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.