NATURAL RESOURCES
Water loggers
Without cutting a single tree, loggers are harvesting some of the finest — and rarest — wood in Canada
By Elizabeth Shilts with photography by Pierre St. Jacques

CONSERVATION
Seal wars
Hunters, protesters, politicians and helicopters converge on the red Atlantic ice every March. Who can stop the madness?
By Ray Guy

HISTORY
Plane obsession
An Alberta family turns a passion for aviation into a singular collection of vintage aircraft
By Charles Mandel with photography by Chris Schwarz

WILDLIFE
To outfox the red fox
The arctic fox has one weapon in the ongoing turf battle with its red-haried cousin: winter
Photography and text by Wayne Lynch

PHOTOGRAPHY
Photo finish
Winners of Canadian Geographic’s 15^th annual photo contest

Inside CG
Behind the scenes at Canadian Geographic

Editor’s notebook
Deflating the myths of the seal wars

Reverberations
Canada’s Ghandi and more commentary from our readers

GeoWatch
ATVs on the Trans Canada Trail?

Curious by nature
Reasoning ravens

Off the Map
Cry me a river

GeoMap
New year’s expectations

Reviews
Canada’s century, Exploring the land and sea, Winning the West

Imaginary Landscape
The Underpainter by Jane Urquhart

A sense of place
Muddy waters by Miriam Toews

Bird’s-eye view
Manitiba’s river city