Working again

I am back to work for another season as a tour guide in Western Canada. I will be going back and forth between Vancouver and Banff mostly. I am based in Banff, and have status in the National Parks as a professional guide. If anyone is following my blog, and you are interested in the Canadian west, it would be my pleasure to have a dialogue with you. My speciality is activities (hiking, camping, rock and mountain climbing, canoeing, and skiing mostly), combined with natural and cultural history interpretation. Rocks, trees, animals, first nations, exploration, and current affairs. I have a particular emphasis on Parks and Protected area management, although I never work for any government agency.

Burgess Shale Links

http://burgess-shale.bc.ca/ The Burgess Shale Geoscience foundation leads hikes to the site.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgess_Shale Wikipedia.

http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/bc/YOHO/natcul/natcul15_E.asp Parks Canada webpage.

http://basalt.geology.utoronto.ca/facultycaron/Walcott2009.htm A big conference this year in Banff.

The Burgess Shale

This year is the centennial of the discovery of The Burgess Shale, located in Yoho National Park. One of my projects for this year includes trying to learn more about this important fossil site, and how to interpret that knowledge for a general audience. For example, I am trying to work my way through Stephen Jay Gould's book Wonderful Life again. Although his book is rich with information and insight, it is not exactly a page-turner. There are many sources of information for The Burgess Shale, and ultimately, there is the site itself.
I think my point here is that I will use this Blog as a way to keep track of my progress, and post the links and references as I come across them. Of course, if anyone has any suggestions for me, please be my guest and post a comment. Having a Blog is a new thing for me, so please be gentle.

Grouse Attack in Yoho National Park

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDJNIZ8mNIg

First post ever.

This is my first blog post ever, I think. I may have tried this before, but never took it seriously or put effort into it. Maybe this time I will. So, if anyone is reading this, I would be pleased to receive feedback. I will create a profile, and see what happens.