(First published in Outdoor Canada Magazine March 2017) GLOBALLY, WILDLIFE IS IN TROUBLE. BUT NOT HERE, THANKS TO YOU According to the World Wildlife Fund’s *Living Planet Report 2016*, the world’s collective population of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish has dropped by 58 per cent since 1970. The situation is at its worst in […]
A new study from the Wildlife Conservation Society reports Canada is home to the second largest wilderness area on the planet.
(First published in Fish Hunt Ride magazine in January 2018) After 25-years of negotiations, there’s now a draft agreement between the Ontario and federal governments with the Algonquins of Ontario to address their 1772 petition to the Crown. The agreement establishes a framework for future treaty negotiations that will see the Algonquin’s in eastern Ontario […]
It’s probably safe to say that most all people recognize the value of Canada’s natural environment.
The Talking Tackle Depth Whisperer is a handy little automation that provides intuitive audible feedback on important depth changes. I’ve been assisting its inventor for the past several years to get the technology just right, including a plug-and-play version that takes advantage of the NMEA output produced by most modern fish finder sonar devices such […]
The WWF’s latest biannual Living Planet Report raises the alarm about the state of the world’s biological diversity.
A report issued in October 2018 by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that governments need to act soon to avoid far-reaching catastrophic effects.
(First published in Fish Hunt Ride Magazine –Fall 2017) Many of us recall plenty of news reports about commercial fishers being forced to take a 180 degree turn on how they harvest wild fish stocks. From being incented to fish more, harder and longer, to a shakedown in the industry that witnessed governments purchasing back […]
Did you know that by 2050 plastic in the ocean will outweigh the fish?
We don’t often hear about Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba, but it’s now in the news far too often, and for the wrong reasons