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The Backcountry Social Life
Day one of a solo backpacking weekend in Yoho. Every year I do a solo back packing trip into the back country of our Rocky Mountain...
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GRR's blog
- Jul 15, 2013
- 4 min
Putting the wheels in motion
Phew! It’s been an interesting few weeks and I have learned that one thing a PhD needs is flexibility while at the same time being...
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- Jun 24, 2013
- 5 min
Wild Waters and Wildlife
This past week, my home town, Canmore, flooded. It flooded like it has never flooded before and it was one of the most tragic things I...
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GRR's blog
- Jun 11, 2013
- 4 min
Have Boots, Will Hike
At C-Level Cirque – big smiles and a love of wilderness makes the world go ’round. This week, I started breaking in the new boots and...
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GRR's blog
- May 28, 2013
- 5 min
Volunteer and play in the woods with me!
An example of a high human use trail that I could be sampling – Larch Valley Ok… It’s not all fun and games, but hopefully that title...
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GRR's blog
- May 14, 2013
- 4 min
Using GPS to learn more about bears
Can’t see the bear for the grass – GPS can help that The past few weeks I’ve been putting my energies in to learning ArcGIS, a computer...
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GRR's blog
- Apr 23, 2013
- 4 min
Sleepy bears wake up to start another year
Photo provided by John Marriott (For more amazing images, check out John’s website is: http://www.wildernessprints.com/) As the snow...
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GRR's blog
- Apr 11, 2013
- 4 min
Talking like a scientist
In my old job, part of what I did was take science and translate it into language that got people motivated to demand change. This is a...
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GRR's blog
- Apr 3, 2013
- 3 min
Not just about grizzlies – Think BIGGER
The larch valley in Banff is a great example of how hikers can impact an area, but it’s also an example of how access to wilderness is...
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GRR's blog
- Mar 28, 2013
- 4 min
Incorporating Visitor Opinion
Visitors are an integral part of the Rocky Mountain National Parks and ensuring a positive visitor experience is a large part of Parks...
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- Mar 18, 2013
- 4 min
Seeing without being seen
Even watching a bear from this distance can change its behaviour. From a scientific perspective, studying grizzly bear behaviour isn’t...
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GRR's blog
- Mar 13, 2013
- 3 min
Studying Grizzlies in Australia…?
As I was preparing to leave Canada, most of my friends and family watched on with incredulity – So you’re going to study grizzly bears in...
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GRR's blog
- Mar 10, 2013
- 4 min
Grizzly Research in the Rockies FUNdraiser
To acknowledge the businesses who contributed to the raffle and silent auction, I dressed up in a bear costume and ran around town taking...
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GRR's blog
- Feb 24, 2013
- 3 min
Bear Management = People Management
Bears have been restricted to mostly mountainous environments, but their shoulder hump actually evolved from a life on the prairies. A...
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GRR's blog
- Feb 16, 2013
- 2 min
Bears and Beach
After my hike in to Skoki, I pitched my project idea to my future supervisor and asked if he’d be interested. I think choosing the right...
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GRR's blog
- Feb 11, 2013
- 2 min
From mountain musings to a PhD
As I neared Ptarmigan Lake, a Park warden on horseback passed me and warned me of a female grizzly with two cubs near the halfway hut. I...
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