Trina Moyles
@trinamoyles.bsky.social
Yukon-based journalist and author of LOOKOUT, WOMEN WHO DIG, and BLACK BEAR coming Jan. 6, 2026 with Knopf Canada and Pegasus (U.S.)
www.trinamoyles.com
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Trina Moyles
@trinamoyles.bsky.social
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Trina Moyles
Trina Moyles
www.trinamoyles.com
Hello! My name is Trina Moyles and I’m a writer, journalist, and author of non-fiction books. My work is inspired by people’s relationships with land, wildlife, wildfire ecology, and climate change. Check out my writing at www.trinamoyles.com and get in touch if you’d like to collaborate 🦋
I wrote an essay as long as the Dempster Highway about caribou hunting, managing anxiety, following grizzly trails, and looking for connection in these difficult times…https://www.trinamoyles.com/field-notes/dispatches-from-the-dempster
October 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I wrote an essay as long as the Dempster Highway about caribou hunting, managing anxiety, following grizzly trails, and looking for connection in these difficult times…https://www.trinamoyles.com/field-notes/dispatches-from-the-dempster
Our feature for The Narwhal on how climate change is impacting the Porcupine caribou herd, biologists’ race to count their dwindling numbers, and First Nation communities who are on the frontlines of experiencing their decline. Photos by Peter Mather thenarwhal.ca/counting-por...
October 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Our feature for The Narwhal on how climate change is impacting the Porcupine caribou herd, biologists’ race to count their dwindling numbers, and First Nation communities who are on the frontlines of experiencing their decline. Photos by Peter Mather thenarwhal.ca/counting-por...
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The Porcupine caribou herd travels more than 4,000 kilometres across the Arctic each year. But its migration is imperilled by climate change and oil and gas expansion. Scientists are rushing to count the animals amid the threat. @trinamoyles.bsky.social reports: thenarwhal.ca/counting-por...
The biologists racing to count Porcupine caribou | The Narwhal
Scientists in Yukon and Alaska are tracking the size of the Porcupine caribou herd. It’s urgent work: the animals face environmental and political threats
thenarwhal.ca
October 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The Porcupine caribou herd travels more than 4,000 kilometres across the Arctic each year. But its migration is imperilled by climate change and oil and gas expansion. Scientists are rushing to count the animals amid the threat. @trinamoyles.bsky.social reports: thenarwhal.ca/counting-por...
To quote Calgary-based author, Kit Dobson,
“It is my profound hope that Canadians are taking note of the censorious wave that is spreading across North America, and how this wave has descended with force upon Alberta.” Find his op-ed in the Globe.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
“It is my profound hope that Canadians are taking note of the censorious wave that is spreading across North America, and how this wave has descended with force upon Alberta.” Find his op-ed in the Globe.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The Handmaid's Tale among more than 200 books to be pulled at Edmonton public schools | CBC News
A list confirmed by CBC News shows titles like The Handmaid's Tale and Brave New World are among books to be pulled. The development comes after a policy from Alberta's education minister outlines new...
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August 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
To quote Calgary-based author, Kit Dobson,
“It is my profound hope that Canadians are taking note of the censorious wave that is spreading across North America, and how this wave has descended with force upon Alberta.” Find his op-ed in the Globe.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
“It is my profound hope that Canadians are taking note of the censorious wave that is spreading across North America, and how this wave has descended with force upon Alberta.” Find his op-ed in the Globe.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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one of the most revealing arguments I've seen on this issue is from people who say they would not mind if the park is closed — as long as the First Nations are also prohibited from accessing their homelands, medicines and traditional foods
This long weekend, visitors will hike and swim in the Instagram-famous Joffre Lakes Provincial Park — over the objections of the Lil’wat and N'Quatqua nations, who say the province shortened a planned closure without informing them. thenarwhal.ca/joffre-lakes...
BC Parks, First Nations clash over Joffre Lakes opening | The Narwhal
Joffre Lakes Provincial Park will open over Labour Day weekend against the wishes of First Nations, despite a co-management agreement with BC Parks
thenarwhal.ca
August 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
one of the most revealing arguments I've seen on this issue is from people who say they would not mind if the park is closed — as long as the First Nations are also prohibited from accessing their homelands, medicines and traditional foods
Have you picked up Miriam Towes new memoir yet? 5 pages in and I’m already awestruck. As a survivor of sibling suicide, I feel her prose, deeply.
