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This week, we learn about the New Patagonia store with Tim Johnson, Chic Scott gives us an update from the Banff Library, Alison Milroy fills us in on where Santa's Anonymous is at so far this year, and Mountain WHIT talks about their new shows, and sings us one of their new songs.

Plus, Allan Buckingham talks about why the podcasts have been a little wonky lately and shares the new podcast/rss feed. podcast.parkradio.ca/rss

This week on the show, we learn about some Parks Canada's methods for learning what people think, plus Grant Statham gives us a bit of a low down on Avalanches.

Chad Townsend comes in to chat about Water, I talk about my Elk Ride Along with Blair Fyten. Artist Anthony Schrag talks about his project in Banff, Christine LaRoque updates from the 350 Day of Climate Change. Darren Enns reviews the Land Use Bylaw Phase 1 and we have another Mountain View with Andy Winfield.

This week, I talk with local author and water guru Bob Sandford about his new book Restoring The Flow: Confronting the Worlds Water Woes.

For more information on Bob Sandford visit: http://www.rwsandford.ca/

This week we learn about Bow Valley resident, and environmentally conscience Gini Dalgas.

This week on the show, we learn about the Rockey Mountain Military Shred Club.
http://www.rmmsnowboardclub.com/
Plus with a new mag coming out in November, we get a sneak peak at the content.

Michelle talks with Marjorie Huculak about the Annual Planning Forum and Brad White chats about how weather affects avalanches.

This week, Camara talks with Dave Verhulst about the 350 Day of Climate Change Campaign taking place in the Bow Valley and we catch up with town councillor, Stavros Karlos. Also, Chic Scott talks to us about what's going on at the Banff Public Library, Miriam Manley spotlights another feature from the Banff Centre and Andy Winfield brings us another Mountain View.

This week I talk with longtime Banff resident Dorothy (Dorts) Stafford about her book Wagging Tales.

This week on the show, we learn about Banffite Michelle Macullo.

This week Tracey Delfs is in to talk about Mindfulness. Plus, Dave Verhulst from the Interpretive Guides Association tells us about their Climate Change Handbook.

This week Michelle talks to Steve Malins about the Cave & Basin Revitalization Project. And Banff Information Centre manager Chris Fuoco fills us in on what to do in his home parks of Revelstoke and Glacier.

This week, Hannah Lunn and the staff of Lululemon are talking about the Dare to Remember campaign put on by the Stephen Lewis Foundation. Claire Wilkinson stops by to let us know about the official feedback from the summer pilot program of the sidewalk seating cafe. Albertan artist and creator of the Famous 5 monuments in Calgary and Ottawa talks with us about her exhibit at the Willock and Sax Gallery and Susan Sax-Willock gives a couple more details. And finally, to round off the show, we hear another Mountain View from Andy Winfield.

This week I talk with North American Mountaineering Historian Andy Selters. Andy talks about North American Mountaineering History, and the process he went through writing 'Ways to the Sky: A Historical Guide to North American Mountaineering'.

This week we hear from Dorothy Carlton. Dorothy was a War Bride who moved to Canada to live the life of a Park Warden's wife.

This week Kathy Burden from Banff National Park is in to talk about fire, and Grant Perry, Executive Chef at the Bison Restaurant in Banff talks Fall Cooking.

This week Michelle talks with Dave Smith about the Fire Program in Jasper National Park, plus we hear about an underwater archaeological excavation for a World War II plane from Ryan Harris.

This week on the show Camara talks with Barbara Nyman from the Banff YWCA about their week without violence. We hear from Miriam Manley about a local art project. As Banff considers a community Greenhouse, we hear from Kari Manser about the one they have in Whistler. And Kim Titchener from WildSMART fills us in about the Elk Rut.

This week I talk about GPS with one of the authors of GPS Made Easy, Lawrence Letham. Find out more at http://www.mountaineersbooks.org/productdetails.cfm?PC=1458

This week we hear from retired Park Warden Gord Irwin about his time working for the Canadian National Parks Warden Service.

From the Park Radio Vault, here is a presentation Chic Scott did in 1998 on the Mountaineering History in Lake Louise.

This week, Steve Michel talks about the Elk Rut, and Roger Hosten lets us know about good hiking in Lake Louise in the Fall.

On this week's show, town councillor Leslie Taylor gives us a council update, Jesse Whittington talks about caribou reintroduction, Chad Townsend talks about residential recycling, Miriam Manley brings us another piece focusing in Banff's art community and we get another Mountain View from Andy Winfield

This week I talk with Canmore based author Jerry Auld about his book Hooker and Brown, a story about mountains and mystery. How much uncertainty is there left in Canadian Rockies? Listen and find out.

