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New Publication: Ecological Novelty Induced by Climate Change
We are thrilled to accounce a new review co-authored by Mountain Legacy Project researchers Claire Wright and Eric Higgs, and researchers in the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany and Portugal, has been published in Nature Climate Change The review looks at how climate...
From Field Notes to Metadata: Exploring OCR and Chandra for MLP Workflows
The Mountain Legacy Project is thrilled to cross-post this article from Kula: Library Futures Academy, highlighting a collaborative exploration of how AI-assisted OCR can support MLP field note workflows. The piece looks at the use of Chandra, an open-source...
Mountain Voices: Continuing the Conversation
Mountain Voices: Continuing the Conversation In February we gathered at the University of Victoria’s McPherson Library to celebrate the launch of Mountain Voices: The Mountain Legacy Project and a Century of Change in Western Canada. The evening brought together...
Mountain Voices
A new book featuring the Mountain Legacy Project has just been published. By Eric Higgs To celebrate International Mountain Day 2025 we are thrilled to share a new book, Mountain Voices: The Mountain Legacy Project and a Century of Change in Western Canada. ...
Walking the Landscape: Insights from Site Visits and Observation
As the new academic year begins, we’re highlighting a different branch of the Visualization Lab’s work. This post features the work of Shima Tajarloo, a PhD student in Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria, and MLP-er since 2022! With a background in...
A Guide to Leading a Field Season
By Claire Wright With the field crew off to Jasper for the second part of the MLP 2025 field season, this seemed like a perfect moment to publish Claire Wright's latest blog post regarding the effort and time that goes into field season preparation. The Mountain...
On Historical Photographs, Regenerative Ecological Design, and the Value of Collaboration
By Alia Johnson Beyond being a powerful tool for understanding large-scale landscape change over time, historical photographs provide profound insights as a decision-making tool for the designers of our built places. When design professionals look at the historical...
Citizen Science on Top
In honour of the 2025 International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation the Mountain Legacy Project (MLP) and the Alpine Club of Canada are collaborating on an exciting citizen science repeat photography project in some of Canada’s high places.
10 Questions with Claire Wright
Welcome back to another episode of "10 Questions." From post-doctoral fellows to research assistants, each person has been asked to share their unique perspectives, experiences and stories by responding to the same 10 questions. This month we are featuring PhD...
“A Tale of Two Disturbances…” A New Article by James Tricker
March 10th, 2025 MLP researcher James Tricker recently published an article in Regional Environmental Change titled "A tale of two disturbances: Can mountain pine beetle restore landcover composition and pattern altered by fire suppression in Jasper National Park?"...