Conservation conversation
Yukoner Marika Kitchen was raised to raise awareness
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Conservation
The life and times of a beaver (and steadfast overachiever)
It may be hard to visualize, but there was a genus of beaver the size of a black bear (and some horses were as small as German shepherds). It is amazing to see what natural selection has done, as well, and will continue to do as...
Read MoreStream of Dreams
Dream fish at Robert Service SchoolA team of facilitators from the Stream of Dreams program was in Dawson this week to promote environmental stewardship and facilitate a community art project.The program ran at Robert Service...
Read MoreKnowing the beaver
Picture this: an animal that lived in our waterways, here in Canada that was close to 8 feet long, big chisel teeth and could swim above and below the water line.Of course you would have had to live a few thousands of years ago....
Read MoreNot Just a Dog, But a Best Friend
The late 1950s and ’60s were exciting years for this young 24-year-old Conservation Officer in Ontario.My first three winters in the eastern part of the province were spent doing a life study of a bird known as the Hungarian...
Read MoreWhip ‘em out and measure!
It has long been accepted that the tallest of tales reside in areas where fishing and hunting abound. It’s hard to say what exactly it is about the pristine waters of a prime fishing hole or a swamp at rut, but it seems that...
Read MoreWhy Fly South When You Can Tough it out Here
Mary Whitley felt surprise and compassion when she saw a robin perched in a tree in her Hillcrest yard on December 9th. It was -19ºC — and a strange place for a bird that heralds Yukon spring.Her husband saw it first. “He looked...
Read MoreGone Fishing
As a Conservation Officer in Ontario in the late 1950s through the 1960s, I patrolled the St. Lawrence River to the Quebec border. I came upon a very strange group of people between five and 90 years old. They were in search of...
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