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Celebrating Solstice Together, June 20

Paddle with Indigenous elder. Drumming, Songs...

Civitan Club Father’s Day breakfast, June 21

Celebrate dad with a legendary breakfast! Almonte...

Sheila Schroeder — obituary

  Schroeder,  Sheila Rose (nee Smith) Passed away at...

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 … Early Arrival?

Every year, after making it through a winter full of blustery weather, we are happy to see the reawakening of mother nature, especially at our cottage on White Lake. ...

Report on MVFN talk: “Forgotten Canoe Routes of the Canadian Shield”

April 28, 2026 The Mississippi Valley Field Naturalists (MVFN) held their annual Spring Gathering and welcomed a presentation by well-known canoeist, explorer and writer Hap Wilson.  He described the exhilarating...

Decluttering as environmental action

Emma Brown Everything we own will eventually have to go somewhere. How much stuff do you own? Do you ever think about where it will go when you no longer...
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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.

An ‘alien’ visitor in Calabogie

Nadine shares this interesting find: I wanted to share this amazing picture of this caterpillar I found in Calabogie this week. You can imagine my...

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...

What Is That … Welcoming Committee?

With the progressive re-opening of facilities during stage 2 and 3 of Ontario’s pandemic response, we were finally emboldened to visit our cottage in...

Radiothon to support local Land Trust, July 25

It’s no secret that the forests and wetlands within the Mississippi and Lower Madawaska watersheds provide us with countless environmental and health advantages. Being...

Water levels could become very low, MVCA says

From the Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority: --- Due to hot, dry weather, flows in rivers and streams have been slowly dropping over the past month, This...

What is That … June Butterfly?

June has come and gone with, it seems to us, more heat, more biting insects, and less rain than usual, but summer at the...

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...

What Is That … Backyard Bird?

The month of May is one of the most interesting and prolific times to be taking wildlife pictures at the cottage, with migratory birds...

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...

Ten Years of Environmental Destruction in Ontario (part 2)

 Looking Back in Despair: Water pollution in Ontario in the last 10 years by Theresa Peluso Continuing my review of environmental destruction in Ontario, here is...

What is that … we’ve learned?

During elementary school, oh so many years ago, we learned about a few birds.  We remember nature studies which taught us about the robin,...

Roadside herbicide spraying set to start soon

by Theresa Peluso Herbicide spraying on our roadsides – Coming very soon to Mississippi Mills! Yes, folks, it’s that time again!  Spring – the trees arrayed...

Slow traffic on the CPR bridge

Jeri Lunney sent this amusing note yesterday: I noticed several people gathering outside my window at Thoburn Mill this morning. Our condo is about 30...
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