My Wildlife World Cup matchup: Week 2 (+Week 1 results!)
Week 2: bobcat versus Newfoundland marten
It's time to announce the winner of Week 1. It was a close contest, but in the end the burrowing owl emerged the victor by a single vote! Thank you to all who voted for their favourite bird. Check out our updated bracket, below. Vote for...
My Wildlife World Cup matchup: Week 1
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World Cup fever is taking over the sports scene. Game scores and upcoming matches are splashed across the internet, my social media feeds are flooding with friends making their allegiances clear by displaying their teams’ jerseys or...
Thank you, Dad!
Craig and Carys Richards (Photo courtesy of Carys Richards)
Having grown up in the Canadian Rockies, I spent a great deal of my childhood outdoors. From a young age, my parents instilled in me the appreciation for nature and the importance of taking the time to enjoy it in all capacities, which is why...
My first CV event: Nexen Energy interns help remove weeds in the badlands
Nexen CV event, Horseshoe Canyon, AB (Photo by NCC)
Less than a week into my internship with the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC), I attended my first Conservation Volunteers (CV) event on June 5, 2014. The NCC team arrived early at the site, located on the Nodwell-Horseshoe Canyon property, to...