Salmon and Steelhead Get a Free Ride up the Seymour
Congrats and thumbs up to the Seymour Salmonid Society for their tireless work to help the Seymour River salmon and steelhead make it upstream to…
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The Seymour Salmonid Society: Working Miracles to Avert a Disaster
Before a massive rock slide in 2014 threatened to wipe out the salmon and steelhead of North Vancouver's gorgeous Seymour River, few people had ever…
The Red Rocks and Blue Waters of Princeton, BC
The historic town of Princeton, British Columbia straddles the Crowsnest Highway at the confluence of the Tulameen and Similkameen rivers east of Vancouver. Princeton was…
Under the Power Lines
I’m sure there are sound journalistic principles for never cramming a folk singer, a lost dog, the city of Eugene, power lines, butterflies, trout fishing,…
Contemplating a Hairstreak Butterfly
This little Gray Hairstreak butterfly sat obligingly for a photo op in North Vancouver's Seymour Conservation Reserve the other day. I noticed it fluttering around…
Finding Solace on the Seymour
Work hassles, spring fever and heavy rain brought Mr. Grumpy into the office. So I did the only sensible thing. I shut off the computer…
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Hanging with Buddha on Halfmoon Creek
There's something soothing about moving slowly along a forest creek in the rain, picking your way through ferns and cedars and moss. This is Halfmoon…
Evening Ride on the Langdale Ferry
The 40-minute ferry from Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver to Langdale on the Sunshine Coast can provide magical views of mountains, water and sky. And…
An Evening with the Roosevelts
Walking to the falls on Halfmoon Creek (near Halfmoon Bay on the Sunshine Coast), I ran into this small herd of Roosevelt elk. I'd seen…