Michelle Talks to Joe Baker about the Norgedd National Historic Site and Stu Back tells all about his first experiences in Banff and why he never returned to the UK after visiting the Rockies.

This week’s show begins with Glenn Naylor giving visitors and residents of the Bow Valley a heads up that the bear berries are ripe and it’s a good time to be a little more aware on the trails. Leah and Camara talk local sports and Nigel Douglas chats about the propsed new provincial park legislation at the AWA’s concerns. We also let everyone know about the Banff Culture Weekend with a feature interview with artist, Helen Mackie. And as always, we get to hear another Mountain View from Frank Slyde.

This week's show begins with Glenn Nayler giving visitors and residents of the Bow Valley a heads up that the bear berries are ripe and it's a good time to be a little more aware on the trails. Leah and Camara talk local sparts and Nigel Douglas chats about the proposed new provincial park legislation and the AWA's concerns. We also let everyone know about Banff Culture Weekend with a feature artist, Helen Mackie. And as always, we get a Mountain View from Frank Slyde.

Neil Jennings talks about his book In Plain Sight and discusses the wonders in Alberta.

This week we learn about the Trans Rockies Race from Magi Scallon, and Shirley Anne Chapelle gives us some more background on the article she wrote for Highline Magazine. 

This week we hear about Fort St James National Historic Site from Kevin Gedling, plus a couples of songs from Mountain WHIT.

This week, Camara chats local sports with Leah and Mallory talks about the possible sour gas development in Sullivan Creek and the reaction from conservation groups about this impact on important bear habitat. We will also play one of Ben Gadd's favourite naturalist stories and Colin Funk chats about the Banff Ideas Bank. We round off the show with a Mountain View from Frank Slyde.

Allan sits down with local writer and naturalist Robert Sandford to talk about his new book Ecology and Wonder.

This week we learn about the Alpine Club Of Canada's Peak Baggers Guide To Lake Louise form Nancy Hansen.  Plus, Lucas will stop by to tell us about the wonderful sport of Disc Golf. 

This week Michelle and Public Safety Specialist Aaron Beardmore to about summer safety in the mountains, also in the studio in Doug Topp who shares his first impressions of Banff and how they changed his life.

Camara talks with Outlook reporter Tanya Foubert to get to the bottom of a story she been covering on bus transport between Canmore and Banff. Jill Sawyer joins Leah in the studio to talk about the opening of the Kinnear Center. We get to the bottom of an urban legend that bear are getting drunk from the grain on the tracks and Chic Scott gives an update of what's going on at the library. Lastly Heather MacFadyen talks about the environmental award she recently received and Frank Slyde shares another mountain view.

From the 50th anniversary of the Calgary Mountain Club we hear from the extreme mountaineers  Sharon Wood, Barry Blanchard, Kevin Doyle and Jeff Marshall

Allan Buckingham  talks with the editor of Tommy and Lawrence: The Ways and Trails of Lake O'Hara, Chic Scott. They talk about who the two men were and how the created the beautiful trails around the Lake O'hara area.

This week, Ben Gadd talks about eating in the wild, and we hear part 2 of Meghan Ward's interview with Sharon Wood.

Michelle sits down to talk about the new management plan for Parks Canada with Kevin Van Tighem

This week, Banff Town Counselor Leslie Taylor talks about some of the work being done by the town over the summer; we hear from artist Fern Langmen; and Camara goes out with Parks Canada's Steve Michel to learn a bit more about bears. 

Allan talks to author Rob Bryce about his unique hiking guide: Hiking Jasper and Mount Robson which inculdes both a dvd and book.

From the 50th anniversary of the Calgary Mountain Club, hear presentation by mountaineering legends: Chic Scott, Urs Kallen and Pat Morrow

This week on the show we  learn about the Banff Legacy Trail, and Meghan Ward is back for another installment of Wild Women Of The Rockies, this time featuring local mountaineer Sharon Wood.

Michelle is joined by Joanne Wilson to go over the success of the pancake breakfast on Canada Day and lists the activities coming up on Parks Day July 17th. Randall MacKay talks about what brought him to Banff and his early experiences in the Park.

Camara sits down with Mallory Daragon to talk about the Voluntourism projects going on in Banff and how to get involved, Michelle Macullo talks with Kevin Van Tighem from an upcoming Off the Beaten Track. Leah gives us the low down on sports in the valley and Michale Lang talk about the new exhibit: Spirit of the Land and People. Local legend Barry Blanchard also dropps by the office to share some thrilling stories of his adventures in the mountains.

