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Patrick Proulx — obituary

Proulx, Patrick Raymond Passed away suddenly on July...

Foe sale: Tools

Hausmann Tile Cutter 7". In good condition....

Volunteers needed for food festival

Festival Mississippi Mills Multicultural Food Festival Sunday...

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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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...

One Small Step into Nature: Discover the Festival of the Wild Child

Every great journey begins with one small step. An acorn starts small before growing into a mighty oak tree. A tiny tadpole transforms into a frog, and a caterpillar slowly...
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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.

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...

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...
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