Fieldwork in a Time of COVID-19 Part 2: Kananaskis Country
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...
Mountains on Fire: Growth, Renewal and Hope
Smoky view south over regenerating forest from the 2003 Lost Creek Fire. Courtesy: Kristen Walsh Kristen Walsh, January 5 2021 To mark the dawning of the new year, we draw your attention to wildfires in mountain landscapes and signs of renewal in Waterton Lakes...
The 11 Days of Mountains: a celebration for Dec 11 – International Mountain Day
Mary Sanseverino, Dec 11, 2020 Here at the Mountain Legacy Project today is something of a big deal. That's because ever since 2003 the United Nations has declared today - Dec 11 - to be International Mountain Day. It's a celebration of all things mountain, and every...
Fieldwork in a time of COVID-19 Part 1: Crowsnest Pass
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...
Black Rock Fire Lookout: Legacies and Looking Ahead
Photo taken by Surveyor J. J. McArthur in 1889. View west from Black Rock Fire Lookout towards Devil's Head Mountain (centre of photo). By Kristen Walsh, November 4 2020 In 1889, as part of the Rocky Mountains Park and Coalfields Survey, Surveyor J. J. McArthur and...
Athabasca Glacier and the Visualization Power of Photography
Athabasca glacier – the most visited glacier in North America – is rapidly receding. An analysis inspired by family history outlining the power of photography as a tool for understanding landscape change.
Drawings 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....
Mining, Memories, and Mountains
by Sonia Voicescu, July 14, 2020 Have you ever come across towns whose very presence on the landscape hint at multiple stories and complex histories? Perhaps it’s the façade of a particular building that doesn’t quite fit with the more modern design of its neighbours....
Introducing “A century of high elevation ecosystem change in the Canadian Rocky Mountains”
By Mary Sanseverino, June 23, 2020 Just last week on June 16 two intertwined articles, both about landscape change in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, came out. Both were published under the auspices of the Nature Research family of journals, one of the world's leading...
When the cat’s away: Wildlife’s response to human self-isolation due to the pandemic
Alina C. Fisher and Tanya Samman, originally published on Science Borealis, reposted with permission Currently, self-isolation is the norm for people all over the world as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. While you’ve been staying home, you’ve been justifiably...