A land inventory of rural Canada covering over 2.5 million square kilometers of land and water; these mapsheets present land … Continue reading Canada Land Inventory – Natural Resources Canada

Radon is a colourless, odourless radioactive gas that occurs naturally in our environment. It is a product of the natural … Continue reading Radon

An Internet application to provide information on Oceans Program Activities taking place under Canada's Oceans Act. http://canoceans.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/index_e.htm Continue reading Oceans Program Activity Tracking System (Fisheries and Oceans Canada)

HALIFAX – Scientists were puzzled and saddened on the weekend by the death of an endangered North Atlantic right whale … Continue reading Rare whale found dead near N.S.

Unnatural Law has three purposes: to provide an accurate assessment of the effectiveness of Canadian environmental laws and policies; to … Continue reading Unnatural Law: Rethinking Canadian Environmental Law and Policy

BOULDER, COLO. – Fungi living under tundra snow actively reproduce during winter and are more diverse than thought, according to … Continue reading Microbes busy under snow: ecologists

The Mountain Pine Beetle epidemic in west central BC nearly doubled in size again in 2001 from where it stood … Continue reading COFI Mountain Pine Beetle Task Force

SER-BC is a diverse group of ecologists, researchers and restorationists from all over British Columbia and western Canada. They come … Continue reading Society for Ecological Restoration – British Columbia chapter

This site contains information from the B.C. soil survey including maps, reports, site information, lab analysis data and profile descriptions. … Continue reading Soils – Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management: British Columbia

This site includes species that were collected for each of the 4 years and previously reported from the province. We … Continue reading BC Mushrroms

GENEVA – Global warming is linked with extreme weather conditions, according to a study by the World Meteorological Organization. http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/07/03/extremeweather_030703 Continue reading Global warming increases chance of wild weather: study

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – Environment Canada is investigating the sinking of a floating tourist lodge that went down off the … Continue reading Fishing lodge accident under investigation