley, Shannon Phillips, Two Fish One Fish No Fish, woodland caribou
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The Tyranny of Emotion
[Note: The following was first published in the April 2015 Alberta Outdoorsmen.] Copyright © 2015 Don H. Meredith, All Rights Reserved. As a writer concerned about the image of hunting in the modern world, I recoiled when I heard the … Continue reading
The North Saskatchewan Framework
[Note: The following was first published in the August 2014 Alberta Outdoorsmen.] Copyright © 2014 Don H. Meredith, All Rights Reserved. Back in 2008 the Alberta Government released the Land-use Framework (LUF) that, according to then Sustainable Resource Development Minister … Continue reading
Posted in Alberta, Alberta Outdoorsmen, Conservation, Environment, Politics
Tagged Alberta, Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development, Alberta Government, Alberta Outdoorsmen, ESRD, land-use framework, land-use planning, LUF, North Saskatchewan Regional Plan, North Saskatchewan River
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The Digital Angler/Hunter
[Note: The following was first published in the May 2014 Alberta Outdoorsmen.] Copyright © 2014 Don H. Meredith, All Rights Reserved. It wasn’t that long ago that all you needed to get around on a hunting or fishing trip was … Continue reading
Posted in Alberta, Alberta Outdoorsmen, Fishing, Hunting, Product Reviews
Tagged Alberta fishing app, Alberta hunting app, Alberta Outdoorsmen, app, Aqua Map, big game hunting, Fishing, fishing app, GPS, Hunting, hunting app, iFish, iFish Alberta, iHunt, iHunt Alberta, iHunter, iHunter Alberta, mobile app, mobile phone, mobile phone app, tablet app
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The Big Disconnect
[Note: The following was first published in the March 2014 Alberta Outdoorsmen.] Copyright © 2014 Don H. Meredith, All Rights Reserved. It amazes me how some issues get brought to the public’s attention. The tar sands have been under development … Continue reading
Posted in Alberta, Alberta Outdoorsmen, Climate Change, Conservation, Environment, Politics, Wildlife
Tagged ACFN, Alberta, Alberta Government, Alberta Outdoorsmen, Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, Canada, Climate Change, First Nations, Fort McMurray, Ft. McMurray, global warming, Harper government, Hiroshima, Kinder Morgan, McMurray, Neil Young, Northern Gateway pipeline, oil sands, Redford government, Stephen Harper, strip mine, strip mining, tar sands, Trans Mountain pipeline, wildlife conservation
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Walking through or on Snow
[Note: The following was first published in the February 2014 Alberta Outdoorsmen.] Copyright © 2014 Don H. Meredith, All Rights Reserved. We knew we were going to have trouble as soon as we stuck one of our trucks in the … Continue reading
The Blue-Green Plague
[Note: The following was first published in the June 2013 Alberta Outdoorsmen.] Copyright © 2013 Don H. Meredith; Photos courtesy of Dr. Ron Zurawell, All Rights Reserved. For microscopic organisms, they create a lot of havoc in lakes and ponds. … Continue reading
Posted in Alberta, Alberta Outdoorsmen, Climate Change, Environment, Fishing
Tagged Alberta, Alberta Lake Management Society, Alberta Outdoorsmen, algae bloom, bloom, blue-green algae, Climate Change, cyanobacteria, cyanobacteria bloom, cyanobacteria toxin, dermatotoxin, Fishing, global warming, hepatotoxin, hypolimnetic withdrawal, lake health, lake toxin, neurotoxin, North Saskatchewan River Keeper Society, phosphorous, Pine Lake, Ron Zurawell, toxin, University of Alberta, warming lakes
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