Allan talks with one of the authors of Life on the Trail 5:Historic Hikes Around Mount Assiniboine & In Kananaskis Country, Emerson Sanford. 

This week Camara talks with Bruce Miller about Lake O'Hara and Leah sits down with Melanie Schultz a new addition to the Canadian National Biathlon Team. Afterwards Leah and Camara chat about the do's and don'ts of blisters.

Michelle sits down with Rob Harding about restoring historic plaques as a retired Parks Canada employee and talks with Breanne Feigel about CPR train history in Banff National Park.

This week, Jordan Poppenk formerly of the Green Majority talks about Biking Across Canada for Steady State Economics.  Darren Enns from the Town of Banff gives us some info on the Land Use Bylaw Reviwe Phase 2, and we'll here from the book launch for Michale Lang's Bears: Tracks Through Time. 

Allan talks with author Conni Massing about her book Road Tripping: On the Move With the Buffalo Girls. Learn about the crazy adventures you have have right in Alberta.

This week the girls talk with Rapheal Slawinski about the new ice routes around the Columbia Icefields. Mary Harding fills us in on Ticks and Lyme Diesease and Learn how to have a date in the Mountains

This week Michelle talks with Joanne Wilson about Parks Canada's contribution to celebrate Canada's 143rd birthday also Lori Bayne joins us to talk about the upcoming events of Banff National Park's 125th anniversary.

Camera chats with Mallory Daragon about the recent earthquake in Ontario, Leah and Camera talks sport and about Canada Day. Frank Slyde shares a mountain view and we tease the upcomming On Tape of Brad Stelfox's presentation about the Bow River Basin.

This week Allan talks with Michale Lang, Executive Director and Chief Curator of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies about her new book: Bears, Tracks through Time.

This week Leah Pengelly talks with Christine Hicks about the Canada Day Fun Run. Erin and Kristy chats about the new Highline Magazine, plus learn how to have a great Canada Day.

Susan Eaton speaks to to Canmore Colleigate students about her recent trip this winter to Antarctica to retrace Shackleton's steps 100 years later.

This week Michelle talks with Marnie Frackleton about the Cascades of Times Garden and Linda Digby about coal mining in Drumheller Valley.

This week Mallory Daragon interviews Banff Mayor John Stutz about his recent announcement not to run for re-election in the fall and Maureen Ends talks about her new exhibit Assiniboine and Grizzlies at the Willock and Sax Gallery. Leah Pengelly chats about her trip to the body world exhibit and Frank Slyde shares another mountain view. In the third part of the show we share a archival piece of audio from 1950 of local legend Nick Morant speacking with Catherine and Peter Whyte about a grizzly attack in 1939.

This week, Allan chats with Grit McCreath and Graham MacDonald about their book, Waskesiu and its Neighbours: A Casual Illustrated History.

Thie week Michelle talks with Tina Barzo about the Litter Pick and Mike Keizer talking about the World's Largest beaver Dam found in Wood Buffalo National Park

From the launch to his book 'Ecology & Wonder in the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site' hear Robert W Sandford talk about why he wrote the book, and what it means to him.  With introductions by Bill Fisher, Director, Parks Canada and Dr. James Thorsell, International Union for Conservation of Nature. 

For more information check out: http://www.aupress.ca/index.php/books/120169

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On the show this week, Grant Canning announces a couple more of the recipients of the Heritage Tourism Awards and we talk to Sarah Emeligi about some news regarding the grizzly bear recovery plans in Alberta. Canadian artist Jean Sheppard talks about her exhibit at the Willock and Sax Gallery and Yuki Tsutsui introduces Japanese Traditional Folk Music with the group performing around BC and Alberta. We also have Bob Walker in to give some tips on mountain running, Leah Pengelly talks about Antarctica and we get a Mountain View with Frank Slide.

Faye Reineberg Holt's new book Canada's Rocky Mountains: A History In Photographs takes a look at the history of the Rocky Mountains through photographs.  Find out why she wrote it, and how she decided what to include. 

For more information on Faye Reineberg Holt visit: http://www.wordsandhistory.ca/

Take a tour with Canadian artist Robert Sinclair as he reflects on his career to date through his work. The interactive tour through his exhibit at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies is an insightful and open look at his work over the past four decades.

This week, Michelle talks with aquatic specialist Charlie Pacas about fishing season and what lives in the park's water bodies. Lori Dowling also gives us an update on the 94 year-old Haida totem pole and it's trip back home to the Haida Nation.

