{"id":7578,"date":"2019-04-18T16:11:37","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T20:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?p=7578"},"modified":"2026-02-23T15:51:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:51:48","slug":"biologys-mike-runtz-publishes-his-12th-book-algonquin-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/2019\/biologys-mike-runtz-publishes-his-12th-book-algonquin-wild\/","title":{"rendered":"Biology&#8217;s Mike Runtz publishes his 12th book: Algonquin Wild"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Biology&#8217;s Mike Runtz publishes his 12th book: Algonquin Wild\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"136\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/Mike-Runtz-240x136.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/Mike-Runtz-240x136.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/Mike-Runtz-160x91.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/Mike-Runtz-768x435.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/Mike-Runtz-400x227.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/Mike-Runtz-360x204.png 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/Mike-Runtz.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mike Runtz, a <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biology<\/a> professor at Carleton University and the writer-photographer behind <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fitzhenry.ca\/Detail\/1554554373\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Algonquin Wild: A Naturalist\u2019s Journey Through the Seasons<\/a><\/em>, his 12<sup>th<\/sup> book, which was published late last year to coincide with the park\u2019s 125<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"u-block u-block--white\">\n<div class=\"l-post u-width-small\">\n<p>\u201cIn part, it\u2019s the mixture of living things,\u201d continues the world-renowned naturalist, who has spent time in dozens of Canada\u2019s major parks from coast to coast to coast. \u201cAll the flora and fauna combine with the geology to create a unique blend of ecosystems, all coming together in Algonquin to create a distinct ambience or feel.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-7580\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/Algonquin-Wild-Book-Cover-240x240.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"313\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/Algonquin-Wild-Book-Cover-240x240.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/Algonquin-Wild-Book-Cover-160x160.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/Algonquin-Wild-Book-Cover-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/Algonquin-Wild-Book-Cover-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/Algonquin-Wild-Book-Cover-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/Algonquin-Wild-Book-Cover-360x360.png 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/Algonquin-Wild-Book-Cover.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 313px) 100vw, 313px\" \/><\/figure><p><\/p>\n<p>Featuring more than 360 stunning photos and a chapter for each of the four seasons, <em>Algonquin Wild <\/em>takes readers inside Runtz\u2019s intimate relationship with the park \u2014&nbsp;a bond that was forged during family trips with his parents in the 1950s and evolved in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s when he spent 11 years working as an interpretive naturalist in Algonquin Provincial Park.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/story\/exploring-algonquin-provincial-park\/\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Runtz, a Biology professor at Carleton University and the writer-photographer behind Algonquin Wild: A Naturalist\u2019s Journey Through the Seasons, his 12th book, which was published late last year to coincide with the park\u2019s 125th anniversary in 2018. \u201cIn part, it\u2019s the mixture of living things,\u201d continues the world-renowned naturalist, who has spent time in 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