In this episode of the Whistler Podcast, Mayor Jack Crompton talks with Bob Brett. Bob is a local forest ecologist and professional biologist. He helped establish the Whistler Naturalists, and he’s the lead behind the Whistler Biodiversity Project, the Fungus Among Us Mushroom Festival and the Whistler BioBlitz. Listen as they discuss Whistler’s biodiversity, our “globally significant repository of ancient forests,” invasive species, slime molds (yes, you heard us right), and the return of grizzlies to Whistler.
Tune in to learn more about this beautiful valley and its natural environment, and to hear anecdotes from Brett’s many years in the field studying Whistler.
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Host: Mayor Crompton
Guest: Bob Brett
Links/More Information
- Whistler Naturalists
- Fungus Among Us Mushroom Festival
- BioBlitz
- Whistler Biodiversity Project
- Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake
- Grizzly Bear Science and the Art of a Wilderness Life: Forty Years of Research in the Flathead Valley by Bruce McLellan
Bob Brett, on Spearhead Peak. Photo: Bob Brett archives
Brett in the field coring a 510-year-old western white pine. Photo: Bob Brett archives
Getting amongst it during a beaver survey. Photo: Bob Brett archives