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Love Is in the Air: Calliope women’s choir welcomes spring

Calliope Women’s Choir returns to St. Andrew’s...

55+ Expo, June 4

There’s something for everyone at the 55+...

Popup LITT class, June 17

LIIT class stands for Low-Impact Interval Training. It’s a...

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Calling all curious young minds! Hands-on nature learning

Mississippi Valley Field Naturalist’s Young Naturalist program is gearing up for a new season!  This winter and spring we will be continuing our once-a-month sessions, where we’ll be exploring...

The Famous Last Words of Jane Goodall: November 23

You are invited to join your neighbours to honour the extraordinary life and legacy of Dame (& Dr.)  Jane Goodall (1934-2025). Jane Goodall died in California from a cardiopulmonary arrest...

$17,400 OTF grant improves safe trail access at Poole Family Nature Sanctuary

On Friday, Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston MPP John Jordan met with the Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust (MMLT) to celebrate the completion of a project made possible by a $17,400 Capital Grant from...
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Ask a Busy Person — Mike Macpherson

(with thanks to Mary Vandenhoff, Don Johnson & Jean Macpherson) It’s rare to find a gentle soul who was as quiet, determined, smiling, capable, and...

Field Naturalists lay out year’s birding programme for 2022

The Birding Committee of the Mississippi Valley Field Naturalists (MVFN), held their first meeting of 2022 to plan the year’s list of birding events...

Summer student position at Wild Bird Care Centre

Mississippi Valley Field Naturalists actively promotes the environmental education of young people through its youth programs and through grants to natural science students from the...

Get creative on your birdhouses

The floodgates are opening! Birdhouse Bonanza is expanding to encompass the concept of “it takes a village to raise the birds.” Several bird house builders...

My bird house is done, now what?

Your masterpiece is finished, and you’re ready to show the world your creativity. It’s an easy two-part process: registering and delivering.  First you need...

Birdhouse making motto:  Reuse, recycle, repurpose, upcycle

Talk to Jen Zeitz in Almonte and you will learn of her passion for recycling and her preference for reusing what we have rather...

Birdhouse Bonanza: Building guide #2

What materials can I use for my birdhouse?  ANYTHING YOU LIKE. Let your imagination and creativity run wild! Birdhouses can be made of almost anything. ...

Just right – Birdhouse Bonanza

Every bird has its own housing standards, nothing too small and nothing too big, with an entrance to accommodate folded wings but not predators....

Calling all local birdhouse builders

Last year’s online birdhouse auction returns April 18-29, 2022.  The proceeds go to the Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust to enable them to continue improving...

A 2nd special edition of the Festival of the Wild Child

The annual Festival of the Wild Child event used to look quite different!  Children and their families valued the opportunity last month to experience...

Reader seeks critter ID

While cutting back my flower garden I came upon a large, ugly worm-type insect. It was buried in the mulch and wriggly around. I...

Radiothon to benefit Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust, July 17

For a second year, LAKE 88.1 FM will broadcast a one-hour Radiothon to benefit the Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust. In earlier announcements it was indicated...

Getting up close to nature

by Brent Eades Last weekend I took my macro lens -- ideal for getting close to plants and critters -- to the Mill of Kintail....

Blakeney Park after dark

by Heather Atkinson There are rare critters afoot in Blakeney Park. The park is an out-of-the-way patch of nirvana in the hamlet of Blakeney just...
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