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For sale: Side by side/ATV tires

4 tires; lots of tread. For Side...

Yoga with Lisa

Chair Yoga & Gentle Hatha (Mat) Yoga...

Answers to Diana’s Quiz, September 5 2026

ANSWERS Haiti is a country which forms...

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Explore Ontario’s highlands with Upland Nature Guides

Official launch of Upland Nature Guides Outdoor business offers guided day hikes across Ontario’s highlands Griffith, Greater Madawaska: August 2026 marks the official launch of Upland Nature Guides Inc., a new...

One Small Step into Nature: Discover the Festival of the Wild Child

Every great journey begins with one small step. An acorn starts small before growing into a mighty oak tree. A tiny tadpole transforms into a frog, and a caterpillar slowly...

Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust secures new Clyde Lake Nature Reserve

Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust secures new Clyde Lake Nature Reserve with strong community and partner support The Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust (MMLT) is pleased to announce the successful acquisition...
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Is your birdhouse ready to go?

We’re six weeks from the opening bell on the Birdhouse Bonanza 2022 auction, and birdhouses are beginning to materialize.  The MMLT website is now...

Birdhouses: Men’s Shed to the Rescue

“If only I had the tools, I could build a birdhouse myself”.  Thanks to Ron Lavoie and John Peters at the Naismith Men’s Shed,...

Exploring Canada’s Wilderness with Adam Shoalts

A Presentation of the Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust The Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust has invited well-known explorer, adventurer, conservationist and bestselling author Adam Shoalts to share stories of...

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...
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