Are writing and suicide related? The same thing? Or estranged relatives, at least? For author Miriam Towes, writing may be an attempt—or a fragment of an attempt—to save life, and to preserve the memory of her deceased father and sister. thewalrus.ca/why-do-i-write/
August 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Have you picked up Miriam Towes new memoir yet? 5 pages in and I’m already awestruck. As a survivor of sibling suicide, I feel her prose, deeply.
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This is a tough but important read. CW, and the below is a gift link.
Adam Raine, 16, died from suicide in April after months on ChatGPT discussing plans to end his life. His parents have filed the first known case against OpenAI for wrongful death.
Overwhelming at times to work on this story, but here it is. My latest on AI chatbots: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...
Overwhelming at times to work on this story, but here it is. My latest on AI chatbots: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...
A Teen Was Suicidal. ChatGPT Was the Friend He Confided In.
www.nytimes.com
August 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
This is a tough but important read. CW, and the below is a gift link.
Interesting, as always, read by @anthrodish.bsky.social on masculinity in so-called “ancestral eating” practices. I feel like trophy hunting culture taps into this dynamic, as well.
back to the newsletter after watching the liver king’s untold special on netflix, and exploring what it means to pursue “ancestral eating” practices in relation to 21st century masculinity extremes and performances. #foodwriting #ancestraldiet
sarahduignan.substack.com/p/of-cabbage...
sarahduignan.substack.com/p/of-cabbage...
of cabbages and liver kings
chasing ancestral diets only deepens the performance of masculinity in crisis
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August 26, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Interesting, as always, read by @anthrodish.bsky.social on masculinity in so-called “ancestral eating” practices. I feel like trophy hunting culture taps into this dynamic, as well.
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Aardvark Burrows Could be Ground Zero for the Next Pandemic
Animals of all kinds mix and mingle in underground burrows, offering troubling opportunities for diseases to jump species.
by @judeisabella.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/aardvark-bur...
Animals of all kinds mix and mingle in underground burrows, offering troubling opportunities for diseases to jump species.
by @judeisabella.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/aardvark-bur...
Aardvark Burrows Could be Ground Zero for the Next Pandemic - bioGraphic
Animals of all kinds mix and mingle in underground burrows, offering troubling opportunities for diseases to jump species.
www.biographic.com
August 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Aardvark Burrows Could be Ground Zero for the Next Pandemic
Animals of all kinds mix and mingle in underground burrows, offering troubling opportunities for diseases to jump species.
by @judeisabella.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/aardvark-bur...
Animals of all kinds mix and mingle in underground burrows, offering troubling opportunities for diseases to jump species.
by @judeisabella.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/aardvark-bur...
Feisty one! Moth larvae have been seen everywhere in the Whitehorse area over the past few weeks. This one is a bedstraw hawk moth caterpillar. The spiky “horn” acts as a defence mechanism, though it’s actually soft and fleshy. This one was returned safely to the bush after a brief meet and greet.
August 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Feisty one! Moth larvae have been seen everywhere in the Whitehorse area over the past few weeks. This one is a bedstraw hawk moth caterpillar. The spiky “horn” acts as a defence mechanism, though it’s actually soft and fleshy. This one was returned safely to the bush after a brief meet and greet.
this shy critter appeared on our doorstep last night! advanced reader’s copies are out! pls get in touch if you’d like to review 💚 will be published in Jan 2026 with Knopf Canada and Pegasus Books in the U.S.
August 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
this shy critter appeared on our doorstep last night! advanced reader’s copies are out! pls get in touch if you’d like to review 💚 will be published in Jan 2026 with Knopf Canada and Pegasus Books in the U.S.
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Trump’s push for Arctic drilling heralds the next chapter in a decades-long fight to protect caribou.
What does that look like in Old Crow, Yukon — a tiny fly-in community north of the Arctic Circle? Find out in our latest newsletter: thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-o...
What does that look like in Old Crow, Yukon — a tiny fly-in community north of the Arctic Circle? Find out in our latest newsletter: thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-o...
Old Crow renews fight to protect wildlife refuge | The Narwhal
Old Crow, Yukon, gears up for a renewed fight to protect Porcupine caribou as Trump pushes for drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
thenarwhal.ca
August 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Trump’s push for Arctic drilling heralds the next chapter in a decades-long fight to protect caribou.
What does that look like in Old Crow, Yukon — a tiny fly-in community north of the Arctic Circle? Find out in our latest newsletter: thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-o...
What does that look like in Old Crow, Yukon — a tiny fly-in community north of the Arctic Circle? Find out in our latest newsletter: thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-o...
