FORESTRY
Healing fire
Why park managers are burning forests to save the trees
By Don Gayton

ANIMALS
Rock hardy
Once on the doorstep of extinction, Newfoundland's tough little ponies are making a comeback
By Sharon Oosthoek

ADVENTURE
The road less travelled
British Columbia’s backcountry beauty inspires a wilderness odyssey
Photographs by John Dunn

WEATHER
Hail-busters
Battling Mother Nature in Alberta’s hail alley
By Davis Sheremata with photos by John Ulan

Editor’s notebook
All fired up

Reverberations
Cod in court, Homeowner’s delight, Park peeves, Transport woes, All in the family, Showcase exposure

Geowatch
Repellant for trees, Coral crisis, Cabin dating, Conserving Canada, Continuum: Cod makes the endangered species list

Our Home and Native Tongue
Munching and crunching on B.C.’s wild side

GeoMap
Parting the water in Halifax Harbour

Reviews
Big, brutal and beautiful Yukon River, Greed in the forest

Imaginary landscape
The Pianoman’s Daughter by Timothy Findlay

Off the map
Cross-country couture

Directions
Ontario sweeps the Challenge, Geography’s number one man, New education fund, ON THE MOVE: Gisèle Jacob

Final frame
A casualty of nature

Sense of place
The richness of Hesquiaht by Karen Charleson