The last quarter of the year can feel a bit like a rat race – kids are back to school,...
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There is something about June in northern BC – everything is growing in full force, the bare poplar hillsides of...
Falcons are as hard to catch as a boy’s imagination. But Bob Smirfitt’s imagination, sparked by the story of a...
The very mild December we had in northern BC was less than ideal for the formation of ice on the...
There’s a never-ending internal monologue that runs through one’s mind, on those nice spring days when the sun is present...
Bear fat, like domestic beef tallow, is an incredible moisturizer. While spring bears tend to not be as fatty as...
The woods are full of food, and not just for the animals we like to eat. As long as plants...
Some of the earliest memories I have of berry picking was searching for wild strawberries – racing ahead of dad...
“You should have left the knife stuck in your leg,” said the attending physician at the local emergency room. For...
If you think that foraging is something that can only be done in the summer months (think berries, mushrooms, plants,...