Mennonite Heritage Village

On a rainy Sunday, I decided to visit the Mennonite Heritage Village situated in Steinbach, Manitoba.

The Semlin

Soil, grass, and wood were the building materials of the first homes built by Mennonite immigrants in 1874.

The Farm

The Windmill
The Chortitz Housebarn
The Mennonite Schoolhouse

Experimental Lakes Area

I am currently at the Experimental Lakes Area (ELA), probably one of the coolest biological station I have ever been to. It's situated somewhere in Western Ontario, 45 min on a gravel road away from the highway, 90 min to the next community Kenora. It's really picturesque, typical Canadian Shield landscape with lots and lots of lakes and tress. I have seen already deer, vultures, eagles and of course a lot of fish because yesterday I went with one of the fisheries technicians fishing with trap nets and we caught a lot of suckers, some lake trout, perch, sculpin, dace, shiner, and I don't know how many different minnow species. We also saw some tadpoles and crayfish.

Today I got the chemistry, biochemistry and meteorology tour. The database ELA researchers have created over a period of more than three decades is just amazing. The major studies that were conducted here at the station analyzed the effects of euthrophication, acid rain, toxic contaminants, heavy metals, particularly mercury, flooding and aquaculture on the the entire ecosystem. Pretty neat stuff !!!

Chopping wood for the fire

View of Lake 239 from ELA live webcam

First impressions from Winnipeg

The first weekend I spent in Winnipeg was full of sunshine. Furthermore, the Doors Open event took place allowing me too visit quite a few of the historic sites in Winnipeg.

The Golden Boy

The Manitoban Legislative Building

Downtown WinnipegStrike! Winnipeg shocks the Nation
The musical was played downtown in the frame of the "Open Doors" event.

Winnipeg's cable bridge - Here called Provencher Bridge.Hockey tournament - Obviously hockey season is not over once the snow melts.Winnipeg at 16°C - People seem to used to colder temperatures.La Cathédrale de Saint-Boniface

New job at Fisheries and Oceans Canada

I recently accepted a position as research scientist at Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Here my new address:

Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Central & Arctic Region
Freshwater Institute - Environmental Science
501 University Cresent, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3T 2N6
Tel.: (204) 984-4653 Fax: (204) 984-2404
Email: Eva.Enders@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

NRC Spring newsletter

On page 5 of the latest NRC newsletter ...

Here the link: http://www7.nationalacademies.org/RAP/NL_Spring09.pdf

Belize, Guatemala, Mexico

Zwei Wochen Urlaub in Belize and Guatemala - eine klasse Kombination zwischen Sommer, Sonne, Strand, Dschungel und Maya Ruinen.
San Ignacio im Cayo Distrikt ist ein guter Ausgangspunkt, um das Landesinnere von Belize zu erkunden.

Mana Kai Cam & Cabins, San Ignacio, Belize

Tukan

Weiter geht die Reise nach Guatemala, wo versteckt im Dschungel die Maya Ruinen von Tikal liegen, mit einem unglaublichen Reichtum von Tier- und Pflanzenarten.

Sonnenuntergang ueber Lago Peten Itza, El Remate, Guatemala

Tikal

White deer

Coati

Howler monkey

Zurueck in den Sueden von Belize nach Dangria, the ancestral home of the Garifuna people.

Dangria, Belize

Caye Caulker ist ideal fuer jegliche Wassersportdisziplin von Tauchen, Schnorcheln, Kajaken, alles ist moeglich ...

Caye Caulker

Die Reise endete mit einem vier stuendigen Aufenthalt in Mexico City, ausreichend Zeit ein wenig die Innenstadt zu erkunden.

Influenza porcina alert in Mexico City

Soldaten verteilen Atemschutzmasken

Another weekend on the Oregon coast

It is steelhead season, so what else is there to do than driving down to the Oregon coast to go fishing on the coastal rivers ...

Fish on !!!