THE CanSeq 150 INITIATIVE Essentially research scientists – geneticists – are undertaking to study 150 wildlife species in Canada. Geneticists, as it turns out, are a competitive group. When an American Academic group crowd funded an effort to genetically sequence their University beaver mascot the Canadians became inspired to take up the challenge in celebration […]
THE SUMMER THAT NEVER WAS – Part 2 Part 1 introduced the challenges – and possible benefits – of the summer that never was in 1816. It wasn’t so dramatic to all regions of Ontario but the North West was particularly hard hit. Of the 7 basic food resources required by the Ojibwa and Hudson […]
THE SUMMER THAT NEVER WAS When guest columnist Ralph Bice wrote about the summer that never was of 1826 my subconscious subtly went into overdrive. Ralph, as he commented, was relying on what he remembered reading in a newspaper. My subconscious simmered until it overflowed to my conscious thought and I contacted Environment Canada who […]
WELCOME to the OUTDOOR DIGEST that will include articles from my OUT of DOORS with BARNEY MOORHOUSE columns published in THE BANCROFT TIMES. For Reproduction Rights Call Access 1.800.893.5777. DRAW DEADLINES TO REMEMBER Moose – May 31; Elk – June 11; Antlerless deer – July 3; Controlled deer – August 31, 2018. CHANGES Some significant […]
May 10, 2018 OUT of DOORS by BARNEY MOORHOUSE For Reproduction Rights Call Access 1.800.893.5777 NORTH HASTINGS ELK The 2017 aerial elk survey in North Hastings confirmed what most already knew; such surveys are challenging. The elk have dispersed from their original re-introduction site and often, when found, are clustered in small, widely scattered satellite […]
