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The Story of PEI Part 10: Introduced Mammals
Over the past few weeks, we’ve explored how and why PEI lost its large, native mammals during the 18th and 19th centuries. But in the...
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Apr 23 min read
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Spotting Skunks in Snow
Reading wildlife tracks and sign has very practical uses. For example, even with the recent cold snaps this winter, the Striped Skunks on...
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Feb 23 min read
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Raccoon Tracks
Once you have the basics of PEI wildlife track identification, it can be useful to think about gait. How an animal moves tells you a lot...
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Feb 25, 20243 min read
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Beaver Extirpation and Reintroduction
Over the past few centuries, PEI has lost some native animals and seen introductions of new, non-native ones. One of the most interesting...
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Feb 21, 20243 min read
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Permian to Present 12: Introduced Wildlife
In recent editions of Permian to Present, we’ve seen how and why PEI lost its large, native mammals. But in the 1900s, people thought...
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Feb 8, 20233 min read
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Permian to Present 10: Otters!
Today you get two posts in one! My winter series ‘Permian to Present’ and ‘Wildlife Tracks & Sign’ intersect to tell the story of River...
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Jan 25, 20232 min read
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