For more information on Jerry Auld visit http://jerryauld.com/

In the midst of unending crises and a climate of anxiety, how do leaders and organizations maintain their clarity, focus, and direction? Dr. Wheatley has become a student of leadership in crisis and talks about some of her findings and observations.

For more information on the Leadership Development program at the Banff Centre visit: http://www.banffleadership.com/

Listen as David Peyto tells stories and reads from the journal of Banff's Town Warden from 1914-1948, Walter H. Peyto.

This week Camara Miller talks with someone passionate about Banff's heritage, Ralphine Locke

This week on the show we learn about fall biking with Kevin Simpson, and André Gareau tells us all about Larches.

This week we hear from retired Park Warden Mac Elder.

This week retired Park Warden Byron Irons shares some of his experiences in the Canadian Park Warden Service.

This week Lana Vanderlee shares how the summer has gone at the Cascades Of Time Gardens, plus, Don Mickle tells us about the upcoming Warden Centannial events.

This week, Paul Mabee fills us in on the upcoming Bow Valley Slow Pitch Championships, plus Michale Lang talks about the Warden Centennial.

This week I chat with Canmore based writer Jocey Asnong about her book Nuptse and Lhotse in Nepal.

For more information on Jocey Asnong visit: http://www.cautiousleroy.com

This week Canmore based writer Lynn Martel tells us about wildlife photographer John Marriott.

For more information on Lynn Martel visit: http://www.lynnmartel.ca/

For more on John Marriott check out: http://www.wildernessprints.com/

This week we Steve Michel talks about Bears at this time of year, and Ronni Ishaki talks about her experience as an Interpreter in Israel.

Quick spots covering everything you should know about the environment, including ways to help and decrease your impact on the Planet.

This week on the show Shirley Tooke talks about the auditions for the fall Pinetree Players production. Plus, Tina Barzo fills us in on what the Banff Volunteer Centre is up to.

This week local author and historian Ted Heart talks about the new release of his book about guide and outfitter Jimmy Simpson.

This week we hear from retired Park Warden, Tim Auger.

Quick spots covering everything you should know about the environment, including ways to help and decrease your impact on the Planet.

It's the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the Burgess Shale. Find out more at: http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/bc/YOHO/natcul/natcul15_E.asp

It's the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the Burgess Shale. Find out more at: http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/bc/YOHO/natcul/natcul15_E.asp

It's the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the Burgess Shale. Find out more at: http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/bc/YOHO/natcul/natcul15_E.asp

It's the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the Burgess Shale. Find out more at: http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/bc/YOHO/natcul/natcul15_E.asp

From a presentation to the Friends of Yoho National Park, Graeme Pole talks about the Canadian Pacific Railway's construction of the Spiral Tunnels and the Big Hill.

For more information on the Friends of Yoho visit: http://www.friendsofyoho.ca/

This week Parks Canada CEO Alan Latourelle stops by for a chat, plus, Mountain WHIT is in to entertain and inform us.

This week George Sibley talks about his film Shadows of David Thompson, plus, Katrina Ashmore & Barbara Nyman tell us about the YWCA initiative Walk a Mile in Her Shoes.

This week I talk with the author of Rocky Mountain Kids, Linda Goyette. We chat about the stories in the book, and the research she did to find them.

This week we talk with retired Park Warden Kathy Calvert, and find out what it was like for her as one of the first female Park Wardens.

This week we hear from author Carol MacTavish, plus Steve Michel a Parks Canada Wildlife Conflict Specialist fills us in on what the bears are up to these days.

This week Amar Athwal shares some of the history of the Banff Park Museum, and Lorraine Zurke let's us know why we don't want to miss a trip to Lake O'Hara.

This week we find out about the Whyte Museum's art walk, plus Miriam Manley gives us insight into a Columbian game.

Quick spots covering everything you should know about the environment, including ways to help and decrease your impact on the Planet.

This week we learn about the Life of the Trail series of hiking history/guide books with one of the authors, Emerson Sanford.

This week we hear from retired Park Warden, Dale Portman

This week on On Tape, Sarah Stauderman gives her presentation at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies on Charles D. Walcott's Panoramic Photographs of the mountains and his Burgess Shale excavations.

