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The Art of Letting Go: Embracing Freedom through Kadampa Buddhism

In a world full of stress, attachments,...

Gas line expansion

This is an opinion piece inviting you...

Sheet-Pan Turmeric Chicken and Crispy Rice

by Susan Hanna This delicious recipe from NYT...

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Cliff Bennett Nature Bursary: Ready for 2024 student applicants!

“We’re all stories in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?” ― Doctor Who (Matt Smith) – The Big Bang (TV episode 2010) Since 2007 the MVFN Cliff Bennett Nature...

Summary of MFVN Nature Talk, February 15

The Mississippi Valley Field Naturalists (MVFN) held its annual Members’ Night and Annual General Meeting this month.  The evening featured three speakers and was followed by the AGM. The first...

A hawk and its prey

Attached is a photo of a sharp-shinned hawk atop one of our bird feeders having lunch with a goldfinch caught in our yard.  As I watched I could not...

Students: Apply for the Cliff Bennett Nature Bursary Awards

Attention students entering post-secondary studies with an interest in a field related to the natural environment 2021 Cliff Bennett Nature Bursary Awards May 1 2021 application...

Naismith Men’s Shed selling the bat boxes

Naismith Men's Shed are selling the 2021 Bat Box for $65. Local white cedar. Ready to go and stained. Also this year you can...

Conservation in Scotland — online event, March 31

Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust Annual General Meeting  It’s a tradition for the Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust to hosts fascinating speakers at its Annual General Meeting. ...

The birds are coming, and their artistic birdhouses

by Glenda Jones With five weeks to go for entries to the Birdhouse Blowout, many people are sharpening the saw and finding the paint to...

Screws, nails and creativity

by Glenda Jones How’s your birdhouse coming along? It is still a pile of scrap board and a handful of nails? Have you nearly finished...

Field Naturalists still seeking artistic birdhouses

A REMINDER: We are calling on the adults and children of our community to create artistic birdhouses to be auctioned off at the birdhouse...

“Artistic birdhouse auction” is coming in April

Prizes for the birdhouses earning the top bids in each of four categories! Proceeds to Mississippi Mills Field Naturalists Cliff Bennett Scholarship Fund Find out how...

Discovering nature during the pandemic with the Land Trust

The Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust (MMLT) reluctantly cancelled most of its public events this year due to the pandemic. This included its series of...

‘Festival of the Wild Child’ near Pakenham, August 29

A special edition of the Festival of the Wild Child: scavenger hunt The Festival of the Wild Child this year will see a change in...

Update on the alameda

When the trees were delivered, after much planning, agreements, meetings etc., they arrived having been dug from the nursery, loaded on to the flatbed....

First-ever MMLT radiothon a great success!

Bobby Clarke, Fundraising Chair The Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust would like to thank all those who tuned into LAKE 88.1 on Saturday morning July 25th for...

Come prepared when visiting Land Trust properties

Since four of the properties managed by the Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust (MMLT) reopened in mid-May, many guests have happily visited, some coming for...

Robin white-breast

‎Harold McKay‎ sends this photo from his yard of a colour-challenged American robin, which I've heard other reports of around town this spring. This appears...

Land Trust reopens nature trails to public

The Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust (MMLT) is pleased to announce the reopening of the nature trails at Blueberry Mountain (Lanark), High Lonesome Nature Reserve...

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