This week, Claire Wilkinson announces a few of the recipients of the Heritage Tourism Awards, Farren Whittaker begins his new segment Until You're a Local and Leah gives us an update on sports. We also have Steve Michel in to talk about the recent death of Bear 109 on the tracks and we give a review of the conference held last week on the status of the grizzly recovery in Alberta. Terry Antoniek speaks with us about water and Andy Winfield shares another Mountain View.

For more information on the Upper Bow Basin study, check out Brad Stelfox's presentation at: http://podcast.parkradio.ca/index.php?post_category=On%20Tape

For more information on the report authored by Jeff Gailus, check out http://y2y.net/

Jeff Gailus is a Calgary based writer and environmentalist who has been following and studying Grizzly Bears for over 10 years.  His new book 'The Grizzly Manifesto' takes a look at the Grizzly in Alberta and the political situation that surrounds it. 

For more information on Jeff Gailus visit: http://www.gailus.ca

This week, we'll hear about Paul Karchut's quest to ski every month for 24 months straight.  Meghan Ward is in with another installment of Wild Women in the Rockies, and we'll hear from Jon Van Hal on this weeks installment of Mountain Licks.  Plus, learn how to transition from climbing inside to climbing outside. 

This week George Muggleton tells us about Bellevue House, and award winning interpreter Kristy Putnam tells us about how she does it. 

From the Parks Canada Research Updates Speaker Series at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies hear Garry Scrimgeour's presentation Rock Snot: A Blooming Tale Of Algae In Mountain Parks. 

From the Parks Canada Research Updates Speaker Series at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies hear Ben Dorsey's presentation Bear & Ungulate Mortality, Relative to Abundance Along the Canadian Pacific Railway.

This weeks action-packed show starts off with Steve Michel giving us some information on coyotes. We get an update about the May Long liquor ban, Cindy Mulherin from the Banff Mineral Springs Hospital lets us know about the about the Extreme Sports: Thrills, Spills and the Ethics of Care & Rescue event. We get to know the Friends of Banff intern, Mallory and Bruce Marpole from the Town of Banff fills us in on the details of teh retail sidewalk sale pilot project.

From the Parks Canada Research Updates Speaker Series at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies hear Melissa Bain's presentation New Canadians & National Parks.

From the Parks Canada Research Updates Speaker Series at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies hear Masaki Hyashi's presentation Groundwater - The Natural Water Reservoir: Finding of Lake O'Hara Study.

This week Graeme Pole talks about his new book 'Canadian Rockies Explorer'. 

For more information on Graeme Pole and 'Canadian Rockies Explorer' check out: http://www.mountainvision.ca

This week Allan talks with Jim Buckingham about paddling and Meghan Ward shares part one of her interview with Paula Duncan.

This weeks Learn Something New: 10 Things To Do on a Rainy Day. (hosted by Erin and Kristy so you know you'll want to catch this segment!)

Chic Scott stops by to give us another update from the Banff Public Library and we play another segment from the Landmarks and Legends series about the Atkin House hosted by Claire Wilkinson and Ralphine Locke.

Great news! Park Radio got a great summer intern. Tune in to meet Leah Pengelly! As well we get to hear from Josie Howitt, responsible for the plastic water bottle sale ban in the Town of Banff buildings and Heather Dempsey talks with us about Biodiversity Day. This week, we're happy to share some great Canadian music and Andy Winfield shares another Mountain View.

This week Allan talks with one of the authors of The River Returns: An Environmental History of the Bow, Matthew Evenden.  They talk about writing the book, and explore some of the events that have shaped its life. 

For more information and to order the book check out: http://mqup.mcgill.ca/book.php?bookid=2433

This week, Nancy Hanson from the Alpine Club of Canada is in to tell us about expedition trip planning, plus a Mountain Licks feature interview with Lori Reid.

This week, Ken Schmaltz,  President of the Calgary Outdoor Recreation Association comes in to chat about CORA. As well, John Goulart has a treat for the listeners and we get to hear from local Olympian cross-country ski racer Stefan Kuhn. Plus, there will be plenty of great local music in the mix!

On the show this week, Michelle talks about the May Long Liquor Restriction with Heidi Perren and Marie Fenwick talks about the Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site.

This week, reporter Shay Nolan takes a look at the state of the Grizzly Bear in Alberta and artist Bradley Keys talks about his up coming exhibit at Willock and Sax in Banff http://www.willockandsaxgallery.com/.  Plus, Heidi Perren is in to talk about the new liquer regulations in Banff National Park for the long weekend. 

This week I interview the author of Mountain Running in the Canadian Rockies, Bob Walker.  Bob tells us about self publishing the book, and gives some insight into why people run in the mountains. 

