Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast

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This podcast explores the natural and human history of the Canadian Rockies as well as its attractions and culture. We'll look at the ecology and wildlife as well as the unique plants and birds that make the Canadian Rockies home. Looking back through our history we will share the stories behind the scenery. This is the place for all things Rockies.

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Recent Episodes
  • 089 Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
    Jul 2, 2021 – 50:01
  • 088 Bringing nature closer when you can't go far.
    Apr 22, 2020 – 34:02
  • 087 Ice Battleships and Alberta's Connection to WWII's Battle of the Atlantic.
    Mar 15, 2020 – 27:45
  • 086 Dangers of the Insect Apocalypse
    Feb 26, 2020 – 27:52
  • 085 Looking at the 25th anniversary of the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone
    Feb 11, 2020 – 26:59
  • 084 Feeding Birds Ethically and Effectively
    Jan 24, 2020 – 30:36
  • 083 The Real Story Behind the Movie The Revenant
    Jan 14, 2020 – 34:20
  • 082 We're one of the top 15 podcasts on Ecology, and grizzlies digging up the high country
    Dec 21, 2019 – 33:28
  • 081 Overtourism in Canada's Mountain National Parks
    Jun 13, 2019 – 29:04
  • 080 Conserving caribou by blaming carnivores and ancient human footprints lead the way to a new coastal migration theory
    May 30, 2019 – 31:52
  • 079 season of the crocus, earlier blooming is stressing bird populations and early berries for bears may not be a good thing.
    Apr 25, 2019 – 29:48
  • 078 Examining a new Fire Management Plan for Banff, Yoho, and Kootenay National Parks and Game of Thrones connections in western Canada
    Apr 17, 2019 – 31:31
  • 077 Wolverines in the mountain west, and tick season is upon us
    Apr 10, 2019 – 22:53
  • 076 New report shows Canada warming up twice as fast as most of the world, a look a the biggest, the cuddliest, and the most frightening T. Rex's, and the day the world ended for the dinosaurs.
    Apr 4, 2019 – 33:24
  • 075 Grizzly bears emerge from their winter dens, and Montana's Glacier National Park is losing its glaciers
    Apr 1, 2019 – 26:35
  • 074 Keepiing Alberta Rat Free, and how adding one non-native fish to Yellowstone caused a food web to collapse
    Mar 21, 2019 – 33:44
  • 073 Scientific mysteries around ancient pictographs in Grotto Canyon, and how winters with lower snowpacks will effect local wildlife.
    Mar 13, 2019 – 29:58
  • 072 Saying goodbye to the father of Global warming, Canmore's Nuclear Bunker, New Train Service to the Mountains, and watching for the bears to emerge
    Mar 7, 2019 – 26:31
  • 071 Smoke melts glaciers, and winter wildlife survival strategies
    Feb 27, 2019 – 27:31
  • 070 Polar bears and climate change denial, Alberta's mountains see the highest temperature increases, and did European contact in the New World cause the Little Ice Age
    Feb 19, 2019 – 38:52
  • 069 Looking at why elk keep their antlers througout the winter, and forest fires in California and British Columbia
    Nov 25, 2018 – 44:19
  • 068 Fire ecology in western Canada with fire expert Cliff White.
    Sep 10, 2018 – 53:25
  • 067 Mapping the Expansion of Coyotes, Reintroduced Bison Test Their Boundaries, and Time to Stop Making Rock Sculptures
    Aug 29, 2018 – 32:13
  • 066 Finally, free roaming bison in Banff, and bear safety during buffaloberry season.
