Conservation & Wildlife Articles 

There are defining moments in life, when one is truly humbled and finally able to grasp their place in the world as a participant, an observer, a protector...this one was mine.

Moving as if to the sweep of a conductor's baton, they flow off the beach like a tide of liquid mercury, then swoop into the air, a darkly ribboned smudge against the August sky. 
>>Read more on my encounter with a flock of shorebirds in "A Symphony Takes Flight" - Canadian Wildlife, July/August 2006

Conservation topics help us see our surroundings with fresh eyes - this makes us more conscious of and connected with our environment.  They help us see we have an active role to play in our surroundings.

Birthed in an era that predates the Ice Age, the waters of the Upper Salmon River in Fundy National Park have tumbled over massive rock outcroppings, carved deep pools, then meandered along more gentle grades to the Bay of Fundy for untold millennia.  
>>Read more on the plight of the Bay of Fundy salmon in "It's in the Genes" - Atlantic Salmon Journal, Winter 2004.

"They are called ‘the wanderers’, from the Latin peregrinus meaning ‘coming from foreign parts’.  So named for their lengthy migratory tendencies, the fascinating Falco peregrinus or peregrine falcon has once more resumed its wandering along the shores of the Bay of Fundy…thanks to a little help from some friends.."
>>Read more on "The Peregrines of Fundy" - Moncton Times & Transcript, August 2002.