The Footprint Press

Contents: Yvette John- Old Growth Medicine.
Val Pack- Townsend’s Big-eared bat.
Carl R. Koehler- Why would anyone want to purchase a Bat House?
Ann Murdoch- Did you know these terms for groups of animals?
Tracy Lyster- Sprawl report: Mission’s Proposed new Official Community Plan.
Ben West- The Race for Empowering Alternatives to Kinder Morgan.
Original artwork by: Rocky LaRock and Claire Louise Stephen.
Courtesy photos: Sarah Doyle, Jenn Barret (SCBat), Charlene Aleck, Dave Burroughs.
Cover photo- Swainson’s thrush nestlings, Bruce Klaassen, Silverdale.

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Dr. Jeff Mathews- A fish worth fighting for.
Eddie Gardner- Stó:lõ, Salmon, and Cedar – A Sacred Relationship.
Robert Martens- Mother cedar.
Echo Lake’s Old-Growth Forest and Eagle Roost Under Threat!
Val Pack- Getting to know our local Species at Risk- Meet Boomer!
Kat Wahamaa- Stream- trading water for gravel.
Original artwork by: Leanne Hodges, Carrielynn Victor, Kat Wahamaa and Peter Gong.
Courtesy photos: Mike Stefiuk, Doug Ransome, and the South Coast Conservation Program.
Many thanks to Gerry Powers and Pontus Lindgren.
Cover photo- Black bear, Bruce Klaassen, Silverdale.

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Contents:
Dr. Marvin Rosenau- Trouble on the Fraser River at Mission: In the water and on land.
Val Pack- The latest buzz… Getting to know our local species at risk-Western Bumblebee.
Lisa Shepherd- The maligned dandelion.
Neil Smith- The zero-emissions cycle ride.
Rei Joon- Organic is a human right.
Tracy Lyster- Who will decide the fate of the Fraser river?
Original artwork by:  Lisa Shepherd, Peter Gong & Darrell Thorne.
Courtesy photos: Mike Stefiuk, Rich Hatfield, Rei Joon.
Cover photo- Bumblebee, Bruce Klaassen, Silverdale.

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Contents:
Lovena Morton, BSc.- Endangered snails in your garden
Robert Martens- Mystic Snail
Mick Webb- Bear Cub Red Alert
Karen & Kim Kamstra- Rodenticides creates a first class crisis for wildlife and pets
Lek’ hoosh Leon- Sásq’ets
Carrie Besko- A Tale of Misfit Blackbirds
Heather Richardson, MSc.- The Grand Stands of Cottonwood Trees
Artwork by: Lek’ hoosh Leon & Rocky LaRock- Sts’ailes, Carrielynn Victor- Cheam Village, and Ellen Sereda.
Courtesy photos: Mike Stefiuk, Marvin Salvail, Rick Skerry, South Coast Conservation program.
Cover photo- Lancetooth snail, Bruce Klassen, Silverdale.

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Contents:
Kim Sutherland- The Land that Feeds us: the Value of Farmland in the Fraser Valley.
Lynn Perrin/PIPE-UP Network- Concerns about the National Energy Board’s flawed review of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion proposal.
Matt McAllister- Wild Mushrooms in the Pacific Northwest.
Eddie Gardner- Wild Salmon, Dying from Industrial harm, Climate change, and Politics.
Ken Floris- Farming on the Fraser.
Val Pack- Making Mountains out of Molehills.
(Getting to know our local species at risk)
P. Charles Ransom- The Tale of the Townsend’s Mole.
Elena Edwards- Ode to a Mighty River.
Artwork by: Brandon Gabriel- Kwantlen First Nation, Cody Lecoy, Roxanne Charles, Gary Haggquist, Don Mair, and Peter Gong.
Courtesy photos: Kim Sutherland, Hancock Wildlife Foundation.
Cover photo- Eagle and Salmon, Bruce Klassen, Silverdale.

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Lovena Morton- Spring gardening tips to help local native frogs
Tracy Lyster- Creating a new vision for the Silverdale lands in Mission B.C.
Val Pack- Getting to know our local species at risk: The Western Painted turtle
Carrie Besko- Coyotes: The other dogs in our backyard
Paul Falardeau- Yelling coyote
Shelly Haggard- A walk with nature
Frank Supernault- The Medicine Wheel
Artwork by Carrielynn Victor, Tracie Stewart, and Peter Gong
Guest photographers: Rick Skerry & Mike Stefiuk
Bruce Klassen- Cover photo: Pacific Tree frog, Silverdale.

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Mike Gildersleeve- The Healing Walk
Angus Macdonell- Moving towards biodynamic farming in Silverdale
Eddie Gardner- Saving Wild Salmon from destructive Industrial practices
Lina Azeez- Rediscovering our Water Connection
Val Pack- Trees of Life
Artwork by Tessa Fawdry, Helen Gamble, Don Mair and Glen Ryder
Bruce Klassen- Cover photo: Pileated woodpecker, Silverdale

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Contents:
Yvette John- The Medicine Walk
David Hancock- Echo lake, Ancient Forest remnants in our midst
Kevin Taylor- Tumbelwood
Robert Martens- the chambers of the queen
Wendy Bales- Balancing Fraser river Economies and Ecosystems
Sylvia Pincott- Leaves are not Litter
Val Pack- Getting to know our local species at risk- The Elusive Giant
Artwork by Chrissy Courtney & Gary Haggquist
Bruce Klassen- Wrap around cover: Silverdale bear family

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Contents:
Val Pack- On Wings of Success
Dr. Thierry Vrain- When science is corrupted by corporate greed
Don Mair- Evolved man, Carrot’s revenge
Aurash Yazdgerdian- Health concerns of farmed salmon
Eddie Gardner- Boycott net-pen farmed salmon: Critical to human health and wild salmon promotion
Betty Ann Pennier- Cycle of the Salmon
George Pennier- Spirits of the Longhouse, Steller Jay
Rod Clapton- No hazardous waste facility in the Heart of the Fraser!
Carrie Besko- A high stakes game of cat and mouse
Jeanette Smith- Farmland- A treasure beyond measure

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Contents:
Dr. Marvin Rosenau- The Fraser River Gravel Reach
Dr. David Suzuki- Working with Nature can protect us from floods
Leanne Hodges- Pinks Moving Upstream
David Hancock- The Chehalis Flats Bald eagle and Salmon preserve- A new local initiative
Dr. Ken Malquisten- The Raccoons in the Neighbourhood
Val Pack-Species at risk- The elusive ghost flower “Phantom Orchid”
Tracy Lyster- Sprawl report
Betty Joe- Raccoon masks

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