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Nature's Past episode 22: "A Century of Parks Canada"

Kheraj, Sean

In episode 22 of Nature’s Past, a podcast on Canadian environmental history, Sean Kheraj talks to Claire Campbell, the editor of A Century of Parks Canada, and contributing authors George Colpitts and Gwynn Langemann on Canada’s national parks history from coast to coast.

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Arcadia

Northern Bison Sanctuary or Big Ranch? Wood Buffalo National Park

by John Sandlos

The Canadian government established the Wood Buffalo National Park in 1922 to protect a remnant herd of wood bison. The park has become North America’s biggest national park and is still home to the largest free-roaming herd of wood bison. However, the park’s wildlife has also been subject to some of the most intrusive and ill-conceived management interventions in Canadian history.

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Multimedia | journal

Wild Earth 6, no. 3

In Wild Earth 6, no. 3 Max Oelschlaeger discusses religion and the conservation of biodiversity, Christopher Genovali reflects on the Alberta oil rush, Joseph P. Dudley writes about biodiversity in Southern Africa, and A. Kent MacDougall considers thinking of humans as a cancer.

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Multimedia | journal article

"Ethics in Wildlife Management: What Price?"

Curtis, John A.

John A. Curtis argues that there may be instances where assessing wildlife for monetary valuation might be quite reasonable and useful for public policy, even when there are strong arguments against valuation of wildlife and nature.

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