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Environment

Tracking 101

It’s not just the tracks, but the story they tell.

Nov 22, 2016

Blue Jays

Blue jays are villains – winged brigands with a penchant for raiding the nests of other birds to devour eggs and nestlings.

Oct 25, 2016

Herons and Egrets

Herons, egrets and bitterns are long-legged freshwater and coastal birds in the family Ardeidae.

Sep 27, 2016

To Serve and Collect

An ode to the army who enables our green conscience and takes out the trash.

Sep 16, 2016

The Granddaddy of the Blue Box

The best thing about the blue box is how widely accepted the concept has become and it started right here in Ontario, Canada.

Sep 16, 2016

Peel Integrated Material Recovery Facility

Hundreds of truckloads of baled recycling materials are shipped out of the Peel Integrated Material Recovery Facility each week to industries who use them in manufacturing.

Sep 16, 2016

Big Bins, Big Bother

My new four-foot-tall recycling bin toppled on its side, sending cereal boxes, newspapers and yogurt containers blowing in all directions.

Sep 16, 2016

In Defence of Meadows

Too often belittled as “idle” land awaiting development – or “rescued” by reforestation – meadows deserve the same protection and respect as our woodlands and wetlands.

Sep 16, 2016

True Bugs Suck

To an entomologist, “true bugs” are insects that suck. No insult intended – they really do suck.

Aug 25, 2016

Spiders

Next time you stumble across a spider try not to scream or reach for a shoe.

Jul 29, 2016

Fox Scat: the scoop on poop

On a Bruce Trail hike I came across a small mound of freshly deposited fox scat.

Jun 30, 2016

Where Rivers Rise

A primer on the rivers of Headwaters

Jun 20, 2016