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Three ways to support Home Hospice North Lanark’s hike for hospice this October

This October, Home Hospice North Lanark (HHNL)...

Live show at the Legion, September 26

Johnny Spinks and Koolwater and Whisky Sour...

For sale: battery-powered fans. deck box

Two Ryobi 18 V battery-powered fans with...

Science & Nature

Backyard Birds

by Brent Eades

Environment

For the Birds

Bird photography by Cheryl Baxter.

Green Talk

Nature

Shady Characters

What is That?

A series about local wildlife.

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What Is That … White Plant Part?

In the ‘green’ world of plants, white parts can be seen sometimes in flowers, in seeds and fruit, and in stems of some plants. We start our survey with our...

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...

What Is That … on the Ditch Daisy?

The common white and yellow flowers of the ox-eye daisy are a familiar sight along the roadside and in the ditches near our cottage.  We begin to see them...
Archive

Backyard Birds

by Brent Eades

Environment

For the Birds

Bird photography by Cheryl Baxter.

Green Talk

Nature

Shady Characters

What is That?

A series about local wildlife.

Make a birdhouse, support the Land Trust

BIRDHOUSE BONANZA 2022 Barb Carroll and Glenda Jones are once again bitten by the birdhouse bug, and are launching a repeat of the 2020 Birdhouse...

What Is That … Shoreline Flower?

With autumn days growing shorter and colder we thought you might be warmed and brightened by seeing the varied shapes and colours of some...

Leaves still needed to help local farmers

Would you like your fall leaves to again this year be used to help Almonte-area farmers regenerate overworked soil and to take a small...

What is That … Cottage Favourite?

Our key criterion for labelling a species as one of our cottage favourites is its identifiability; that is, once we have learned to identify...

Resident climate survey launched: 13 minutes of your time to help save the planet

Climate Change - for something that is so large, what can the individual do that is meaningful? Climate Network Lanark has a small ask:...

Your fall leaves can help local farmers

Would you like your fall leaves to again this year be used to help Almonte-area farmers regenerate overworked soil and to take a small...

REMINDER: Young turtles are on the move

A reader sends this photo of a snapping turtle, reminding folks to watch out for hatchlings on local roads: A nest on Gleeson Road is...

What Is That … New Species?

This year marks our 16th year cottaging at White Lake.  As with other summers at the cottage, this year we managed to photograph and...

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...

What is That … Species at Risk?

Earlier this summer we listened to a program on LAKE 88.1 describing the efforts of the Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust (MMLT) and its good...

What Is That … Frolicking Family?

We have enjoyed for many years occasional glimpses of adult red foxes and periodically have seen young foxes, termed kits, during early morning spring...

Program empowers youth to be leaders in wilderness protection

CPAWS-OV Launches 2021-2022 Canadian Wilderness Stewardship Program Gatineau, August 18, 2021- The Ottawa Valley chapter of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS-OV) is now...

What Is That … Masterful Mimic?

We have written before about wildlife camouflage, but it seems long enough ago that we thought we could take another go at the subject,...
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