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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.

New signs to mark drinking water protection zones

Mississippi and Rideau Watersheds, January 4, 2016 – There will soon be new road signs appearing in some communities in eastern Ontario. These signs...

What Is That… an Alligator or a Snapping Turtle?

by Carolyn and Bruce Waddell This is our first column in The Millstone about better understanding and enjoying animals in our community.  We all know...

For the Birds: Gold Snowy Finches

by Cheryl Baxter Good Wintry Tuesday afternoon! I have a snow day today, and felt inspired to photograph the birds at my feeders this morning.  The...

The other side of the turtle fence

Gretta Bradley The extinction of the dodo bird was so spectacularly quick that it became forever synonymous with the disappearance of anything short lived. The...

Local Audubon Christmas Bird Counts invite participants

Thousands of individuals are taking part in Audubon Christmas Bird counts throughout the Americas and beyond, between December 14, 2015, and January 5, 2016....

Turtle fence on Dwyer Hill Road

by Edith Cody-Rice Have you wondered what the workmen have been doing recently on Dwyer Hill Road, installing a wire fence in the ditch...

MVFN concludes Burnt Lands Alvar campaign

Submitted by Mississippi Valley Field Naturalists The almost year-long efforts of the Mississippi Valley Field Naturalists (MVFN) to oppose a proposed small development at the...

Roadside weed spraying program to continue

Release from Lanark County Council Council passed a motion to continue a roadside weed spraying program in 2016 for all county roads for two consecutive...

Petunias in December!

Eileen Hennemann sent us this photo she took today of a plucky petunia growing along the wall of the post office on Mill Street....

Thriving – sustainably – in the long term part 2: Assessing our natural and social capital

by Theresa Peluso   Last month, the Green Talk topic was sustainable development, presented at the conceptual level. Let's go local and try to get an...

Millstone’s Cheryl Baxter captures lovely photos of rare Bullock’s Oriole

Birders from all over Ontario have been making their way to a neighbourhood in the north end of Pakenham to see a female Bullock's...

Ontario Nature’s fight to uphold the Endangered Species Act

By Gretta Bradley, MVFN Program Chair Dr. Anne Bell, Director of Conservation and Education for Ontario Nature, and guest speaker at the Mississippi Valley Field...

For the Birds: It’s not Summer Anymore!

by Cheryl Baxter I sincerely hope that none of the readers of this column were holding their breath waiting my next post!!  I truly apologize...

Thriving – Sustainably – in the long term

by Theresa Peluso Part 1: The big picture, as painted by Dr. Mark Roseland Why are we constantly being given an ultimatum when it comes to...
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