http://invermere.com Discover British Columbia's upper Columbia River valley in the Kootenay BC Rockies Fri, 17 May 2013 21:33:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 http://invermere.com/1443/watch-for-wildlife/ http://invermere.com/1443/watch-for-wildlife/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 21:33:03 +0000 admin http://columbiavalley.com/?p=1443 http://invermere.com/1443/watch-for-wildlife/feed/ 0 http://invermere.com/1427/bears-without-fear/ http://invermere.com/1427/bears-without-fear/#comments Sun, 21 Apr 2013 03:08:42 +0000 admin http://columbiavalley.com/?p=1427 Kevin van Tighem started his Parks Canada career in Kootenay National Park. The bears are out and, within the next month, Kevin’s new book will be too. It is intended to make western North America’s bear country more safe and rewarding both for bears and people. He will be donating 5% of his royalties from [...]]]> http://invermere.com/1427/bears-without-fear/feed/ 0 http://invermere.com/1424/tent-cabins-come-to-national-parks/ http://invermere.com/1424/tent-cabins-come-to-national-parks/#comments Sat, 20 Apr 2013 08:18:23 +0000 admin http://columbiavalley.com/?p=1424 Is it a tent or a cabin? Kootenay National Park has announced a new kind of camping experience this year. oTENTiks are coming soon to Banff, Jasper and Kootenay National Parks. Parks Canada presents a unique mix of home comfort and adventure in the great outdoors Parks Canada is pleased to announce a new visitor [...]]]> http://invermere.com/1424/tent-cabins-come-to-national-parks/feed/ 1 http://invermere.com/1438/knock-knock-whoos-there/ http://invermere.com/1438/knock-knock-whoos-there/#comments Sat, 20 Apr 2013 04:53:05 +0000 admin http://columbiavalley.com/?p=1438 Retired Kootenay Park warden Hans Fuhrer noticed and photographed this boreal owl while skiing in Taynton Bowl at Panorama Ski Hill. Hans said “it poked it’s head out the hole when I knocked on the hollow tree snag.” Boreal owls usually nest in deserted woodpecker holes, particularly cavities made by pileated woodpeckers. Here are some [...]]]> http://invermere.com/1438/knock-knock-whoos-there/feed/ 0 http://invermere.com/1436/looking-for-golden-mantled-ground-squirrels/ http://invermere.com/1436/looking-for-golden-mantled-ground-squirrels/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 04:31:16 +0000 admin http://columbiavalley.com/?p=1436 Golden-mantled ground squirrels, distinguished by their prominent stripes, emerge a bit later than Columbia ground squirrels but seem rarely to be seen in spring. In the 1980s golden-mantled ground squirrels were commonly spotted at the Radium Hot Springs pools and up near Olive Lake. Has anyone seen them there in recent years? If you have, [...]]]> http://invermere.com/1436/looking-for-golden-mantled-ground-squirrels/feed/ 0 http://invermere.com/1433/columbia-ground-squirrels-have-you-seen-one-this-spring/ http://invermere.com/1433/columbia-ground-squirrels-have-you-seen-one-this-spring/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 04:21:31 +0000 admin http://columbiavalley.com/?p=1433 Columbia ground squirrels are still, as far as we know, down in their winter burrows, but they will be emerging soon. The average date for first emergence is about April 10th at low elevations, but it has occurred as early as March 26th. Emergence is one to two months delayed at high elevations in Kootenay [...]]]> http://invermere.com/1433/columbia-ground-squirrels-have-you-seen-one-this-spring/feed/ 0 http://invermere.com/1430/burgess-shale-discovery-changes-understanding-of-evolution/ http://invermere.com/1430/burgess-shale-discovery-changes-understanding-of-evolution/#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2013 03:22:00 +0000 admin http://columbiavalley.com/?p=1430 Discovery pushes fossil record back 200 million years. Canada’s 505 million year-old Burgess Shale fossil beds, located in Yoho National Park, have yielded yet another major scientific discovery – this time with the unearthing of a strange phallus-shaped creature. A study to be published online in the journal Nature on March 13 confirms Spartobranchus tenuis [...]]]> http://invermere.com/1430/burgess-shale-discovery-changes-understanding-of-evolution/feed/ 0 http://invermere.com/1415/crafty-grannies-spin-a-few-yarns/ http://invermere.com/1415/crafty-grannies-spin-a-few-yarns/#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2013 07:07:56 +0000 admin http://columbiavalley.com/?p=1415 http://invermere.com/1415/crafty-grannies-spin-a-few-yarns/feed/ 0 http://invermere.com/1413/the-ab-trio-coming-to-strands/ http://invermere.com/1413/the-ab-trio-coming-to-strands/#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2013 06:17:07 +0000 Lynn Knell http://columbiavalley.com/?p=1413 http://invermere.com/1413/the-ab-trio-coming-to-strands/feed/ 0 http://invermere.com/1402/our-favorite-places-to-ski-in-bc/ http://invermere.com/1402/our-favorite-places-to-ski-in-bc/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 04:38:13 +0000 Lynn Knell http://columbiavalley.com/?p=1402 http://invermere.com/1402/our-favorite-places-to-ski-in-bc/feed/ 0