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A good story about current and historical fire activity in Canada (and the US) though I may be biased
thetradeoff.substack.com/p/north-amer...
thetradeoff.substack.com/p/north-amer...
North America’s forests used to burn a lot more than present…
So, is climate change really making wildfires worse today?
thetradeoff.substack.com
August 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
A good story about current and historical fire activity in Canada (and the US) though I may be biased
thetradeoff.substack.com/p/north-amer...
thetradeoff.substack.com/p/north-amer...
Hello! My name is Trina Moyles and I’m a writer, journalist, and author of non-fiction books. My work is inspired by people’s relationships with land, wildlife, wildfire ecology, and climate change. Check out my writing at www.trinamoyles.com and get in touch if you’d like to collaborate 🦋
Trina Moyles
Trina Moyles
www.trinamoyles.com
August 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Hello! My name is Trina Moyles and I’m a writer, journalist, and author of non-fiction books. My work is inspired by people’s relationships with land, wildlife, wildfire ecology, and climate change. Check out my writing at www.trinamoyles.com and get in touch if you’d like to collaborate 🦋
Field notes from our travels to Old Crow, Yukon, to learn about how U.S. politics is threatening food security & cultural identity in Gwich’in communities across the border. Photography by Atsushi Sugimoto and Michael Code.
“Born Into This Fight” — Trina Moyles
The Gwichin’s Multi-Generational Struggle to Protect the Porcupine Caribou Herd
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August 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Field notes from our travels to Old Crow, Yukon, to learn about how U.S. politics is threatening food security & cultural identity in Gwich’in communities across the border. Photography by Atsushi Sugimoto and Michael Code.
Reposted by Trina Moyles
For decades, Gwich’in on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border have worked together to defend the herd and lobby U.S. policymakers against drilling. Now, they’re vowing to do it again. An emergency meeting to explore options is scheduled in Alaska on Sept. 4, 2025. (5/6)
August 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
For decades, Gwich’in on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border have worked together to defend the herd and lobby U.S. policymakers against drilling. Now, they’re vowing to do it again. An emergency meeting to explore options is scheduled in Alaska on Sept. 4, 2025. (5/6)
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This year, Caribou Days’ festive atmosphere gave way to sober discussions of new threats facing the herd. U.S. president Donald Trump has ordered increased oil and gas drilling in its Alaskan calving grounds, which the Gwich’in — and Western science — say would be devastating to the herd. (4/6)
August 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
This year, Caribou Days’ festive atmosphere gave way to sober discussions of new threats facing the herd. U.S. president Donald Trump has ordered increased oil and gas drilling in its Alaskan calving grounds, which the Gwich’in — and Western science — say would be devastating to the herd. (4/6)
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Each spring, Gwich’in people celebrate their bond with the caribou during Vadzaih Choo Drin, or “Big Caribou Days,” in Old Crow, Yukon. Hundreds of people attend from across the North for games and festivities as the herd’s migration passes through Old Crow. (3/6)
August 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Each spring, Gwich’in people celebrate their bond with the caribou during Vadzaih Choo Drin, or “Big Caribou Days,” in Old Crow, Yukon. Hundreds of people attend from across the North for games and festivities as the herd’s migration passes through Old Crow. (3/6)
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For thousands of years, the Gwich’in in Yukon and Alaska have lived alongside the Porcupine caribou herd, whose approximately 200,000 animals migrate through Gwich’in territory every spring and fall. (2/6)
August 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
For thousands of years, the Gwich’in in Yukon and Alaska have lived alongside the Porcupine caribou herd, whose approximately 200,000 animals migrate through Gwich’in territory every spring and fall. (2/6)
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In Old Crow, Yukon, the Gwich’in people are organizing to resist U.S. president Donald Trump’s oil and gas ambitions in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — a biodiverse region providing crucial habitat for one of the last healthy caribou herds in North America. thenarwhal.ca/yukon-old-cr... (1/6)
‘Drill, baby, drill’ vs. Porcupine caribou | The Narwhal
As the U.S. government mandates drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Gwich’in people in northern Yukon organize to protect Porcupine caribou
thenarwhal.ca
August 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
In Old Crow, Yukon, the Gwich’in people are organizing to resist U.S. president Donald Trump’s oil and gas ambitions in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — a biodiverse region providing crucial habitat for one of the last healthy caribou herds in North America. thenarwhal.ca/yukon-old-cr... (1/6)