Many of you that read our stories and support our drive to advance nature literacy live outside of Canada. And over the last few months, as we’ve introduced Nature Labs – our signature project that seeks to help Canadian high school students better understand and appreciate their natural inheritance – you’ve been telling us why we need to think globally, not nationally. We’ve listened.
This week, as part of a larger project with our Nature Labs partners, we had another remarkable opportunity: The chance to capture the story of a bear family’s first emergence from their den.
To respectfully and safely observe the seldom seen, yearly bear ritual is remarkable in its own right, but to witness a cub’s first steps out of the den reminds us of the wonderment and fragility of new life.
Nature unites us all. By making the seemingly irrelevant relevant, it’s possible to showcase that nothing is black and white and, through better education, a more thoughtful and engaged citizenry is possible – one that intrinsically knows that nature matters.
We’ve had a spectacular month researching, observing and documenting what we consider to be the most impressive species of owl in North America, one that will be featured prominently in our Nature Labs program. Our time in field began with a search for a particular pair of great greys that we have observed several times over the last few years, but we never could have imagined where they would lead us.
We want to help thousands of teachers gain access to critical resources that enable them to deliver better education. We want to help hundreds of thousands of students are learning to understand and appreciate nature – and put that knowledge into practice by designing newer, better ideas for moving forward.
For two decades, Simon ran the Spirit Bear Youth Coalition – a non-profit organization that underscored the power of one person to learn, to listen and to act.
Six million young people from every corner of the globe and from every walk of life chose to learn about the plight of an endangered bear – Canada’s white Kermode, also known as the spirit or ghost bear.
A few more weeks before we start hearing reports of bears coming out of their dens. It’s always the time of the year when we are both nervous and excited as we wonder how well our favourite bears fared through another harsh Rocky Mountain winter.
But despite scouring the foothills, we kept missing encounters by days and sometimes by minutes, hearing reports shortly after we left a location or finding fresh tracks while out hiking. Yet every near-miss provided a piece to the puzzle and quickly we felt we were zeroing in on a sighting.
There’s more to wildlife in Alberta than the Rocky Mountains and we’d like to show you a unique landscape in and around Calgary. Canada’s foothills are home to some of Canada’s most iconic and unique animals, such as the bobcat, otter, 9 owl species, coyotes, red fox, moose, elk and 3 weasel species.
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Light Wolf | Fine Art Print
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Mirror | Fine Art Print
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Siblings | Fine Art Print
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Boat Ride | Fine Art Print
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Three Amigos | Fine Art Print
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Jumping | Fine Art Print
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Climbing | Fine Art Print
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Common Raven | Fine Art Print
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Bath Time | Fine Art Print
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