Connecting Youth to Nature at the Palisades Centre

This article appeared in the Wildlands Advocate last year. It is now available in digital format here.

Wild Sex: The Metre High Club

Highline Magazine, Summer Edition 2012 My tribute to the kinky aerial sex-o-batics of the crane fly.

Get Your Mountain Guide!

Just finished up some of the writing and editing on Parks Canada’s  Mountain Guide. This year’s funkier, updated version courtesy of Parks Canada graphic designer Nicole Gaboury.

Cub in the Oven (Highline Magazine, Winter 2012)

Pssst, Sow Grizzly. I know you’re trying to sleep, but I need to talk to you. You know that guy you met last spring? C’mon, you remember, the one that herded you up the mountainside? I agree, he was was a bit dense. Didn’t really take the hint when you started biting him and cuffing him in the face. But, he wore you down with all that nuzzling and huffing and hanging around. It’s happened to all of us. I know, the dude is long gone and you’ve moved on. No strings, right? Well, that’s what I wanted to talk to you about. See, bear bodies are a bit tricky. You have these voodoo wombs…

Letters To Mating Animals: Good Morning Western Toad (Highline Magazine Summer 2011)

Good morning Western toad, how was your six month sleep? I hope you’re rested, because it’s time for you to shake off the hibernation hangover and dig your way out of the squirrel burrow you poached last fall.  It’s May, and you and I both know you have somewhere to be. Getting there won’t be easy, so you’d better lick up some spiders and do some stretching. The journey is long; you’ll brave sharp twigs, ravens and bike tires before you reach the breedin’ pond. It’s a little weird that you would prefer to walk rather than hop, but whatevs – just get there. Guys, you should probably arrive first. I have to tell you,…