Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park

Twenty kilometers east of Huxley, Alberta is a canyon that is rich in plant and animal life. Echoes of Native culture from the past resound through the canyon. This is where Canadas Plains Indians drove buffalo herds over a forty-five meter high cliff. The Jump was also a ceremonial place for a least one tribe.

Submitted By Mary M. Alward

The Spirit Bear of Princess Royal Island

Just off of the west coast of Canada lies Princess Royal Island, home of the rare Spirit or Kermode Bear. The island is a pristine rainforest blanketed with lush foliage. Learn about the rare recessive gene that must be possessed by both parents to make this black bear white. The article also tells about other species that live on Princess Royal and about the legends of the Gitgat and Kitasoo Native Peoples.

Submitted By Mary M. Alward

Enjoy never-ending vacations with loads of ecology and heritage!

Vacations make for quandaries as we struggle to return to the stresses and routine of life at work and home, or try and balance apparently conflicting aims to promote ecology, pay homage to our roots and simply have a good time. Birding offers a feasible path to seeming utopia, with a life-time of holiday opportunities that meet all objectives in full and extend to a passion with which we can undue stress each day and evening.

Submitted By Dr S Banerji

A bridge in time

Modernity, commerce and development need not be removed from the past; indeed it may depend in substantial measure on heritage. Galveston shows a clear path in this direction with meticulous conservation of its natural inheritance as a template for its future place as a leading urban center of Texas and indeed all of the United States.

Submitted By Dr S Banerji

Crossroads of our shared heritage

Heritage Tourism delivers superior value for every vacation budget. Larnaca"s unique place in history combines well with local conservation and hospitality to make it a heritage tourism destination of choice.

Submitted By Dr S Banerji