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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...
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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.

Reminder from MVCA: Leashed dogs benefit all visitors

Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority (MVCA) is pleased to welcome responsible pet owners and their dogs to all of our conservation areas. As per the Conservation...

What Is That … Snake?

We have friends who would not give you two cents to glimpse a snake anywhere, let alone around our cottage at White Lake.  In...

Learning about Ontario’s bats

Mississippi Valley Field Naturalists April meeting speaker Technology can often be a mixed blessing, but for April’s Mississippi Valley Field Naturalists audience, it allowed club...

Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust seeks new board members

by Don Johnston, Vice President MMLT The first year of the Pandemic was challenging for the Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust but MMLT enters Year 2...

What Is That … on the Pale Purple Petal?

In a recent article, we mentioned our pre-cottage-season activity of looking at photos of plants with pale purple petals.  On further review of our...

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...

What is That … Gypsy Moth Predator?

No doubt, everyone remembers what a terrible summer 2020 was with the devastating defoliation of our trees caused by gypsy moth caterpillars.  They seemed...

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. ...

Zoom Discussion: Living on Earth as if We’d Like to Stay

Want to find out how to have More Fun & Less Stuff? On Tuesday, March 16 at 7pm, theHumm presents a Zoom discussion with...

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...

Ten Years of Environmental Destruction in Ontario: Plastic Pollution

Looking Back in Despair (Part 5) by Theresa Peluso So far, in this series Looking Back in Despair, I have explained how, over the last 10...

What Is That … Pale Purple Petal?

These days when relaxing after cross-country skiing or snowshoeing, we often find our minds turning optimistically to the upcoming cottage season.  We love 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...
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