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Autumn in July

by Allan Goddard Hello readers! I have had numerous...

Noreen Young’s early drawings on exhibit at the Sivarulrasa Gallery.

by Edith Cody-Rice Don’t let your daughter go...

The Tunic Show at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum

by Edith Cody-Rice On Saturday August 1, the...

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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Autumn in July

by Allan Goddard Hello readers! I have had numerous inquiries from concerned residents in Almonte about the fall look of many trees in town. In fact, all the trees appearing like...

What is that … Serious Sipper?

The wildlife we see at the cottage eat a wide variety of foods, from seeds, nuts, insects, and snails to sap and nectar, amongst many others.  Perhaps it is...

Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust secures new Clyde Lake Nature Reserve

Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust secures new Clyde Lake Nature Reserve with strong community and partner support The Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust (MMLT) is pleased to announce the successful acquisition...
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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.

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...

White Lake blue-green algae test results in

The White Lake Preservation Project has received results for the determination of levels of microsystins in the water sample taken from White Lake on...

Littering – A global scourge

by Theresa Peluso Part II This is the second and final part of my article on littering. In Part I, I defined the problem and described...

Lunar eclipse from Almonte

by Brent Eades The last total supermoon eclipse until 2033 was largely visible from here in Almonte this evening, although clouds did obscure parts of...

Littering – A global scourge Part I

by Theresa Peluso Litter proliferates everywhere – in the roadside ditches, streets, parks, nature trails and waterways. We know that it harms your health, society,...

New Horizons Pluto mission

by Rick Scholes We can finally say the last planetary bodies of our solar system have been explored. The New Horizons spacecraft has flown past...
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