A Yukon natural history day
I spent Friday at a Natural History and Nature Interpretation workshop. Offered to Yukon guides by the Wilderness Tourism Association of the Yukon, its purpose was to increase the level of knowledge of people who already have a solid base and to help them interpret the Yukon’s wildlife and...
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Dirty Princesses in Alaska
I’m a big fan of cruising, and I really hate to see news reports that show that the industry isn’t respecting what is still a relatively pristine coast when they come north. In the first half of the 2008 cruise season (which ends this Saturday), nine ships were cited...
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Stikine River salmon enhancement problems
Officials from Fisheries and Oceans Canada (the DFO) are meeting with members of the public and other organizations in Dease Lake today, to discuss problems that have arisen in a complex enhancement program. I met Kevin Gould and his father Bob last night at the Gold Rush to discuss...
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Justice & the Law – not the same thing at all
I expect that almost all of you remember when, on March 24, 1989, the oil tanker Exxon Valdez struck a reef in Alaska’s spectacular Prince William Sound. Many of you probably don’t know that the court case against Exxon is still going on. Last year, the 9th U.S. Circuit...
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Environmentally friendly? I’m just not convinced…
Like many of you in the Yukon, I got my free sample of an environmentally friendly fluorescent light bulb a few days ago. Being an earth-friendly-minded guy, I drove down to Home Hardware yesterday and bought a few more for the house (no, I didn’t ride my bike or...
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