Something we have all taken for granted the past six weeks was the weather. Thus far on our trip we have had amazing weather…very little rain, lots of sunshine. We had to work in a little drizzle a few times and we had to deal with some wet vegetation but that was the worst of it. So the weather in Darkwoods was a bit of a change for us. Continue reading “Downpours in Darkwoods”
Author: Beverly McClenaghan
Heating up the Hot Springs
Kootenay National Park is a long, thin park with the highway running down the middle through a large valley and with mountains rising up on either side. The valley is made up of coniferous forest and it is very susceptible to forest fires. Following the highway up through the park, you pass through an old, forested area and then suddenly you pass into a huge burnt area full of dead trees from the highway right up to the treeline on the mountains on both sides. Continue reading “Heating up the Hot Springs”
Getting Caught in Glacier’s Web
We’re finishing up our sampling here in Glacier National Park and it has been a great week! We are now in the Rocky Mountains and while the mountain scenery looks very different than the previous mountains it is just as spectacular. Continue reading “Getting Caught in Glacier’s Web”
Make it or Lake it
Hello again! We are back in British Columbia at Kinaskan Lake Provincial Park. It’s been quite a change from Kluane to Kinaskan, from a huge mountainous park to a small, quiet park on the lake. Continue reading “Make it or Lake it”
Bark Beetles and Wildfires
Hello again! After taking down all our traps in Burnt Cabin Bog Ecological Reserve, we packed up and drove for two days up to Kluane National Park and Reserve. While the drive was long there was plenty of scenery to see along the way. While driving North on the Stewart-Cassiar highway, we passed through a region of forest where two wildfires had recently occurred, in 2010 and 2011. Continue reading “Bark Beetles and Wildfires”
Pollinators and Pests in the Park
Hello! This is Beverly, a member of the second BIOBus crew for the summer. We successfully swapped crews in Vancouver and then we had a long drive up to Smithers, British Columbia to our first park, Burnt Cabin Bog Ecological Reserve. Continue reading “Pollinators and Pests in the Park”
