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George Mercer

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Award-winning author of Dyed In The Green, the first fiction series about Canada’s iconic national parks, George Mercer worked for more than three decades as a national park warden in Canada, including both east and west coasts, the North and the Rocky Mountains. Fat Cats, Book 4 in the series was a Gold Medal winner in the 2019 Independent Publisher Book Awards while the series won a Silver Medal for overall fiction series. Wood Buffalo, the second book in the series, and Jasper Wild, book 3 in the series, were Gold Medal winners at the 2018 Independent Publisher Book Awards. Harking is George's first book outside of the Dyed In The Green series and his first work of Young Adult fiction. It was long-listed for the 2020 Shelf Unbound Indie ...more

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George Mercer I'm currently working on "Fat Cats", the fourth book in the Dyed In The Green series. This story follows one of my main characters, John Haffcut, to C…moreI'm currently working on "Fat Cats", the fourth book in the Dyed In The Green series. This story follows one of my main characters, John Haffcut, to Canada's southern Gulf Islands, a park being overrun by deer. John's plan to use cougars to kill deer and help restore the park ecosystem runs into a snag when a notorious cougar hunter shows up on the islands.(less)
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George Mercer I got the idea for Fat Cats while working as a park warden and monitoring ecologist in Gulf Islands National Park Reserve where deer are over-running …moreI got the idea for Fat Cats while working as a park warden and monitoring ecologist in Gulf Islands National Park Reserve where deer are over-running the park ecosystem, reducing the park's biodiversity. Cougars that sometimes show up on the islands are shot by private land owners, a frustrating situation for anyone who wants to see them left to do their thing, preying on deer and helping restore native ecosystems, naturally!(less)
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The following is from a post I wrote almost 13 years ago when the Canadian federal government under Stephen Harper unleashed cuts that had devastating impacts on federal employees and their families. I resurrect it now in solidarity with US federal employees, especially those within conservation and environmental departments, agencies and organizatio

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message 1: by Leanne
Jul 18, 2015 02:49AM

Leanne Minton Hi George
John McLay, Canadian author from Edmonton, just put me onto Goodreads which will hopefully be a great way to promote BLUE CREEK BRIDE. This book promotion is a full-time job, or could be if we had the time.

Hope DYED IN THE GREEN is doing well.

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