For more info or to order a book check out: http://mtnrunning.ca/home.html

As part of the 2010 Parks Canada Research Updates Speaker Series at the Whyte Museum, listen to Cam McTavish talk about the Carnivore Monitoring Project, specifically regarding the remote cameras.

As part of the 2010 Parks Canada Research Updates Speaker Series at the Whyte Museum, Lindsay Amundsen talks about the Archaeology of the Banff Sanitarium

This week, the girls chat about the Canmore Community Garden and Camara talks downhill mountain biking with Ron Penny.

This weeks Learn Something New: Bike Spring Maintenance.

This week, interviews with Cori Brewster, and Canadian Olympian Stefan Kuhn.  Plus we'll hear music from Cori's new CD, and learn about the Aboriginal presence at the Canmore Hospital. 

This week, we learn about Ticks from Heather Dempsey, and Scott Currie shares some info Point Clark Lighthouse National Historic Site of Canada.

On the show this week, Grant Canning lets us know why we should go and pick up tickets for the RCMP Musical Ride, Allan Buckingham interviews Mary Harding about the Banff Springs Snail and Jill Robinson talks about her famous grandfather, Dr. Dean Robinson. As well, Andy Winfield shares another Mountain View.

This week Allan talks with the author of 'Babes in the Woods' Jennifer Aist.  Learn about taking young children out into the back country from someone who has tuns of experience. 

Find out more about Jennifer Aist at: http://wildernessforkids.com/wp/

From a presentation to the Bow Valley Naturalists hear Dr Brad Stelfox, adjunct professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Alberta and the Department of Environmental Design, at the University of Calgary talk about Alberta's Foothills and the Bow River Basin.  His presentation looks at Competing land uses and cumulative effects. 

For more information about the Bow Valley Naturalists visit: http://www.bowvalleynaturalists.org/

This week we learn about the Pink & Green Ribbon Campaign from Monica Herwig.  Shirley Sutherland tells us about the History Of Mountaineering in BC On-line Museum, plus this weeks Mountain Licks, Medication from Jamie McLaughlin. 

This week, Camara talking with Claire Wilkinson about the Snail Mail Society and Keith Batstone talks with us about public art in Banff. As well, we have an in depth interview with Gabby Yates about lynx, their behavior and a 2,000km trek one lynx took on. As well, we get to share another Mountain View with Andy Winfield.

From a presentation at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Canadian artist Takao Tanabe talks about his life, and his art. 

From a presentation to the Bow Valley Naturalists, Jesse Whittington & Trevor Kinley talk about the current state of Caribou In Banff.

Tina Barzo kicks off the show talking about Volunteer Week and Banff town councillor Leslie Taylor gives us an update. As well, controversy stemmed from an interview Alberta Sustainable Resource Minister Mel Knight gave. The Alberta Wilderness Association wrote an open letter titled: Alberta Government Can't Afford to Protect Grizzly Bears. Camara spoke with Mel Knight and Nigel Douglas from Alberta Wilderness about this issue. And finally, Andy Winfield gives us another Mountain View.

From a presentation at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, author Graeme Pole talk about Canadian Railway history with a focus on the Spiral Tunnels and the Big Hill. 

From a presentation at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, listen as David Peyto tells stories and reads from the journal of Banff's Town Warden from 1914-1948, Walter H. Peyto.

From a presentation to the Friends of Yoho National Park, Graeme Pole talks about the Canadian Pacific Railway's construction of the Spiral Tunnels and the Big Hill.

For more information on the Friends of Yoho visit: http://www.friendsofyoho.ca/

Camara talks with human-wildlife conflict specialist Steve Michel about Doug the cougar and we plan a clip from a press conference with Blake Richards talking about the $1M from the federal government towards a research project that will study wildlife and transportation in the park. Nancy Lewis also comes in to chat about the fundraiser for the Community Greenhouse Project in Banff and we will replay an art profile from Miriam Manley.

This week on On Tape, Sarah Stauderman gives her presentation at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies on Charles D. Walcott's Panoramic Photographs of the mountains and his Burgess Shale excavations.

From a presentation at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, author Jon Turk talks about his new book The Raven's Gift.

To find out more about Jon Turk visit his website http://www.jonturk.net/

From a presentation at the Canmore Museum and Geoscience Centre, author Norm Crerar shares some stories about the 2008 David Thompson Bi-Centennial Brigade.

For more information on the Canmore Museum and Geoscience Centre visit: http://www.cmags.org/

From a presentation at the Canmore Museum and Geoscience Centre, author Emerson Sanford shares some stories of David Thompson's early visits to the Bow Valley.

