Episode 22: Bring on the Fall Colours

Episode 22: Bring on the Fall Colours

In this episode I've shifted my focus a bit and have decided to concentrate on the most spectacular of Algonquin Defining Moments, ‘The Fall Colours', which are taking place as they do every year around this time.  First I’ll share some interesting facts about what the fall colour process is all about from a scientific perspective, then I talk about some interesting factoids about trees and lastly touch on what other things are going on in the fall that make Algonquin such a unique and interesting place this time of year. Several key  articles from the Friends of Algonquin Park's RAVEN newsletter include:  

• Heavenly Ecology Sept 1, 1976 Vole 17 No 12
• Algonquin in autumn – Behind the Signs Sept. 10, 1981 Vol. 22, No 12
• To Sleep the Impossible Sleep Sept 9, 1982 Vol. 23 No. 12
• Sex in the Leaves Sept 8, 1988 Vole 29 No 12
• The Last Colour is the Best Colour Sept 10, 1992 Vole #33 NO 12
• Is It the Nose that Knows? Aug 23, 2001   Vole 42 No 10
• Time to Put on the Sunscreen Sept 8 2004, Vole 45 #12

In addition are several paragraphs from The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben and some notes here and therefrom a website called the Harvard Forest.  

Musical interludes include the Wakami Whalers' version of Land of the Silver Birch from their 1993 Waltz With the Woods CD and a reprise of Ian Tamblyn’s Brush and Paddle from his 2015 CD Walking the Footsteps - Celebrating the Group of Seven.