On this episode, Kristy talks with Craig and Kathy Copeland and we hear the second part of Erin's interview with Wendy Francis about the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative.

To learn more about Craig and Kathy Copeland, visit www.hikingcamping.com

To learn more about the Y2Y Initiative, visit www.y2y.net

This week Michelle talks to Roger Hostin about Lake Louise hiking and Martin Lussier gives us the low-down on what his summer has been like with his internship at Parks Canada

This week, Camara talks with local Hana Lane Thorson about her adventures and experiences in East Africa and Nadine Setzer and Chad Townsend give us some information about Banff's Urban Forest Program

Hazel Hutchins talks about her new book, Mattland.

Moving can be tough on a child, especially when the neighbourhood you move to is still being built. But sometimes the mud and debris of construction can be the beginning of a neighbourhood as is the case in Hazel Hutchins and Gail Herbert's new book.

Lynn Martel catches up with Leanne Alison for another voice from the valley.

Quick spots covering everything you should know about the environment, including ways to help and decrease your impact on the Planet.

Park Radio's own Allan Buckingham got to take one of the Park Canada's Guided Hikes to the Burgess Shale fossil bed sites with a Park's Canada Heritage Interpreter.

This week, part one of Erin's interview with Wendy Francis airs as Wendy talks about the Y2Y Program, animal migrations and preservation. Also, Kristy and Erin give us the low-down on the amazing Berg Lake Hike.

This week we talk with Pat Morrow. Pat has written a new forward to Conrad Kain's book Where The Clouds Can Go as it is re-released for the centenary of Kain's arrival in Canada.

For more information on Conrad Kain and the centennial events visit: http://www.conradkain.com/

From a presentation to the Rockey Mountain Section of the Alpine Club of Canada, Brian Merry talks about his trip up North America's tallest mountain, Denali (McKinley).

Find out about upcoming Rocky Mountain Section events by visiting: http://www.accrockymtn.ca/

This week we talk with a current Park Warden, Bradley Bischoff about his time in the Warden Service.

This week we talk with author Helen Rose, about her novel 53 Grove Road. The book tells the story of Helen's life after growing up in an abusive and alcoholic home.

Author Jon Turk talks about his new book The Raven's Gift, to be released January 2010.

To find out more about Jon Turk visit his website http://www.jonturk.net/

This week hear retired Park Warden Scott Ward talk about his time in the Warden Service, plus, he plays a couple of his Warden inspired songs for us.

This week on the show, Marnie talks about the Canmore Community Cruisers program, and Garry Gonis tells us about the Canmore Indie Music Festival.

Author Geoff Powter talks about his book Strange & Dangerous Dreams, an exploration of the psychology of risk.

This week we hear from former Banff National Park Chief Park Warden, Bob Haney about his career in Parks Canada.

This week, we hear about how Highline Magazine came to grace the Bow Valley, plus we hear some more from local story teller Terry Wall.

Listen as John Goulart, music director of the Bow Valley Chorus and leadership Learning Lab thought leader Don Hill discuss how conducting a group of musicians applies to leading in different fields.

For more information on the Leadership Development program at the Banff Centre visit: http://www.banffleadership.com/

This week I talk with Karsten Heuer about his books Walking The Big Wild, and Being Caribou. I also get a sneak peak at his new book Finding Farley.

This week is the first of 10 Voices From The Valley sponsored by Banff Heritage Tourism featuring retired Park Wardens. This week we learn about Don Mickle. Prepare yourself for some good stories.

This week on Highline Radio we hear from local storyteller Terry Wall, plus insect ecologist and Mountain Pine Beetle expert Brad Jones.

For more information on Highline Magazine visit them at: http://www.highlineonline.ca/

Jonathan Fox, director of Playback Theatre in New York, helps us explore how Playback Theatre can help us understand issues of global climate change.

For more information on the Leadership Development program at the Banff Centre visit: http://www.banffleadership.com/

As one of the founders of the Banff Mountain Book Festival, Bernadette McDonald has had a lot of influence on the world of adventure literature. We talk about the Mountain Book Festival, as well as some of Bernadette's own books.

From a presentation at the Canmore Museum and Geoscience Centre, author Norm Crerar shares some stories about the 2008 David Thompson Bi-Centennial Brigade.

For more information on the Canmore Museum and Geoscience Centre visit: http://www.cmags.org/

From a presentation at the Canmore Museum and Geoscience Centre, author Emerson Sanford shares some stories of David Thompson's early visits to the Bow Valley.