For more information on the Canmore Museum and Geoscience Centre visit: http://www.cmags.org/

From the Canadian Rockies Snow and Ice Speaker Series brought to you by the IP3 Research Network, Dr Tobias Jonas from the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research in Davos, Switzerland, talks about Research, Monitoring, and Warning Services related to Snow and Avalanches in Switzerland. 

Find out more about the IP3 Research Network at: http://www.usask.ca/ip3/

Artist and best-selling author Roger Thompson presents an illustrated talk focusing on Alberta artist Kim Dorland and Virginia artist JJ Cromer. He explores the ways in which contemporary artists conceptualize nature. The presentation also explores the surprising connections between the fine art and the outsider artist markets as both negotiate the terrain of a new environmentalism.

This week on the show, Ralphine Locke and Claire Wilkinson complete another edition for the Landmarks and Legends series, the Lux Theatre, we play part two of my interview with Steve Smith and Julia Sooch about their film Arctic Cliffhangers, Shay Nolan gives us an update from a town meeting regarding the Cave and Basin revitalization project and Andy Winfield gives us another Mountain View.

From a presentation for the Bow Valley Naturalists Dr Mike Gibeau shares some information on the state of bears in Europe.

For more information on the Bow Valley Naturalists visit: http://www.bowvalleynaturalists.org/

Jonathan Fox, director of Playback Theatre in New York, helps us explore how Playback Theatre can help us understand issues of global climate change.

For more information on the Leadership Development program at the Banff Centre visit: http://www.banffleadership.com/

This week, Jacolyn Daniluck and Alice Webber talk about the 1910 Avalanche Memorial in Revelstoke.

Retired Park Wardens Dale Portman and Kathy Calvert talk about the history of mountain rescus in the Mountain National Parks.  You'll gain a unique insight into what it means to be a Park Warden in Banff National Park.

Listen as John Goulart, music director of the Bow Valley Chorus and leadership Learning Lab thought leader Don Hill discuss how conducting a group of musicians applies to leading in different fields.

For more information on the Leadership Development program at the Banff Centre visit: http://www.banffleadership.com/

This week, Shay Nolan is in, and she talks with John Kelly from the Canadian Avalanche Centre, and Pam Farron from the Mountain Grannies.  Also, Chic Scott is in to give us an update form Banff Public Library, and we'll hear an interview Camara Miller did with local award winning film makers Julia Szucs & Steve Smith. 

Dr Matthias Bernhardt from Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich Germany gives a presentation on Research on Snow and Glaciers in the European Alps.

Dr Danny Marks, Research Hydrologist with the US department of agriculture in Boise Idaho gives a presentation on The impact of Climate Warming on Snow, Climate, and Streamflow in a North American Mountain Basin.

Felicity Edwards explores how the implications of systems thinking help us to understand the complexity of situations, make decisions, and learn (or not) from our mistakes. 

For more information on the Leadership Development program at the Banff Centre visit: http://www.banffleadership.com/

This week, Banff photographer Tiffany Teske.  Find out more at: http://tiffanyteske.blogspot.com/

This week Camara talks about the lost art of Ski Ballet, and Meghan Ward (http://meghanjoyward.wordpress.com/) is in for the second part of her feature on Gertrude Benham.  Plus, this weeks Back Country Tip is on back country Lodges. 

A powerful evening of story, song, and reflection with local adventurer Leanne Allison, and eco-philosopher Joanna Macy, a leading voice in movements for peace, justice, and a safe environment. With California singer/ songwriter Jennifer Berezan and special guest Joel Kroeker.

For more information on Joanna Macy visit http://www.joannamacy.net/

This week, Michelle talks with Sophie Lauro about the Explorer Quotient. 

This week we hear from Banff Mayor John Stutz about possible RCMP cuts in Banff and Doug Kerr gives us an update on the TransCanada construction between Banff and the BC boarder.  We'll also hear from Town of Banff Environmental Coordinator Chad Townsend about Public Transit in Banff, and Nicky Cross tells us about Kickin It In Kananaskis.  And to round out the show, part two of Camara's interview with artist Robert Sinclair. 

Conflict happens in all aspects of our lives, but it doesn't have to be only negative. Discover how conflict can also be a powerful spark for positive change and creativity using a number of unique physical theatre processes.

Find out more about Leadership Development at The Banff Centre http://www.banffleadership.com/

This week, John Wilson tells us about the Three Ravens Restaurant at the Banff Centre http://www.banffcentre.ca/dining/threeravens.asp) plus Karen Rollins from Back country Energy Environmental Solutions (http://www.beeshive.org/) tells us about their organization.  This week on Mountain Licks, we'll hear Seth Anderson singing Ohh La La, and our Back Country Tip talks about Locations. 

