by Alina Fisher | Feb 15, 2021 | MLP News, Notes from the Field
by James Tricker, February 15, 2021 After a wonderful week in Kananaskis Country, the field crew arrived in Jasper National Park (JNP) for the final leg of the shortened field season. JNP is where it all began for the Mountain Legacy Project. Back in the summer of...
by Alina Fisher | Jan 21, 2021 | MLP News, Notes from the Field
by Kristyn Lang, January 21st, 2021 Following our days spent exploring coal mining history in the Crowsnest Pass, our field crew headed North to Kananaskis Country. We spent three days working in lower elevation foothills before moving further west to spend our...
by Alina Fisher | Nov 24, 2020 | Historic photos, MLP News, Notes from the Field
by Sonia Voicescu, November 24, 2020 With the arrival of the first COVID-19 cases in Canada in late January, and ensuing months of self-isolation and restrictions, a dark cloud of uncertainty reigned over the MLP’s summer fieldwork plans. Our expectations quickly...
by Alina Fisher | Aug 19, 2020 | MLP News, Notes from the Field
By Cassandra Buunk, August 19th, 2020 There is a little box on the bottom right hand side of the Mountain Legacy Project field note sheets that I took as an invitation to sketch the landscape. I took every opportunity to sketch the mountains in our 2019 field season....
by Alina Fisher | Jan 20, 2020 | MLP News, Notes from the Field
Eric Higgs retakes an historic photograph from an exposed ridge along the eastern slopes of the Canadian Rockies, Southern Alberta. Photo: MLP 2016. Each year, Mountain Legacy Project (MLP) researchers, alongside associated volunteers, are fortunate to spend four to...
by Alina Fisher | Oct 1, 2019 | MLP News, Notes from the Field
WHO DO WE WANT TO BE HERE? Reflections on an MLP season in the mountains by Charles Hayes, Oct 1, 2019. Charles B. Hayes is currently studying for a PhD in Philosophy at Michigan State University. This research opportunity was funded by MSU’s Engaged...