For more information on the Canmore Museum and Geoscience Centre visit: http://www.cmags.org/

This week, author Lynn Martel tells about local adventurer Jerry Kobalenko. Here Jerry tell us about how he got into long journeys, as well as what equipment he uses for his Arctic treks.

To find out more about Jerry Kobalenko visit: http://www.jerrykobalenko.com/

For more in Lynn Martel check out here website: http://www.lynnmartel.ca/

This week Brad White from Parks Canada talks about Mountain Safety, and Bob Sandford shares some information about Prescribed Fire. We'll also hear the musical stylings of Seth Anderson "The Renegade Kid"

For more information on Highline Magazine visit them at: http://www.highlineonline.ca/

Listen as the Pacific Centre For Leadership examines the relationship between risk and change through conversation and experiential exercises.

For more information on the Leadership Development program at the Banff Centre visit: http://www.banffleadership.com/

For more on the Pacific Centre for Leadership visit: http://www.pcfl.com/

Hear local guide and ecologist Keith Webb talk about ecology, and its relationship with the economy.

To find out more information about the Leadership Development programs at the Banff Centre, visit: http://www.banffleadership.ca/

Author of Expedition to the Edge, Lynn Martel talks about some of the amazing adventurers featured in her book, at the Alpine Club of Canada Clubhouse.

For more information on the Alpine Club Of Canada visit: http://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/

For more on Lynn Martel check out: http://www.lynnmartel.ca/

From a presentation at the Alpine Club of Canada Clubhouse listen as passionate hiker and author Craig Copeland shares some of his thoughts on hiking, and its importance to humanity.

To find out more about Craig & Kathy Copeland visit: http://www.hikingcamping.com

For more on the Alpine Club of Canada check out: http://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/

From a presentation at the Alpine Club Of Canada Clubhouse, hear author and outdoor enthusiast Ben Gadd talk about 'Why we head for the Woods'.

For more information on the Alpine Club of Canada visit: http://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/

For more on Ben Gadd check out: http://www.bengadd.com/

Graeme Pole talks about his book The Spiral Tunnels and the Big Hill. Find out about the creation of the Canadian Pacific Railway and the engineering marvel that is the Spiral Tunnels.

To find out more about Graeme Pole visit: http://www.mountainvision.ca/

From a presentation to the Rocky Mountain Section of the Alpine Club of Canada, hear Steve Fedyna's version of the best 25 rock climbs in the Bow Valley.

Find out about upcoming Rocky Mountain Section events by visiting: http://www.accrockymtn.ca/

Part of the Parks Canada Research Updates Speaker Series, hear Greg Horne's presentation, Scuds & Squeezes: What Do They Have In Common? Castleguard Cave Explorations.

Part of the Parks Canada Research Updates Speaker Series, hear Amanda Warman's presentation, Does Size Really Matter? Impacts Of Introduced Trout On Alpine Streams.

A powerful evening of story, song, and reflection with local adventurer Leanne Allison, and eco-philosopher Joanna Macy, a leading voice in movements for peace, justice, and a safe environment. With California singer/ songwriter Jennifer Berezan and special guest Joel Kroeker.

For more information on Joanna Macy visit http://www.joannamacy.net/

Part of the Parks Canada Research Updates Speaker Series, hear Nathan DeBruyn's presentation, March of the Worm: An Exotic Parasite in Banff National Park Elk.

Part of the Parks Canada Research Updates Speaker Series, hear Bonnie McFarlane's presentation, Views On Vegetation Management: What The Locals Think.

Part of the Parks Canada Research Updates Speaker Series, hear Sheila Greaves' & Brad Himour's presentation on 2000 years of cultural history in Banff National Park.

At a Parks Canada Research Update Speaker Series held at the Whyte Museum, we hear from Jean-Bernard Caron talking about 100 years of the Burgess Shale.

At a Parks Canada Research Update Speaker Series held at the Whyte Museum, we hear from Sheila Luey about Special Events in National Parks.

CBC Radio 'Ideas' host Paul Kennedy and a panel of guests offer a stimulating discussion about how the arts and arts inspired creative thinking can stimulate innovation. They explore whether hope and imagination can serve as the new currency for innovation as we seek powerful solutions to today's challenges.

Find out more about the Leadership Development program at The Banff Centre. http://www.banffleadership.com/

Part of the Parks Canada Research Updates Speaker Series, hear Charlie Pacas explain where amphibian research is at 5 years after the Fairholme burn.

