Canadian Forest Service

Derek Johnson Dept: But the recently-retired Canadian Forest Service scientist never gets tired of the 1.2 kilometres walk through this tiny mosquito-infested wetland situated along Highway 16A just a few kilometres west of Edmonton, according to Vancouver Sun. Many of these plants are hosts to an extraordinary number of moths, butterflies, bees, parasitic wasps and other insects, some of which are so new to science that they still have not been named and wAGNER NATURAL AREA Derek Johnson has tramped through his share of swamps since he first began studying wetlands in the southern boreal forest 30 years ago. Wagner Bog is a gem by any ecological standard. Of the 26 wild orchids identified in Alberta, 16 can be found here along with 300 or so other wildflowers such as the spiky Elephant Head, the impossibly delicate Shooting Star, the smelly skunk currant and the cursed crowfoot, which is enchanting to look at, but a curse to deer or livestock that consume it (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.