    Aug 4, 2018 – 27:25
  • 065 The buffaloberries are back, and a new report on Coexisting with Wildlife in the Bow Valley
    Jul 22, 2018 – 32:05
  • 064 The story of Crowfoot wraps up, and new decisions on development in the Bow Valley
    Jul 12, 2018 – 47:42
  • 063 New Reviews, Crowfoot gets to know the Mounties, and the secret lives of the Yellow Ladyslipper Orchid
    Jun 28, 2018 – 43:29
  • 062 The Life of Chief Crowfoot of the Blackfoot, and bears along the train tracks
    Jun 18, 2018 – 31:19
  • 061 Sulphur Storms, Mismatched Colours, and Famous Filming Locations
    May 30, 2018 – 26:43
  • 060 Tricking bumblebees and a renewed focus on ecological integrity in Canada's national parks
    May 20, 2018 – 26:58
  • 059 Local photographers, natural orchestras, Whirling disease, bear updates, and natural economics
    Apr 26, 2018 – 27:28
  • 058 Time to clean up the bird feeders, bobcats be coming, and the bears are back.
    Apr 13, 2018 – 25:25
  • 057 New Burgess fossils, and red fox return to the Rockies, episode 57 of the Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast 057 New Burgess fossils, and red fox return to the Rockies, episode 57 of the Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast 057 New Burgess fossils, an
    Apr 2, 2018 – 32:26
  • 056 New Super Berry, what's in a name, and ecological trap
    Mar 21, 2018 – 29:28
  • 055 Advice from Edward Abbey, bison updates, and woodpecker headaches
    Mar 9, 2018 – 25:45
  • 054 Frozen feet at Christmas, new wolf pack forming, 10 New Year Resolutions, and what determines success in Grizzly translocations
    Jan 15, 2018 – 27:44
  • 053 David Thompson heads west, and do mountain pine beetles increase the risk of forest fires?
    Dec 21, 2017 – 46:02
  • 052 David Thompson quits the Hudson's Bay Company, and what's up with climate science deniers?
    Dec 7, 2017 – 40:58
  • 051 Melting Glaciers, and David Thompson's Legacy Begins
    Dec 1, 2017 – 37:44
  • 050 New frontiers for wildlife crossings, and the scourge of scurvy
    Nov 26, 2017 – 28:30
  • 049 A look at polar bear ecology, cougars that aren't solitary and does shooting problem bears work
    Nov 16, 2017 – 30:25
  • 048 Pikas struggling with warming climates, Neanderthal medicine, and mining gravel river beds
    Oct 20, 2017 – 27:42
  • 047 Canada's 150th birthday and its effects on visitation to the Mountain Parks an Ode to Bear 148, and interviews with several candidates.
    Oct 13, 2017 – 46:04
  • 046 Bears and Trains and the Cariboo Goldrush becomes a Bonanza
    Oct 6, 2017 – 28:06
  • 045 Wolves help grizzlies by killing elk, the Trans Canada Trail is complete, the Jasper to Columbia Icefields trail falls into limbo and gold rushes in British Columbia
    Sep 29, 2017 – 31:34
  • 044 Flying giraffes and loving the mountains to death
    Sep 15, 2017 – 30:44
  • 043 Save a caribou, kill a moose, the burgess shales and fire updates on the mountain west
    Sep 6, 2017 – 28:16
  • 042 Grizzlies choose berries over salmon, and the Canadian Last Spike
    Aug 31, 2017 – 24:03
  • 041 Flying Squirrels, Forest Fire Records and Van Horne Rescues the CPR
    Aug 23, 2017 – 16:43
  • 040 Pine beetles bring fire fears and Major A.B. Rogers surveys through the western Mountains, episode 040 of the Mountain Nature and Culture Podcast
    Aug 16, 2017 – 27:23
Recent Reviews
  • Mira406
    New found favorite
    This podcast is a refreshing look at the natural world around us, species, history, culture and is perfect for my listening pleasures Thank You. Lower 48 Tree Hugger 😉 Thank you Mr Cameron for the wonderful informational podcast! I am so glad you are back from the excursion North. And truly enjoy every episode. Sincerely, M. Peltier
  • jul121314
    Great storytelling
    Love listening to the stories - current and historical. I love the Canadian Rockies and this podcast gives me a much deeper understanding.
  • Smalltown midwest
    Exceptional Production
    I take many tours and trips in the Bow River Valley and this podcast is exceptional to truly understanding the region.
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