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.