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Environment

To Catch a Fish

Fish are fast, slippery, and camouflaged, designed by evolution to avoid being eaten.

Sep 13, 2021
Don Scallen

Wasps

I’ve walked through meadows teeming with wasps, innumerable times, without being stung.

Aug 16, 2021
Don Scallen

Batesian Mimicry

July is prime butterfly season in Headwaters.

Jul 7, 2021
Don Scallen

Sunflower and Lavender Dreams

Local sunflower and lavender farms are bursting with some of nature’s showiest blooms. Here’s how to enjoy them in person and via handmade products that capture the magic.

Jun 22, 2021
Johanna Bernhardt

Wild Nocturne

Grab a flashlight and head out on a hike after sundown and get to know the creatures of the night – including moths, salamanders and frogs.

Jun 22, 2021
Don Scallen

Belfountain Under Siege

A dispatch from the battlefield.

Jun 22, 2021
Nicola Ross

Regenerative Agriculture Puts the Soil First

How cover crops, crop rotation and using livestock to fertilize fields puts local farmers on the front lines in reducing climate change.

Jun 22, 2021
Cecily Ross

Minnows

Most of our minnows, like our songbirds, breed in spring and many male minnows, like male songbirds, advertise their reproductive fitness with brilliant colours.

Jun 8, 2021
Don Scallen

Calvin the Salamander

Calvin is a rare piebald version of a spotted salamander.

May 4, 2021
Don Scallen

Life Renewed

There is much to quicken the pulse at this time of year. So much to see, hear and appreciate.

Apr 12, 2021
Don Scallen

Conservation Authorities v. Doug Ford

The provincial government is stripping Ontario’s conservation authorities of the very meaning of their name ­– and key protections for the environment.

Mar 31, 2021
Nicola Ross

New Kits on the Block

Red foxes are making themselves at home in Inglewood, Grand Valley and Palgrave, hunting in our yards and denning under our sheds and garages.

Mar 31, 2021
Don Scallen