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virus is very low and most people who become infected experience no symptoms or have less serious illness. Less than 1% of the mosquito population carries the disease. Presently, there are no reported cases of West Nile virus in British Columbia.
The risk of becoming seriously ill as a result of infection with the virus is very low and most people
Female Black Widow Spiders have a black shiny body with a red hourglass shape on their abdomen. The size of the body is approximately 1/2 inch wide and 1 1/2 to 1 3/8 inches long. The male is about half her size and sometimes appears with a pair of reddish stripes on the sides of his abdomen.
Recent outbreaks of Norovirus are prompting the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) to ask the public to take precautionary measures to help reduce the risk of spreading the illness.
Three to five cases of Lyme disease in humans are reported to public health each year in BC. The best protection from this disease is to wear appropriate clothing when walking or working in areas where ticks may be present. Go......
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An E-zine from The Monster Guide Learn how the environment, habitat
and the nature of British Columbia is changing.
The Monster Guide's
Celine Dantart - Editor
UNDERSTANDING OUR CHANGING PLANET
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in this issue....
Songbirds in Decline:
What’s in your birdfeeder?
Bridget Scutchbury a professor of biology at Toronto’s York University has written a book titled Silence of the Songbirds. She tells us that “a disappropriate number of songbirds are on the decline”.
Polar drift and climate change
A shifting magnetic north pole may see Alaska and parts of Canada lose the ability to see the spectacular Northern Lights because the Earth's north magnetic pole is drifting away from North America and toward Siberia at an alarming speed.
Will ecodevelopment
be in our future?
There is a new effort to give “green” industry a push in the Okanagan. The formation of the new Okanagan Environmental Industry.
A Grolar Bear: Indicator of a changing planet
Just recently the public was made aware of a bear that would appear to be a cross between a Grizzly and a Polar bear.
Ian Sterling, a research scientist who has been studying polar bears in the Beaufort Sea region for more than 30 years, said initially “The bear is unlike anything I have ever seen and it's hard to say if the animal is the product of cross-species love”.
Discovering the lifecycle of Chinook Salmon
This is a sad yet beautiful story which begins when a group of four year old Chinook salmon end their life cycle as they give birth to a new generation of salmon which will begin their journey back to the Pacific Ocean. This story unfolds at the Kingfisher Interpretive Center.