CBC Radio 'Ideas' host Paul Kennedy and a panel of guests offer a stimulating discussion about how the arts and arts inspired creative thinking can stimulate innovation. They explore whether hope and imagination can serve as the new currency for innovation as we seek powerful solutions to today's challenges.

Find out more about the Leadership Development program at The Banff Centre. http://www.banffleadership.com/

Susan Kennard is in to talk about her new position with Parks Canada and the Cave and Basin. Michelle also kicks off her series of first time experiences in Banff National Park with local Jim Pissot.

The Bow Valley has plenty coming up in the next few weeks. Craig Richards from the Whyte Museum comes in to chat about the Olympicans in the Bow Valley exhibit, Jerry Auld and Brendan Glass merge wine and books with En Vino Novellus and we play Part 1 of an in depth interview with Canadian artist, Robert Sinclair.

Gordon Stenhouse, a research scientist and the leader of the Foothills Research Institute Grizzly Bear Research Program, reviews 5 years of DNA Grizzly Bear population inventory in Alberta.  Stenhouse also talks about new work on related to Grizzly Bear monitoring. 

From the Park Radio Vault, here is a presentation Chic Scott did in 1998 on the Mountaineering History in Lake Louise.

I chat with Isabelle Daigneault about Ever Upward, the complete digitized collection of the Canadian Alpine Journals from 1907-2008 on DVD with searchable text. Every issue of the Canadian Alpine Journal from the first issue published in 1907 (until 2008) has been scanned and converted to digital text with photographs. We talk about the product, but also about the incredible process they went through to bring it to us.  

Find out more and purchase your own copy at: http://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/CAJ-DVD/index.html

Discover a leadership model that focuses on communication as the major tool of organizational effectiveness. Listen as Pamela Perkins, author of the Art and Science of Communication: Tools for Effective Communication in the Workplace shares some insight into this vital tool for 21st century leadership in the global workforce.
Find out more at http://www.hci-global.com/

And check out the Leadership Learning Lab Blog:
http://www.banffcentre.info/leadership/blogs/lab

This week Camara Miller is in to tell us about long time Bow Valley resident EJ (Ted) Hart. 

From a presentation at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies we look at a collection of work from photographer George Webber that focuses First Nation and Hutterite communities as well as Calgary's notorious East Village.

This week we learn about the Snickers Jr Big Mountain Challenge at Lake Louise Ski Area from Danielle Serman, and Meghan Ward helps us learn about historical mountaineer Gertrude Benham.  Plus, this weeks Back Country Tip is on Self-Reliance. 

From a presentation to the Rocky Mountain section of the Alpine Club of Canada, local mountaineer Brian Merry talks about his trip to the top of the highest mountain in North America, Denali. 

Find out more about the Rocky Mountain section: http://www.accrockymtn.ca/

In the midst of unending crises and a climate of anxiety, how do leaders and organizations maintain their clarity, focus, and direction? Dr. Wheatley has become a student of leadership in crisis and talks about some of her findings and observations.

For more information on the Leadership Development program at the Banff Centre visit: http://www.banffleadership.com/

Heather Dempsey kicks off the show with some facts about the Bow Valley Parkway voluntary closure and Shelley Humphries talks all things aquatics, culverts and improved fish movement.

This week, Sarah Elmeligh from Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (http://www.cpaws.org/) talks about the Alberta Grizzly count.  Stavros Karlos, chair of the Banff Housing Corporation tells us about a survey they are conducting.  Sally Caudill from the Town of Canmore talks about Canmore becoming a fair trade community. 

This week I talk with the author of entangled enchantments, Wilma G Rubens. 

Find out more at: http://www.wilmarubens.com/

This week, we learn about the possibility of competitive climbing being part of the 2020 Olympic games, and we hear about Kristy's experience at these last Olympics.  Plus, this week's Back Country Tip is about preparedness. 

Canada Research Chair in Glaciology at Simon Fraser University Dr. Gwenn Flowers shares her presentation Water Under Glaciers: Why some glaciers flow fast and what this means for their survival. 

This week Michelle chats with Nadine Fletcher about the amazing qualities of the little creatures in the park and Heidi Perren stops by to talk about what Banff National Park staff are doing to make every visit a safe and memorable one.

This week, Banff town councillor Stavros Karlos gives us an update from council and Hal Morrison, wildlife-human conflict specialist for Lake Louise, Yoho and Kootenay talks about what happens when the winter weather is mild and the bears wake up from hibernation. As well, we play a segment from the Canadian Rockies Snow and Ice Initiative 2010 Speaker Series where Bob Sandford shared a presentation he recently made to policy makers in Western Canada about why we urgently need a national water policy strategy. And Andy Winfield wraps up the show with another Mountain View.

