[NatureNS] re Wild Canada, The Nature of Things last Thurs. eve.

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> From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
> Date: March 15, 2014 2:21:24 PM ADT
> To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca>, Raymond Plourde =20
> <rplourde@accesswave.ca>, Bob Bancroft <wild1@eastlink.ca>, Donna =20
> Crossland <dcrossland@eastlink.ca>
> Subject: [ValleyNature] re Wild Canada, The Nature of Things last =20
> Thurs. eve.
>
> THANKS, RAY!
>
> Begin forwarded message:
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>> From: Raymond Plourde <rplourde@accesswave.ca>
>> Date: March 15, 2014 2:03:02 PM ADT
>> To: "'James W. Wolford'" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>, 'Nature BNS' =20
>> <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca>
>> Cc: 'Bob Bancroft' <wild1@eastlink.ca>, 'Donna Crossland' =20
>> <dcrossland@eastlink.ca>, 'Matt Miller' <forests@ecologyaction.ca>
>> Subject: RE: re Wild Canada, The Nature of Things last Thurs. eve.
>>
>> Thanks for the reminder about this amazing series Jim. It=92s also =20=

>> now on the InterWeb: http://www.cbc.ca/wildcanada/episode1/
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Ray
>>
>> From: James W. Wolford [mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca]
>> Sent: March-15-14 2:24 AM
>> To: Nature BNS
>> Cc: Bob Bancroft; Donna Crossland; Matt Miller; Raymond Plourde
>> Subject: re Wild Canada, The Nature of Things last Thurs. eve.
>>
>> Thursday evening, I asked my dutiful wife Pat at home to tape The =20
>> Nature of Things at 8 pm on CBC-TV, because I knew it was the =20
>> beginning of a great-sounding 4-part series called "WILD CANADA -- =20=

>> THE ETERNAL FRONTIER".  We are very low-tech' people who still use =20=

>> VCRs and videotapes, and it worked perfectly well -- the show was =20
>> really SUPER!
>>
>> My memory of the show is very spotty, but the show's starting =20
>> point in time is the last glaciation.  Most of this first episode =20
>> was about the history of Canada's forests, starting with the east =20
>> and moving westward through prairies and mountains and coast, then =20=

>> to the boreal forest, and finally to the low arctic tundra and =20
>> high arctic tundra.  The photography by Sue & Jeff Turner was =20
>> superb on our low-definition TVs, but it was the historical tales =20
>> narrated by David Suzuki (yes, still doing it) that really caught =20
>> my imagination.
>>
>> The eastern black oak forests were 'managed' by Aboriginals with =20
>> the use of purposeful fires, to create an open forest & savannah =20
>> complex.  And he claimed that many more deer were able to live =20
>> there then than is possible now without the fires.
>>
>> Regarding the prairies, the spectacle of the Manitoba red-sided =20
>> garter snakes was shown in spring, with huge numbers of males that =20=

>> emerge first and patiently? wait for the gradual emergence of the =20
>> females to attempt to mate with them.
>>
>> On the Pacific coast the white Spirit or Kermode bear (a type of =20
>> black bear) was shown learning to catch salmon.  Also they showed =20
>> concentrated humpback whales feeding on the prodigiously produced =20
>> marine creatures along the northwest coast.
>>
>> Later they showed a mother polar bear with young cubs just emerged =20=

>> from their den underneath very small trees of the edge of the =20
>> tundra (northern edge of boreal forest).
>>
>> The show mentioned that just after the last glaciers, mammoths =20
>> kept the ground and vegetation as a vast grassland.  Then came =20
>> good old humans to change things, as they always do, here by =20
>> destroying the mammoths and other Pleistocene mammals and helping =20
>> to change the grassland into boggy tundra with different plants, =20
>> which only caribou can deal with in large numbers.
>>
>> And so on...  I have left a lot out, and I must review the tape I =20
>> still have before next Thursday.  FOR THOSE WHO MISSED IT, my =20
>> weekend TV listings show The Nature of Things (unsure what titles) =20=

>> listed for CBC's NEWSWORLD channel (50 in Valley, 29 in Halifax) =20
>> on Saturday at 8 pm and again on Sunday at 2 am.
>>
>> And here are two useful links to a review and the broadcast itself =20=

>> that I got from Googling the show's title:
>>
>> Canada is gorgeous and wild, and this TV series has the footage to =20=

>> prove it
>> The Globe and Mail
>> Wild Canada on The Nature of Things is stunning to watch, =20
>> gloriously ... An overriding theme is how the presence of humans =20
>> here has changed ...
>>
>> 'Wild Canada': CBC Nature TV Show Showcases Canada's Beauty
>> Huffington Post Canada .
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