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The endangered Townsendia hookeri
It is called low townsendia because it is only about one inch high. This almost stemless plant would go unnoticed if it weren’t for the large white to pink ray flowers surrounding the yellow disk. It ...
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The badger, a 4-legged digging machine
On April 29th, Wendy Schuck had a little help digging her garden, from her neighbor — the badger. “The American Badger is a nocturnal member of the weasel family. Low-slung, with short, powerful legs ...
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Radium area cougar alert
Parks Canada has issued a cougar warning for some of the hiking trails in the Radium Hot Springs area of Kootenay National Park. Two cougar attacks occurred upon sheep within a period of a week during ...
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Bruce Kirkby keynote speaker at Wings gala
May 12, Invermere –
The Wings Over the Rockies festival’s gala evening on Saturday, May 12th promises a delicious meal at Radium Resort, a raucous live and silent auction and an entertaining ...
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Aquatic health
Shelley Humphries, Kootenay and Yoho’s aquatic specialist, talks about aquatic heath. (YouTube video, copyright 2011, Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada) “Everything is downstream. Rivers connect ...
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So it is tick season
Ticks are related to spiders and resemble tiny watermelon seeds with legs. They have sensory organs in their front legs that can detect carbon dioxide, odors and heat given off by hikers. So when the ...
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Signs of spring — pussy willows
Pussy willows emerge in early spring when it’s still quite cold. But when the sun shines, the temperature of the center of the catkin can rise above air temperatures by trapping the heat from the sun ...
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Flight cage grand opening celebration
May 12, Invermere –
The 2012 Wings Over the Rockies festival will include a celebration of the grand opening of a new flight cage for the rehabilitation of injured raptors on Saturday, May ...
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They’re back
As the temperature begins to rise look up and you may spot a turkey vulture soaring overhead. These birds arrive back in the Columbia Valley in April using thermals to move through the air with very little ...
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Butcher bird
The following discription from the Canadain Museum of Nature should work up your appetite. “Northern Shrike is known as the ‘butcher bird’ because of its unusual practice of impaling prey on thorns ...
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Only at this time of year
People usually associate reds and yellows with autumn but these colors are also found at this time of year in the willows. It is uncertain what causes the willow stems to change color, but whatever the ...
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Heads up!
Kootenay National Park has been keeping track of when Columbia ground squirrels emerge from hibernation. Their appearance dates in April can vary from year to year. However their emergence pattern is ...
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What’s up — prairie crocus
The prairie crocus seems fitting to be the first flower in the Friends of Kootenay ‘What’s Up’ series as it is one of the first flowers to bloom in the park. This harbinger of spring emerges from ...
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Love song
Almost everyone can identify the bird that sings a rapid, nasal chickadee-dee-dee. It is the call the chickadee uses to challenge intruders or to express alarm and it can be heard anytime during the year. ...
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Kootenay Trout Hatchery
Looking for a great family field trip while you are visiting the Columbia Valley? The Kootenay Trout Hatchery at Fort Steele offers an experience that is not only fun but educational too -– and for ...
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