Don Meredith
@donoutside.bsky.social
Semi-retired writer, biologist, outdoors person. I've written many magazine articles, blogs and two young-adult novels.
The juxtaposition of Jupiter and Venus (centre of pic) was quite prominent in the eastern sky early this morning before dawn. I took the photo handheld with my iPhone, which apparently now uses image stabilization. The trees were lit by the near-full moon.
August 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The juxtaposition of Jupiter and Venus (centre of pic) was quite prominent in the eastern sky early this morning before dawn. I took the photo handheld with my iPhone, which apparently now uses image stabilization. The trees were lit by the near-full moon.
I just watched the film Trouble in the Headwaters about how flooding in BC is directly related to clear-cut logging and enhanced by climate change. It’s a very effective film in getting its point across, and applies to many other places besides BC.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjG8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjG8...
The hidden impacts of clear-cut logging, revealed
YouTube video by The Narwhal
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June 30, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I just watched the film Trouble in the Headwaters about how flooding in BC is directly related to clear-cut logging and enhanced by climate change. It’s a very effective film in getting its point across, and applies to many other places besides BC.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjG8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjG8...
Election 2025: a voter’s guide to carbon taxes, natural resources and other key environment issues in Canada: thenarwhal.ca/2025-federal...
Canada federal election 2025 party platforms on environment, natural resources | The Narwhal
From critical minerals to pipelines, here’s what the Liberals, Conservatives and others are saying on the 2025 federal election campaign trail
thenarwhal.ca
April 17, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Election 2025: a voter’s guide to carbon taxes, natural resources and other key environment issues in Canada: thenarwhal.ca/2025-federal...
In case you don't believe Trump is serious about Canada becoming the 51st State. What happened to the "check-and-balances." Canada--Strong and Free!
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/w...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/w...
How Trump’s ‘51st State’ Canada Talk Came to Be Seen as Deadly Serious (Gift Article)
President Trump, in an early February call, challenged the border treaty between the two countries and told Justin Trudeau he didn’t like their shared water agreements.
www.nytimes.com
March 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
In case you don't believe Trump is serious about Canada becoming the 51st State. What happened to the "check-and-balances." Canada--Strong and Free!
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/w...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/w...
I've uploaded to my Substack a post about being a proud Canadian during these difficult times.
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donhmeredith.substack.com/p/proud-to-b...
Proud to be Canadian
in The True North, Strong and Free!
donhmeredith.substack.com
February 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I've uploaded to my Substack a post about being a proud Canadian during these difficult times.
donhmeredith.substack.com/p/proud-to-b...
donhmeredith.substack.com/p/proud-to-b...
Interesting Guardian article about a possible collapse that Trump and his henchmen could be causing as a result of the illegal assaults on regulations and the closing of key agencies and firings of key personnel.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There are many ways Trump could trigger a global collapse. Here’s how to survive if that happens | George Monbiot
It could be wildfires, a pandemic or a financial crisis. The super-rich will flee to their bunkers – the rest of us will have to fend for ourselves, writes columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Interesting Guardian article about a possible collapse that Trump and his henchmen could be causing as a result of the illegal assaults on regulations and the closing of key agencies and firings of key personnel.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by Don Meredith
FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
WASHINGTON—Putting the nation on alert against what it has described as a “highly credible terrorist threat,” the FBI announced today that it has uncovered a plot by members of al-Qaeda to sit back an...
theonion.com
February 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
I've just uploaded to my Substack a post about Surviving the 21st Century on this overpopulated planet with dwindling resources.
donhmeredith.substack.com/p/surviving-...
donhmeredith.substack.com/p/surviving-...
February 3, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I've just uploaded to my Substack a post about Surviving the 21st Century on this overpopulated planet with dwindling resources.
donhmeredith.substack.com/p/surviving-...
donhmeredith.substack.com/p/surviving-...
