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MountainNature.com Announces the
Rocky Mountain Nature Forecast

MountainNature.com is the largest online guide to the plants, animals, birds and landforms of the Canadian Rockies. We have worked tirelessly to continue to add new features and added depth to an already strong product. We are very pleased to announce the new Rocky Mountain Nature Forecast, a monthly newsletter that showcases nature's current events. Articles focus on what's blooming? What is migrating through? What are the large animals doing? What is happening in the heavens?

The nature forecast is your guide to what is happening right now. Armed with the nature forecast, you can confidently head out and make the most of your time in the great outdoors. We'll offer you the best tips to finding the most unique experiences. If you want to know what plants are blooming, we'll tell you. If you want to know what the grizzly bears are feeding on at a particular time, we'll tell you. If you want to know what birds are migrating through or  nesting, we'll tell you.

The nature forecast is quickly being picked up by newspapers and radio stations in the mountains. Currently it is published in the Canmore Leader Newspaper and the Banff Crag & Canyon. Beginning in March, it will be showcased on Banff Park Radio. Over the next few months, we'll be approaching media outlets from Jasper to Fernie.

You can have the Nature Forecast arrive monthly via email. Simply visit www.MountainNature.com/forecast and click on the subscription link. Finally, the power of MountainNature.com comes to you.

Visitors to www.MountainNature.com can:

• Test your bear knowledge using our exclusive self-test

• Learn 10 secrets to becoming an expert naturalist

• Learn to identify the many plants, animals and birds of the Rockies

• Search for recent sightings to focus your quest for a new species

• Record your observations so that participating scientists can use your research to help protect the Canadian Rockies.

Ward has been a professional naturalist, guide and storyteller for almost two decades. He has written four books on western Canada and thrilled visitors to the Rockies with his expertise, wit and wealth of knowledge. As a naturalist, outdoorsman and adventurer, Ward has more than a few experiences that your audience would love to hear about – bears in the backcountry, wolverines by mountain bike, eagles at close range and, yes, the infamous marten in the igloo. It’s all about sharing the wealth.