via the SLRD's Zero Waste team Huge kudos to the Pemberton Wildlife Association, the SLRD - Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, Lil'wat First Nation (who donated an excavator and operator) and the 17 amazing volunteers who came out to help clean up a long standing illegal dump site along the Green River in the Village of Pemberton. … Continue reading Shout out to the volunteers for cleaning up the illegal dump zone at Green River FSR
via the Vancouver Sun, H/T Veronica Woodruff On April 12, Larry Pynn wrote in the Vancouver Sun about a recent study conducted by Ecofish Research, as part of research for the Innergex IPP in the upper Lillooet River drainage by Heidi Reigher, a biologist based in Gold Bridge. In surprising abundance? Wolverines. Still suspect a … Continue reading Wolverines are fond of our backyard, new study reveals
Ryan Scoular has been working on a totem pole commission for much of the past year. It will shortly be installed in a private residence in Whistler. For your chance to see this incredible piece of work, and meet Ryan, he is hosting an open house on Saturday, May 12, from noon. Help him celebrate … Continue reading Celebrate artist Ryan Scoular’s complete totem pole at open house, May 12
Thanks to Leslie Anthony for permission to share the following nature-lover's wellness alert. "It’s spring and the deer #ticks are out in #Pemberton, one of the most heavily infested areas on the South Coast due to high deer (primary host) and rodent (secondary host) populations. This is a sub-adult tick, about the size of a … Continue reading Tick season – be alert
Sammy Losee writes today's guest post, in response to an earlier post, and this very cool study. I "know" Sammy about as well as she "knows" me: which is to say, we might recognize each other in the street to say hello, yet have read each other's thoughts (she kicked off 2018 at the helm of our instagram account), … Continue reading Science says it takes 200 hours to become good friends. Sammy Losee says what??!
Canada’s Godfather of Indigenous Cuisine, David Wolfman, reveals the way food transforms us - not through rigid definitions and diets, but as a path into a great big interconnected web of life and stories. I asked Chef David Wolfman if he thought eating an all-indigenous diet would transform me over time, and he laughed. Wolfman … Continue reading Eat your way home
I’ve been meeting quite a few new folk around town lately, since joining a couple of clubs that have me socializing somewhat more than usual. My running group affords me up to an hour and a half, sometimes more of visiting time and one of the questions many newcomers have for me is “so, how … Continue reading Changes
When I first met Misun, I spoke to her very slowly in a very loud voice. I know I tend to speak hyper-quickly. And I'd lived in Austria when I was in high school and spent a lot of time missing pretty much everything that was being said around me, or to me, even though … Continue reading Misun Lammens gives a peek into life as a Korean-Pembertonian
On Thursday, April 12, we shared an update, via John Tschopp, of western toads mating, and invited people to share the things that signal spring to them. Here's what spring looks like, through our collective eyes! Baby Stellar Jays - Diane Zaste Hummingbirds come looking for your feeder - Tat7ush Peters The song of the … Continue reading Spring Things
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10155457633060496&set=a.10150439816935496.360322.612450495&type=3&theater The incredibly talented David Ward has become one of my favourite photographers to watch, and I'm grateful he allowed us to share this image on the Wellness Almanac. #cawcaw
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