Reposted by Don Meredith
The world is in the midst of a Trump 2.0-sized reckoning, and the social media infrastructure upon which we’ve built our society suddenly feels a lot less stable.
@melwoods.me writes. 🦋
@melwoods.me writes. 🦋
Goodbye, Musk. The ‘X-odus’ Is Here | The Tyee
A great social media shakeup is in full swing. But why is it so hard to break up with Zuck?
thetyee.ca
February 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The world is in the midst of a Trump 2.0-sized reckoning, and the social media infrastructure upon which we’ve built our society suddenly feels a lot less stable.
@melwoods.me writes. 🦋
@melwoods.me writes. 🦋
Interesting article in the New York Times this morning about the thawing permafrost around Tuktoyaktuk in Canada's Arctic:
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/w...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/w...
An Arctic Hamlet is Sinking Into the Thawing Permafrost (Gift Article)
Canada is losing its permafrost to climate change. The Indigenous residents of Tuktoyaktuk know they’ll have to move but don’t agree on when.
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Interesting article in the New York Times this morning about the thawing permafrost around Tuktoyaktuk in Canada's Arctic:
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/w...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/w...
I've always had a problem with Catch-and-Release fishing when one is not harvesting fish. As this article explains, salmon might be particularly prone to die in these days of climate change, warm and reduced waters:
www.timescolonist.com/local-news/h...
www.timescolonist.com/local-news/h...
How changing catch-and-release fishing practices can boost salmon survival
Changes may be as simple as using smaller hooks, avoiding landing nets and handling fish as little as possible.
www.timescolonist.com
November 30, 2024 at 5:53 PM
I've always had a problem with Catch-and-Release fishing when one is not harvesting fish. As this article explains, salmon might be particularly prone to die in these days of climate change, warm and reduced waters:
www.timescolonist.com/local-news/h...
www.timescolonist.com/local-news/h...
Reposted by Don Meredith
How the Australian owner of a $46-billion mining empire flexed her muscles in an Alberta community this week.
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
An Australian Coal Baron Subverts Alberta’s Democracy | The Tyee
A bogus referendum this week could bring a risky coal mine to the Rockies.
thetyee.ca
November 27, 2024 at 5:13 PM
How the Australian owner of a $46-billion mining empire flexed her muscles in an Alberta community this week.
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
I've uploaded to my DonOutdoors Substack my essay "The Muskwa-Kechika Wilderness, the largest wilderness area in North America:
open.substack.com/pub/donhmere...
open.substack.com/pub/donhmere...
The Muskwa-Kechika Wilderness
A wildland refuge in NE British Columbia
open.substack.com
September 10, 2024 at 11:46 PM
I've uploaded to my DonOutdoors Substack my essay "The Muskwa-Kechika Wilderness, the largest wilderness area in North America:
open.substack.com/pub/donhmere...
open.substack.com/pub/donhmere...
Good news for biodiversity the marmots on Vancouver Island: www.timescolonist.com/local-news/b...
Baby boom: A record 86 Vancouver Island marmot pups born in alpine this year
It’s the highest number for wild-born marmots since 2011, when 75 babies were born
www.timescolonist.com
September 7, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Good news for biodiversity the marmots on Vancouver Island: www.timescolonist.com/local-news/b...
Reposted by Don Meredith
Open meddling by Alberta politicians and lobbyists is putting science-based fish and wildlife management at risk in the province. Whether you’re a hunter or an angler or appreciate wildlife in other ways, this should worry you. Lorne Fitch writes. 🐻
The Crisis Facing Alberta Wildlife | The Tyee
Expert biologists are being elbowed aside by politicians and special interests.
thetyee.ca
August 15, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Open meddling by Alberta politicians and lobbyists is putting science-based fish and wildlife management at risk in the province. Whether you’re a hunter or an angler or appreciate wildlife in other ways, this should worry you. Lorne Fitch writes. 🐻
I've posted to my Substack a short piece about Earth Overshoot Day: open.substack.com/pub/donhmere...
