Friends Of Banff Park Radio Podcasts
Radio Programs from Banff's Very Own Park Radio 101.1fm

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. 

Direct download: Off_the_Beaten_Track_-_February_26_10.mp3
Category:Off The Beaten Track -- posted at: 1:33 PM

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

Direct download: Affecting_You_-_February_25_10.mp3
Category:Affecting You -- posted at: 5:27 PM

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.

For more information on the Banff Centre's Leadership Development program visit:
http://BanffLeadership.com


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

Direct download: Walking_Tour_-_Rundle_Memorial_United_Church.mp3
Category:Banff Walking Tour -- posted at: 6:41 PM

Discover the Rocky Mountain Tours building. 

Direct download: Walking_Tour_-_Rocky_Mountain_Tours_Building.mp3
Category:Banff Walking Tour -- posted at: 6:40 PM