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Call to Action #7 – A Leap forward for Tactile Graphic Access!
Like most all of you who live with low or no vision, every so often I get pulled into trialing or promoting a new accessible technology.

Call to Action #6 – Outreach Update and the Blind Outdoor News
It’s coming up quick to the end-of-year and I wanted to get you all an update, and our sixth call to outdoor action!

Call to Action #5 – New Summer New Start – Outdoors with Lawrence Gunther
So the pandemic isn’t technically over but life seems to be returning to normal, thank goodness. Enough about that, this note is about celebrating life’s choices.

Call To Action #4
I’ve been thinking about the year that just passed. What changed this year may not seem obvious, given that the pandemic continues to impact our lives, but I truly believe that if we look inwards there are changes underway.

Call-to-Action #3
This is the third call-to-action directed to sight impaired and blind people to Connect with nature and become a voice for our largely silent earth.

Outreach Update and the Blind Outdoor News
Hi everyone, since issuing our first call to action for youth and others living with vision loss to connect with nature through outdoor adventure, lots has transpired.

Call to Action #2
Hi everyone, since issuing our first call to action for youth and others living with vision loss to connect with nature through outdoor adventure, lots has transpired.

Call to Action #1 – Calling all Youth Living with Vision Loss
I’m writing to you today to bring to your attention four non-profit initiatives specific to youth living with vision loss.

Muskie or Mayhem on the Ottawa River?
The year 2019 will go down as one of the least promising starts…

Why Anglers should Pay Attention to proposed marine Protected Areas
(First Published in Outdoor Canada Magazine March 2018)
As…

Outdoor Defenders
(First published in Outdoor Canada Magazine March 2017)
GLOBALLY,…

Canada has 2nd Largest Wilderness in the World
A new study from the Wildlife Conservation Society reports Canada is home to the second largest wilderness area on the planet.

Algonquin Land Claim: What it All Means
(First published in Fish Hunt Ride magazine in January 2018)
After…

Back to Basics with the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario
It's probably safe to say that most all people recognize the value of Canada's natural environment.

WWF Living Planet Report
The WWF's latest biannual Living Planet Report raises the alarm about the state of the world's biological diversity.

UN Report on Climate Change
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.

When is Enough Enough?
(First published in Fish Hunt Ride Magazine –Fall…

Canada’s Plastic Accord
Did you know that by 2050 plastic in the ocean will outweigh the fish?

Threats to Lake Winnipeg On the Increase
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

More Behind Canada’s 2018 Forest Fires than Climate Change
2018 is turning out to be one of the worst years for forest fires we have ever experienced in Canada

How to Re-imagine the World’s One Ocean
According to the World Ocean Observatory, there are seven essential principals that should govern the way we view the ocean

The State of Our Beaches
With summer in full swing, who doesn't want to spend time at the beach?

North America’s 1st dogs
The first dogs in America likely came here around 10,000 years ago with people from Siberia, according to a new study by an international team of researchers.

Summer Up-Date from the President
Four short descriptions of exciting Blue Fish Canada projects we want to bring to your attention:

Inuit Circumpolar Council Meets in Alaska
Inuit People are a nation of people who share common language, culture, and a common land along the Arctic coast of Siberia, Alaska, Canada and Greenland.

Eco Labels
How can we as consumers ensure we are eating seafood that is caught or farmed sustainably?

The Oil Spill Cleaning Illusion
Do we truly have what it takes to respond to oil spills?

Hurricanes and Flooding
As Canadians we seem to enjoy speaking with strangers about weather more than just about anything else.

Ticks
We can either choose not to venture outside of our urban spaces, or take precautions and not let our fears restrict how we live our lives.

NOAA Flood Predictions
A new US government report suggests floods will become more common over the next century.

Age of aquariums
OUR FISHERIES
Do public aquariums have anything to do with…

76 Salish Sea Killer Whales Left
There are 76 Killer Whales left along Vancouver Island's south coast. This is half the number from ten years ago.

Two Federal Bills Promising Protection
The Federal Government recently tabled a series of new bills focused on Canada's oceans, lakes and rivers.

