Two black ink drawings of a mountain hemlock tree, 2009. #BCWild #trees #Art #CanadianART

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One of BC’s last wild places—home to old-growth forests & pristine watersheds. Add it to the Purcell Wilderness Conservancy to safeguard biodiversity, climate resilience & local jobs. #ProtectArgentaFace #BCWild

Views of my workday on Tuesday, Dec 17, about 11 A.M., just as the sun came out for a few minutes. Up in the subapline fir forests just east of Smithers, in northwest British Columbia. About thirty-six inches of powder over the last three weeks. And probably another foot fell on Wednesday. #BCWild

Sea wolves in B.C. might just be tool users—video shows them pulling up crab traps by their buoy lines to get at the bait. tinyurl.com/dkx9nxz6
#AnimalBehavior #SeaWolves #BCWild

upright basalt columns and scree, with bits of spruce forest

overview of the cliff face, upright basalt columns, with bits of spruce and willow forest

cliff face above and upright basalt columns below, with bits of spruce forest.

Sunday drive to Owen Hat, near Mount Nadina, in the burnt over forests above the west end of Francois Lake. An upright protrusion of columnar basalt, this is the most prominent of many in the area. Fairly in the middle of nowhere, we had the place all to ourselves. #Geology #BCWild #Nature

Grizzly tracks, on the North Tatalrose FSR, day after the first snow of the fall. For scale, my boot is 12 inches long. A big'n! Rear paw on left, front paw on right, with very long claw marks in the snow ahead of the toe prints. Northern BC, near Francois Lake. October 30, 2025. #grizzly #BCwild

Blue chanterelles (Polyozellus atrlazulinus) still frozen from the previous night's frost, from my ulta-secret spot, picked on October 10 2025 Henkel-Nourse FSR, in Northern BC. #BCWild #WildMushroom #Foraging

Views of West Francois Lake area in northern British Columbia, October 7, 2025. Looking from surveys in burnt over areas from a few years ago. Days of the first autumn frosts, as well. #BCWild #Forests #Ecology

Cutest terrier dog in the wilderness with wild huckleberries on the bush

Quint with some black huckleberries high up in the ESSF zone (Engleman spruce, subalpine fir), the first of the season. A few weeks early, really. Near Burns Lake, in Northern BC. #terrier #huckleberries #BCWild

Quint out cooling off in the ponds and bogs that spread out from the north end of Tchesinkut lake, while doing forestry work on Friday in Northern BC. #NorthernBC #Terrier #BCWild

Red elderberry [Sambucus racemosa] blossoms and oyster mushrooms [Pleurotus ostreatus] June 11 6 25, northern BC, Canada.

While picking wild red elderberry [Sambucus racemosa] blossoms for making cordial, I found this nice clutch of oyster mushrooms [Pleurotus ostreatus]. Double score! June 11, Maxan FSR 7km. Northern BC, Canada. #cordial #wildcrafting #BCWild #elderberry #wildfood