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Salas still ‘King of the Grouse Grind’ Langley fireman comes close to breaking the record and raises $10,000 for Grind For Kids North Vancouver, October 30, 2010 – The reigning Grouse Grind record holder can rest easy knowing his time is still intact, but thirty-eight year-old Mike Miskulin still conquered the course to raise $10,000 for Grind For Kids, a charitable initiative benefitting the BC

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Grinder and Coola Enter Their Lower Pond Habitat Today marked the first day that Grinder and Coola, our two resident Grizzly Bears at the Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife, entered their Lower Pond Habitat in 2015.  This is also the earliest ever in the springtime that they have had access to their entire 5.5 Acre Summer Habitat.  Each year we have to take the fencing down when the

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Ambassadors. Our new Grind Ambassadors are all unique individuals who — while having different stories for frequenting the Grind — all share the same passion for the outdoors and Grouse Mountain.They were each outfitted, head-to-toe, in brand new Columbia Sportswear gear and will be able to put it to the test through a year of frequent abuse on the Grind!Over the next week we will be introducing you to all

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Watch the ClearlyContacts.ca Grouse Grind Challenge Video Thank you for joining us at the ClearlyContacts.ca Grouse Grind Challenge on Saturday Sept. 7. Watch the official event video here.

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session.  Temperatures are still quite cold so we only banded two female Rufous Hummingbirds but that's a start!The Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife has run a hummingbird monitoring station for the past six years.  We are part of the North American Hummingbird Monitoring Network and work in conjunction with over 30 other stations and follow identical protocols.  Our monitoring data goes

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Make every Grouse Grind count Grouse Mountain, North Vancouver, June 15, 2010 – Puddles. Bicycles. Homemade fishing rods and tea parties for Teddy. These are the things that should occupy kids. Not debilitating illness, undiagnosed disease, and extended stays in the pediatric unit. To help improve child health in our community, a new annual initiative called Grind For Kids has been launched and

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Extraordinary, Memorable Group Outings Grouse Mountain has the ultimate thrill for private groups For those in search of a speed rush on the slopes this winter Grouse Mountain now has the ultimate thrill for private groups. Colleagues or friends can race head to head against the clock as part of a day of excitement and teambuilding on a private Dual Slalom course complete with gates and timers

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Green Meetings - Tips and Tricks How to host an environmentally friendly meeting We have been discussing the importance of ‘Green Meetings’ over the last month and I thought I'd post a few tips as to how you can host green meetings and reduce your footprint using the three R's: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.ReduceUse electronic programs or brochures for registration and confirmation

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Winter Birding on Grouse Mountain This week several of us went out into the wilds of Grouse Mountain to see what kind of birds hang around the mountain in the dead of winter.  It was a calm and clear morning but there was not much in the way of bird activity.In order to survive in a forest without a lot of food sources, birds need to specialize to find the food that they need.  The most

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male Rufous (only the 3rd and 4th one's ever up here!!) and numerous Anna's Hummingbirds as well.We did have some recaptures from previous years too - the most impressive being a female Rufous Hummingbird banded in 2008 as an adult - making her at least 8 years old! That's a lot of trips to Mexico and back for the little lady.Our previous record session was 33 birds in about mid-July a couple years

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