First snow for Thanksgiving
The first snow of the season showed up on Thanksgiving Sunday. Just a dusting, less than a centimetre, but theContinue Reading
Category: Natural heritage
The Soothing Tree
I was in this same place three years ago, photographing the same tree. The place is Lower Kananaskis Lake; theContinue Reading
Spring in Autumn
I celebrated the first day of autumn in spring. There’s a paradox here that needs a bit of explanation. ItContinue Reading
Bow Glacier
The Voyages of RV Shearwater (3) The first time I visited the turquoise waters of the glacier-fed Bow Lake wasContinue Reading
Interstitial: Upper Kananaskis Lake
Interstitial. The small intervening spaces between things and objects. Spaces between places. It’s a fine word that describes the smallContinue Reading
Three fall photos
The Voyages of RV Shearwater (2) I have often driven along the Crowsnest Pass, but I’ve never had the opportunityContinue Reading
Tombstone Glacier
Ok is no more. The Okjökul Glacier in Iceland lost its status in 2019. A funeral was held, and aContinue Reading
World Heritage, Environmental Change
Photographs from World Heritage sites in Alberta, Canada, are featured in a new book by J. Ashley Nixon, published toContinue Reading
Waterton National Park forests are net carbon emitters
A fire damaged tree in forest along the Red Rock Parkway, Waterton National Park, Alberta, Canada. October 2021. © J.Continue Reading
Under the influence of Rum
An erratic boulder in Kinloch Glen and the North Side forest plantations, Isle of Rum National Nature Reserve, Scotland (1988)Continue Reading