Part of the Parks Canada Research Updates Speaker Series, hear Barb talk about Selenium dynamics in Rocky Mountain lakes.

Part of the Parks Canada Research Updates Speaker Series, hear Sarah Lord talk about Mercuray Contamination in Loons in Western Alberta.

Julian Norris of Outward Bound Canada shares findings from his PhD research on how nature based experiences can enhance learning and personal transformation.

For more information on the Banff Centre's Leadership Development program visit:
http://BanffLeadership.com

What Is Water? - Water is so prevalent in our lives, but how much do we really know about it?

Sharing - How good are humans at sharing water resources with the rest of nature?

Ecology - In what ways does water interact with the ecosystem?

Seasons - Find out about how water works in the different seasons of the Rockey Mountains.

Settlement - A look at how water has affected human settlement, and how human settlement has affected water.

Water Management - A look at some of the ways humans have tried and succeeded to control water.

Reality - What is the current state of the worlds fresh water supplies, and how does that affect us?

Conflict - Will a lack of fresh water lead to global conflict?

Sustainability - What choices must we make to live within our hydrological means?

Sacrifice - What will we need to give up in order to live responsibly within our means?

Gordon Stenhouse of the Foothills Research Institute’s grizzly bear research project discusses ten years of results. He focuses on applied management and directly links grizzly research to management. He also discusses mapping habitat, developing predictive models to explain bear habitat use, provincial grizzly bear numbers and new technologies that his research team has developed to aid bear conservation.

Discover a leadership model that focuses on communication as the major tool of organizational effectiveness. Listen as Pamela Perkins, author of the Art and Science of Communication: Tools for Effective Communication in the Workplace shares some insight into this vital tool for 21st century leadership in the global workforce.
Find out more at http://www.hci-global.com/

And check out the Leadership Learning Lab Blog:
http://www.banffcentre.info/leadership/blogs/lab

John Paczkowski shares with the Bow Valley Naturalists about the work being done by the Wildlife Conservation Society to protect the Siberian (Amur) Tigers, Far Eastern Leopard, and Brown Bear. Find out more about their work at http://www.wcs.org/globalconservation/Asia/russia

To find out more about the Bow Valley Naturalists visit: http://www.bowvalleynaturalists.org/

A Leadership Learning Lab Exploratorium
Learn how to juggle, and discover juggling as a metaphor for the learning process and the constructive role of making
mistakes.

Find out more about Leadership Development at The Banff Centre
http://www.banffleadership.com/

Known as “The Land of Fire and Ice”, the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia is home to some of the largest brown bears on the planet. Erupting volcanoes, hundreds of glaciers and thousands of lakes and rivers are where one quarter of the world’s Pacific Salmon come to spawn. Listen as John Paczkowski talks about Kamchatka and the work being done by the Wildlife Conservation Society to protect the Brown Bear. Find out more about their work at http://www.wcs.org/kamchatka

This presentation was put on by Bow Valley Wildsmart. Learn more at: http://www.wildsmart.ca/

Conflict happens in all aspects of our lives, but it doesn't have to be only negative. Discover how conflict can also be a powerful spark for positive change and creativity using a number of unique physical theatre processes.

Listen as writer and architect Andrée Iffrig demonstrates how innovation techniques and sustainable design principles like bio-mimicry and connectivity can help today's organizations work together more effectively, and solve today's problems. Find out more information on Andrée Iffrig at:
http://www.suite101.com/profile.cfm/andreeiffrig

Sorry for the poor audio quality, but the information's fantastic.

Leah Pengelly and Alex Taylor share their experiences from the summer of 2008 Arctic expedition of Students On Ice. http://www.studentsonice.com/ Hear about the beautiful Canadian Arctic landscape and what the students learnt about this vulnerable landscape. It's a fascinating journey through the Canadian North.

Nancy Hansen talks about her experience climbing all the 11000 ft peaks in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Hear about some of the challenges, and some of the joys of this amazing achievement. The talk was recorded at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies.

The Bugaboo Dreams book launch; recorded at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies. Author Topher Donahue talks about how he came to write a book about Heli-Sports. Donahue tells about his first meeting with one of Canadian Mountain Holidays founders Hans Gmoser, and how that planted the seed for this compelling book. We also hear about some of the research Donahue undertook, and what that taught him about the use of helicopters in mountaineering. If that wasn't enough, we also get a peek at some of the book, with Donahue reading selected passages.

For more information on Bugaboo Dreams visit http://rmbooks.com/books/fall08/bugaboo_dreams.html