This week, I chat with one of the top ice climbers in Canada, Will Gadd, about his how to book 'Ice & Mixed Climbing: Modern Technique'. 

Learn about the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies.

The discovery of Hot Springs is what led to the creation of Banff National Park.  Find out about the building that houses some of them.

It's not everywhere you can find a historic Transformer Building.

Discover Saint Paul's Presbyterian Church.

Find out about Saint Georges In The Pines Anglican Church.

Learn about the Sign of the Goat Curio Shop.

This week we learn about Bow Valley resident Trish Hubbard.

From a presentation to the Bow Valley Naturalists, this show attempts to prove that anything a big wildlife star can do, one of the smaller supporting cast animals can do even better!  You'll discover that the really big stories of the Rockies are actually told by some of the smallest creatures we have.

Recognized as two of the best and most knowledgeable guides in the area, Joel and Nadine have worked in the Rockies since 1991, both for Parks Canada and now as Great Divide Nature Interpretation.  http://www.greatdivide.ca/

For more information on the Bow Valley Naturalists visit: http://www.bowvalleynaturalists.org/

This week, we learn about the first Canadian to ski solo to the South Pole, Meagan McGrath, and Amar Athwal shares some winter photography tips.  Plus, this weeks Back Country Tip: Planning Your Day. 

Hear local guide and ecologist Keith Webb talk about ecology, and its relationship with the economy.

To find out more information about the Leadership Development programs at the Banff Centre, visit: http://www.banffleadership.ca/

This week, Jacolyn Daniluck tells us about the Nels Nelson Ski Jump in Revelstoke, and Donna Mackinnon fills us in on some of Parks Canada's outreach plan during the Olympics. 

For the past 15 years researchers have studied bear rubbing trees in seven different national parks. Through the use of remote cameras and intensive field tracking, Carnivore Biologist Cam McTavish and his research team discovered many animals leave signs and/or notes for other animals at these
very special communication trees. Preliminary information suggests these sites may act as “Tree Mail,” where one animal can potentially determine the sex, species, breeding conditions, etc. of another. 

For more information on Bow Valley WildSmart visit: http://www.wildsmart.ca/

This week, Kathy Calvert talks about her presentation with Dale Portman on the History of Mountain Safety, Brenda Holder from Mahikan Trails lets us know about their interpretive trips.  Garry Buxton gives us an update on the Canmore Land-use By-law, and Jacolyn Daniluck & Alice Weber tell us about the Commemoration activities of a 1910 Avalanche in Revelstoke. 

For more information on Mahikan Trails visit:https://www.mahikan.ca

For more information on the Avalanche commemoration events visit: http://www.avalanche.ca/cac/events/cranes

This week, I talk with Alpinist and author of 'Beyond the Mountain' Steve House. 

Find out more about Steve House at: http://www.stevehouse.net/

Learn how to juggle, and discover juggling as a metaphor for the learning process and the constructive role of making mistakes.

Find out more about Leadership Development at The Banff Centre http://www.banffleadership.com/

From the Canadian Rockies Snow and Ice Initiative Speaker Series, Dr Juan Ignacio Lopez Moreno from Instituto Pirenaico de Ecologia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Zaragoza, Spain, gives his presentation titled: Environmental Change & Water Resources in the Pyrenees. 

For more information on the Canadian Rockies Snow and Ice Initiative presented by IP3, "Improved Processes and Parameterisation for Prediction in Cold Regions" visit: http://www.usask.ca/ip3/

Julian Norris of Outward Bound Canada shares findings from his PhD research on how nature based experiences can enhance learning and personal transformation.

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Learn about the church that like the mountain is named after one of the first missionaries in the Bow Valley, Reverend Robert Rundle. 

Discover the Rocky Mountain Tours building. 

Peter & Catharine Whyte were local artists and the founders of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies. 

Find out more about the historic Moore Family residence. 

Learn about the historic residence of one of Banff's leading outdoors women, Mary Schafer Warren.

This week, Camara Miller is in and we talk about Banff local, Sachi Aida. 

This week, Jeff Perodeau talks about with Kristy about Ice Fishing, and Jamie McVicar fills us in on a recent government of Alberta decision about climbing access in the North Ghost.  This weeks back country tip talks about Telemark vs AT gear, and our featured Olympian is Sarah Murphy.