Garbage
As much as Canadians like to consider themselves to be environmentally conscious people, we willingly choose not to see much of the truth.

Lawrence and Moby’s 2017 Year-End Highlights
While the late and stormy spring may have delayed the start of our open water fishing, it freed up time to do even more to plan, promote and celebrate outdoor traditions.

People’s Great Lakes Summit
People of diverse backgrounds, occupations, positions, experiences and histories recently gathered for two days in Toronto for The “People’s Great Lakes Summit”

Letter from 1000 Scientists Raises Red Flags
A letter expressing a dire warning about the dangers to humanity has been written by over 1,500 scientists from around the world.

Lawrence’s Insights on the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario 2017 Report “Good Choices Bad Choices”
Did you know Ontario has an environmental bill of rights, and an environmental commissioner?

Environment Commissioner of Ontario 2017 Report Good Choices Bad Choices
The role of the Environmental commissioner of Ontario, Diane Saxe, includes producing reports such as the 2017 report entitled “Good choices, Bad Choices”

Disentangling Whales Along North America’s Coastline
With an increasing number of whales plying the oceans along the coastlines of North America, incidents of tragic human / whale encounters are growing

Marine-Management Plan for Canada’s Eastern Arctic
The Inuit of Labrador and the federal government have signed a deal that will see the Inuit participate in the development of a marine-management plan covering more than 380,000 square kilometres of coastal waters on the far eastern end of Canada’s Northwest Passage.

Eastern Arctic Ocean Agreement
Inuit people and the federal government have signed a deal that will see the Inuit use their traditional knowledge to develop a marine-management plan

Rivers as Life-Giving Arteries
Together with Canada’s Department of Fisheries, Oceana Canada’s Dr. Rangeley and government scientists operated a 3,000 kilo remotely operated vehicle at depths of 400 meters, where they explored the bountiful thriving sea life.

What’s Causing BC’s Disappointingly Low Salmon Returns?
Greg Taylor, Senior Fisheries Advisor with Watershed Watch’s Salmon Society, provides a regional breakdown of the 2017 wild salmon returns along Canada’s Pacific coast, and shares his findings and conclusions

Sounds from the Deep
Seventy per cent of the surface of the earth is covered by water. More significantly, the water is three dimensional

Indigenous Tourism
First Nations people across Canada are undertaking increasingly more economic activities to generate wealth.

Farming and Harvesting the Ocean
Our dependence for food and life on the ocean that covers 70 per cent of the world's surface is only now being fully understood and appreciated.

Climate Change and the World’s Coral Reefs
It is estimated that 70 per cent of the Earth's surface area is made up of oceans that, in-turn, provide habitat for 75 per cent of all known species on earth.

Extreme Spring 2017 Water Levels
Following one of the wettest months of April on record, the first week of May 2017 also was the wettest recorded since 1900.

Rideau Canal toxins raise questions about our environmental wellbeing
The recent discovery of toxins in the Rideau Canal is a stark reminder of a systemic and pervasive problem facing Canada.

Toxins and Fish Health
The following multi-part news coverage includes three components intended to inform the public about the impacts on fish health of toxins in Canada's water

Canada’s Commercial Ocean Fisheries in Danger
In 1992 the North Atlantic Cod fishery was closed along Canada's east coast, and 25 years later has still not re-opened.

Plastic Fish Plastic Food
Eating fish is promoted as a super healthy food, but a University of McGill researcher, Laura McDonnell, recently went public about her decision to stop eating fish
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Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
There’s no shortage of troubling news reports these days about our shared land border with the United States.

World Whale Populations
The book and movies featuring Moby Dick touch on a significant period in our evolution when we hunted whales around the world commercially.

Microbeads
It seems like plastic is playing an increasingly bigger role in our lives every year.

Christopher Pollon on the Proposed Site C Dam
The Peace River that still flows wild in north-east British Columbia…

Sport/recreational angling and native groups should all be at the table when taking fishery management decisions
My input on the department of fisheries and oceans ideas on-line…
