Explore Western Canada’s natural landscape and wild inhabitants through words and pictures. All the books are by Canadian authors and were published within the last 10 years.
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Wild Life
The Ecological Buffalo: On the Trail of a Keystone Species, Wes Olson & Johane Janelle (July 2022)
The Hidden Kingdom of Fungi: Exploring the Microscopic World in Our Forests, Homes, and Bodies, Keith Seifert (2022)
The Kootenay Wolves: Five Years Following a Wolf Pack, John E. Marriott (2022)
The Science and Spirit of Seaweed: Discovering Food, Medicine and Purpose in the Kelp Forests of the Pacific Northwest, Amanda Swinimer (2021)
The Secret World of Lichens: A Young Naturalist’s Guide, Troy McMullin (Sept. 2022)
A Year on the Wild Side: A West Coast Naturalist’s Almanac, Briony Penn (Mar. 2019)
At Sea with the Marine Birds of the Raincoast, Caroline Fox (2016)
Spirits of the Coast: Orcas in Science, Art and History, Martha Black, ed. (2020)
Trees & Forests
Dark Days at Noon: The Future of Fire, Edward Struzik (2022)
Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest, Suzanne Simard (disponible en français) (2021)
Great Bear Wild: Dispatches from a Northern Rainforest, Ian McAllister (2014)
Big Lonely Doug: The Story of One of Canada’s Last Great Trees, Harley Rustad (Sept. 2018)
Land
Swamplands: Tundra Beavers, Quaking Bogs, and the Improbable World of Peat, Edward Struzik, (2021)
British Columbia: A Natural History of its Origins, Ecology, and Diversity, Richard Cannings & Sydney Cannings (2015)
The Scenic Geology of Alberta: A Roadside Touring and Hiking Guide, Dale Leckie (2021)
Prairies
Prairie: A Natural History of the Heart of North America, Candace Savage (2020) (Corbeaux est un excellent choix en français)
Islands of Grass, Trevor Herriot & Branimir Gjetvaj (2017)
Under Prairie Skies: The Plants and Native Peoples of the Northern Plains, C. Thomas Shay
Rivers & Oceans
The Heart of the Fraser, Ken Ashley
The Soul of the Fraser, Ken Ashley
Rivers Run Through Us: A Natural and Human History of Great Rivers of North America, Eric. B. Taylor (2021)
Before We Lost the Lake: A Natural and Human History of Sumas Valley, Chad Reimer (Jan. 2019)
The Sea Among Us: The Amazing Strait of Georgia, Richard Beamish & Gordon McFarlane (May 2021)
Industry
Fault Lines: Life and Landscape in Saskatchewan's Oil Economy, Valerie Zink & Emily Eaton 2016)
In Our Backyard: Keeyask and the Legacy of Hydroelectric Development, Aimée Craft & Jill Blakley, eds. (2022)
Breaching the Peace: The Site C Dam and a Valley's Stand against Big Hydro, Sarah Cox (2018)
Conservation
Our Place: Changing the Nature of Alberta, Kevin Van Tighem (2017)
Conserving the Legacy: Wildlife Conservation in Saskatchewan, 1905-2005, Wayne Pepper (2022)
Photo credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/apmckinlay/16697481473
updated November 25, 2022
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