
Essays about land, ecology, and the writing life
Welcome to field notes, a space that provides a behind the scenes lens to future articles, books, and documentary projects.
- Trina Moyles

Haunted by the Grey Ghosts
Feature on Caribou and Wildfire for The Narwhal—And a New Book on the Horizon

In Defence of Early Detection
Published Op-Ed in The Globe and Mail—And a Visit to the Northernmost Fire Tower in Canada

Never Hurry a Bear—Or, a Book
Update on My Memoir ‘Black Bear’ and Other Bear Stories

World Premiere of ‘Fire Tower’ at Hot Docs 2024
Toronto Screening of Tova Krentzman’s Documentary Film

Geographies of Grief and Love
A Year of Magical Thinking, Transitions, and Writing the Wild

On the Other Side of Fire
Writing on Wildfire in Western Canada

Harvesting Momentum
Behind-the-Scenes of the Women Who Dig Film
The Mystery of Myotis Lucifugus in Alaska
Little Brown Bats and Brown Bears at Brooks Falls
Ursus Arctos in the Polar Bear Capital
Dispatches from Churchill, Manitoba

Love Letter to the Fire Tower
Farewell to Seven Years as a Lookout Observer

From Book to Film
The making of the Women Who Dig documentary
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The King of Wapusk: Unpacking the Mystery of Grizzly Bears in the Lower Hudson Bay
Canadian Geographic
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Alberta is BURNING: What are we going to do about it?
Alberta Views
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Bats of the Midnight Sun
Hakai Magazine