An elk without asters is not truly an elk. And western Canada without wildlife is not truly western Canada, says author Kevin Van Tighem about his approach to writing this guidebook, your guide to the wild animals that live in western Canada (From the back cover)

Wild Animals Of Western Canada (An Altitude SuperGuide)

Van Tighem, Kevin

Altitude Publishing Canada Limited

A definitive view of the most common and popular wild animals in the Pacific Northwest and in western Canada.

Wild Animals of Western Canada (Altitude Superguides)

Wild Animals of the Canadian Rockies

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

Altitude Pub Canada Ltd

This collection of essays neatly captures the emotion, pragmatism, and whimsey of one of Canada's foremost conservationists. The essays are a subtle blend of the insightful romanticism of Barry Lopez and the natural philosophy of Stan Rowe. Kevin's poignant storytelling and descriptions of real conservation issues once and for all dispel the myth that science and emotion are incompatible. (Paul C. Paquet PHD )

Coming West: A Natural History of Home

Travel

Canada

Rocky Mountain Books

Water does not come from the river. It comes to the river. Heart Waters takes us to the sources of that water and into the living beauty, human stories and future possibilities that also arise from the green slopes and valleys of Alberta’s Eastern Slopes where the Bow River is born. For more than a century ago the foothills and Front Range mountains of western Alberta have been recognized vital to the future water supply for Canada’s prairies. Virtually all the water that sustains communities, ecosystems and the economy of prairie Canada comes from this narrow strip of land arrayed along the Continental Divide. For all its importance, however, water management decisions have ignored the importance of land health and focused almost exclusively on building dams. The result, as the author points out, is that the Bow River’s annual flows have decreased by more than a tenth, even while spring floods become more frequent and more destructive. The solutions to prairie Canada’s water challenges lie in healing the wounded landscapes of our headwaters. Heart Waters delves deeply into the history and ecology of a landscape whose critical value as a watershed is matched by its sheer beauty and diversity. A rich array of stunning photographic imagery by Jasper-based photographer Brian Van Tighem complements the author’s well-researched explorations of the stories whispered by the living waters that drain from Banff National Park, Kananaskis Country and the famous ranchlands of the Bow River watershed. Heart Waters is a deep exploration of place, and an invitation to recognize that our water future depends upon knowing our headwaters better and caring for them more passionately as our heart waters. We could belong here too,” the book concludes. We could be like the bull trout, the willows, the wary horses: like the river that continually arises from these fine green places where the waters are born. We could find our best selves in the stories of those living waters and the river that gathers them together.”

Heart Waters: Sources of the Bow River

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

Naturalist, hunter, conservation activist and recovering bureaucrat Kevin Van Tighem explores the landscapes and wildlife of one of Canada's most diverse and beautiful provinces and the ways in which Albertans have often failed — and sometimes succeeded — at the challenge of sustaining their home place. Previously published writings are mixed with current reflections on the streams, forests, grasslands and mountains of a Canadian province whose ambivalence about the nature of place, the responsibilities of citizens and the temptations of resource-based prosperity continues to mar the landscape and raise questions about the future. Challenging, eye-opening, instructive and soul-searching, this collection nonetheless delivers an overriding message of hope and possibilities. Alberta is our place now; we can still sustain the best of it, and bring out the best in ourselves, if we choose to know it well and care for it better.

Our Place: Changing the Nature of Alberta

Nature & Ecology

Wild Roses Are Worth It: Alberta Reconsidered

Informative and visually exciting, this book is your complete guide to bears. Kevin Van Tighem draws from his considerable firsthand experience with bears to describe their habitat, family life and behaviors, as well as the way they are perceived in human culture and the ecological forces that make this great species' survival ever more precarious. This is a comprehensive picture of bears of all kinds, promoting a deeper understanding of these powerful, yet vulnerable creatures.

Bears (Superguide)

The animals of the Canadian Rockies are legendary throughout the world for their grandeur, mystique and beauty. This stunning picture book highlights dozens of species and contains basic information on the habitats of bears, wolves, deer, elk, moose, bighorn sheep, mountain goats, caribou and many more.

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Wild Animals Of Western Canada (An Altitude SuperGuide)

Wild Animals of Western Canada (Altitude Superguides)

Wild Animals of the Canadian Rockies

Coming West: A Natural History of Home

Heart Waters: Sources of the Bow River

Our Place: Changing the Nature of Alberta

Wild Roses Are Worth It: Alberta Reconsidered

Bears (Superguide)

Wild Animals of the Canadian Rockies