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Brian Payton

Brian Payton is the award-winning author of Shadow of the Bear, The Ice Passage, and the national bestselling novel The Wind Is Not a River. His nonfiction has appeared in the New York Times, the Boston Globe, and Canadian Geographic. He lives on Vancouver Island, BC.
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Environment

The Shark Research That Upended Marine Conservation

January 28, 2020 - by Brian Payton

Efforts to preserve ocean life are meaningless if governments don’t enforce standards of protection

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Business

Cruise Ships Often Represent the Worst of Capitalism

September 13, 2019September 16, 2019 - by Brian Payton

When cruise ships dock, a town’s population can more than double. Who decides when the cost of tourism is too high?

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collage including elephant and pop art
Feature / March 2008

Fat of the Land

March 12, 2008May 25, 2020 - by Brian Payton

How trans fats endanger wild elephants in Borneo

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