August 1, 2024 at 11:01 PM
I've posted to my Substack a short piece about Earth Overshoot Day: open.substack.com/pub/donhmere...
Wildfires, Grief and Paralysis
Here’s why we’ve failed to respond to a crisis in plain sight.
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024...
Here’s why we’ve failed to respond to a crisis in plain sight.
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024...
Wildfires, Grief and Paralysis | The Tyee
Here’s why we’ve failed to respond to a crisis in plain sight.
thetyee.ca
July 30, 2024 at 8:22 PM
Wildfires, Grief and Paralysis
Here’s why we’ve failed to respond to a crisis in plain sight.
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024...
Here’s why we’ve failed to respond to a crisis in plain sight.
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024...
I've uploaded to my Substack a piece on 'The Cost of "The Cloud",' about how technology is harming our environment.
donhmeredith.substack.com/p/the-cost-o...
donhmeredith.substack.com/p/the-cost-o...
June 29, 2024 at 9:51 PM
I've uploaded to my Substack a piece on 'The Cost of "The Cloud",' about how technology is harming our environment.
donhmeredith.substack.com/p/the-cost-o...
donhmeredith.substack.com/p/the-cost-o...
How the oil industry, chief producer of climate changing carbon, wags the dog of government:
thenarwhal.ca/pathways-all...
thenarwhal.ca/pathways-all...
Inside Pathways Alliance’s request to fast-track a project | The Narwhal
The Pathways Alliance of Canadian oilsands companies asked for ‘assurance’ they could skip a federal environmental impact assessment
thenarwhal.ca
June 14, 2024 at 12:41 PM
How the oil industry, chief producer of climate changing carbon, wags the dog of government:
thenarwhal.ca/pathways-all...
thenarwhal.ca/pathways-all...
I've posted my 2024 update about the Wabamun Lake fishery to my Substack: DonOutdoors:
donhmeredith.substack.com/p/wabamun-la...
donhmeredith.substack.com/p/wabamun-la...
Wabamun Lake, a Fishery in Crisis
2024 Update
donhmeredith.substack.com
April 4, 2024 at 12:07 PM
I've posted my 2024 update about the Wabamun Lake fishery to my Substack: DonOutdoors:
donhmeredith.substack.com/p/wabamun-la...
donhmeredith.substack.com/p/wabamun-la...
John Vaillant makes the case for us now entering 'clima incognita':
www.nytimes.com/2024/03/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/03/02/o...
Opinion | The Fires Sweeping Across Texas Offer a Terrifying Warning
We’re entering the clima incognita.
www.nytimes.com
March 3, 2024 at 2:01 PM
John Vaillant makes the case for us now entering 'clima incognita':
www.nytimes.com/2024/03/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/03/02/o...
The Alberta UCP government doesn't understand how to take "NO" for an answer.
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
The UCP Gives New Life to a Contentious Coal Mine | The Tyee
Grassy Mountain was deemed dead. But Australian mogul Gina Rinehart’s team kept lobbying.
thetyee.ca
February 29, 2024 at 7:33 PM
The Alberta UCP government doesn't understand how to take "NO" for an answer.
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Diane Francis shows how dangerous the American election could be for Ukraine, Europe and democracy:
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Russia's Republicans
February 29, 2024
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February 29, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Diane Francis shows how dangerous the American election could be for Ukraine, Europe and democracy:
open.substack.com/pub/dianefra...
open.substack.com/pub/dianefra...
The continuing saga of a boondoggle of a pipeline project.
‘Quality Cannot Be Compromised Due to Trans Mountain’s Urgency’ | The Tyee
Or can it? Canada’s energy regulator has reversed its decision to quash a last-minute pipeline variance.
thetyee.ca
February 15, 2024 at 11:17 PM
The continuing saga of a boondoggle of a pipeline project.