This week, Kevin Gedling tells us about Fort St James National Historic Site, and Human Wildlife Conflict Specialist with Parks Canada, Steve Michel talks about Carnivore Activity. 

Michale Lang starts off the show talking about her trip to Japan. Then it is all about the provincial budget cuts. We ask Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation spokesperson, Erin Larson, about the cuts and what that means for the future of provincial parks. With the possibility of shortening the hours or closing the parks all together, we will get the reaction from Anne-Marie Syslak, Acting Executive Director of CPAWS and Don Boynton, spokesperson for Travel Alberta. And, keeping with the theme, we get another Mountain View with Andy Winfield.

In a presentation for Bow Valley WildSmart, Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Calgary Shelley Alexander Ph.D, shares the results of her recent research involving coyote food sources and human conflicts. 

For more information on Bow Valley WildSmart check out: http://www.wildsmart.ca/

This week, we learn about 'In The Bear's House' by Bruce Hunter. 

Former Science Manager with Parks Canada, Cliff White explores how natural systems are observed and affected by human intervention to create change that can be supported now, and in the future.

This week, we learn about long time Banff resident and lyric mezzo-soprano, Nan Hughes. 

This week, Aaron Woolner is in to talk about the Canmore Community Cruisers, and Meghan Ward is back for part two of Wild Women of the Rockies about Mary Schaffer.  This week's back country tip is on clothing & food, and the featured Olympis Brian McKeever. 

Up this week, Elodie Button from CAUSE Canada gives us an update for the Bow Valley Justice Film Festival taking place next weekend. As well, town coucillor Leslie Taylor comes in and Helene Walsh responds to the letter CPAWS wrote to Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach about the oil sands. Rahan Edwards and Safina Singo talk about their experience with the Canada World Youth Organization and the findraiser this weekend and we get another Mountain View with Andy Winfield.

This week, we learn about Olympic Animals with Steve Michel, and some Canada World Youth Volunteers stop by to tell us what they're up to in Banff National Park. 

This week, from the Canadian Rockies Snow & Ice Initiative Speaker Series, John Pomeroy, Canada Research Chair in Water Resources and Climate Change at the University of Saskatchewan talks about the creation of the Canadian Rockies Snow & Ice Initiative.

Ian Prinsloo former artistic director of Theatre Calgary examines how the rehearsal process can be used to map social systems and how, with this ability, we can explore the potential for change within overall systems. 

This week Mike Murtha, co-editor of 'The Forgotten Explorer: Samuel Prescott Fay's 1914 Expedition to the Northern Rockies' tells us about Samuel Fay, and the trip he took into this remote, little visited region. 

Discover the historic Luxton Residence, home to one of Banff's most important families. 

Find out about the importance of the Louis S Crosby Residence.

Learn about Banff's historic James Thomson House & Cabins.

Find out about the Holmes Residence.

Learn about historic Harmony Lane

Don Mickle & Rod Wallace tell stories from a horse trip they took following historic trails from Jasper to Banff. 

This week, Adam Dniprenko talks with Erin about self-rescuing friend off Observation Peak, and Aaron Beardmore gives us Parks Canada's take on the story.  Plus, our Back Country Tip this week is on Equipment, and our featured Olympian is Ivan Babikov. 

This week Tina Barzo is in to talk about what's going on with the Parks Canada Volunteer program, and Ross McDonald tells us about David Thompson: Olympian.

This week we learn about the Best of DOXA Documentary Film Festival going this weekend at the Banff Centre.  http://www.banffcentre.ca/events/2010/winter/doxa/  Chic Scott is in to tell us about the Banff Public Library's 60th Anneversary events.  Tom Willock from Willock & Sax Gallery http://www.willockandsaxgallery.com/  is in with Bill Peters to talk about Bill's exhibit.  We'll also hear from a recent presentation at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies featuring tales of a journey from Jasper to Banff on horseback.  And, as always, Andy Winfield is in with his Mountain View. 

This week I talk with Canmore based author of Motercycle Therapy Jeremy Kroeker. 

Find about more about Jeremy at: http://www.jeremykroeker.com/

From a presentation to the Rocky Mountain Section of the Alpine Club of Canada, Chic Scott shares some stories about his time climbing in the Alps in the late 60s and early 70s.

This week, Meghan Ward talks about Wild Woman Mary Schaffer, we have a Mountain Licks feature interview with Seth Anderson who plays his new track Worn Jean Legacy.  Our BackCountry Tip is on Climbing Up, and the featured Olympian is Rosanna Croford.

From a presentation at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockes we learn about the Father of Canada's National Parks system JB Harkin from the author of a biography of Harkin Ted Hart.