Tag Archives: University of Alberta
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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Reluctant Fall Leaves
It has been a strange autumn here in central Alberta. The leaves that normally turn colors and fall to the ground have been reluctant to do so. Now, Alberta is not especially noted for its fall colors but we do … Continue reading
Posted in Alberta, Country Living
Tagged Alberta, alder, aspen poplar, autuman leaves, autumn leaf color, balsam poplar, birch, change fall leaf color, deciduous, deciduous trees, delayed fall color change, Dr. Janice Cooke, fall leaf color, fall leaves, leaf color, Populus balsamifera, Populus tremuloides, University of Alberta, willow
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