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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.

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...

What Is That … We’re Missing?

This is the time of the year we look for overnight lows above freezing so we can move to our three-season cottage on White...

Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust properties closed for now

The Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust has announced that its properties are no longer open to the public; a temporary measure to comply with the...

Cliff Bennett Nature Bursary deadline is June 1

Attention graduating students with an interest in a field related to the natural environment 2020 Cliff Bennett Nature Bursary Awards June 1 2020 application deadline 2020 APPLICATION...

Online classroom for young naturalists

As we all are accepting the realization that we must continue to physically distance ourselves from others Mississippi Valley Field Naturalists are reaching out...

What is that … Commoner?

Some of the animals we see at the cottage include the word 'common' in their non-scientific names.  Often we see these animals repeatedly or...

Birding for Kids: Episode 1

by Cliff Bennett I am pleased to enter this first report on my suggestion of getting you young kids outside counting birds. With no schools...

Backyard birds, March 23 2020

by Brent Eades I knew there had to be bright sides to being stuck in the house indefinitely, teleworking -- one is that I'm home...

Introducing “Birding For Kids” 

by Cliff Bennett  613-798-6295 bennett@magma.ca Here’s how it will work. What you will need is a pencil and a small notebook. Binoculars are helpful if you have a...

What Is That … Spot of White?

We admit it, we are nearing our threshold for embracing and enjoying white winter landscapes, especially since this year we decided not to travel...

Nominate your tree champion

Do you know someone who is making an outstanding, voluntary tree contribution in our community: planting, protecting, nursing, or educating about trees? A neighbour. A...

Birding is not just for birders

Mississippi Valley Field Naturalists Birding (or birdwatching) is one of the fastest-growing hobbies in North America, with 1 in 5 adults participating. It is...

What is that … Summer Memory?

Although we enjoy the skiing and snowshoeing of winter, we are pretty sure that when it comes right down to having to make a...

Looking Back: Ten Years of Environmental Destruction in Ontario

By Theresa Peluso For several years now, as their detailed studies pile up, thousands of expert environmental scientists are imploring governments everywhere to stop their...
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