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Environment

Where the Wild Things Are

Where brook trout flourish, expect other exquisite wild things.

Nov 8, 2014

Osprey and DDT

Look for Osprey near Island Lake, Orangeville.

Oct 11, 2014

Poison

Io moth cats sport a bristling armament of stinging hairs.

Sep 12, 2014

Great Egrets

Egrets were being slaughtered by the thousands in 19th century America.

Aug 15, 2014

Milkweed and Monarchs

The monarchs’ table was set, but alas, they wouldn’t come to dinner.

Jul 25, 2014

The Raven

Ravens are renowned for their ability to solve complex puzzles to obtain tasty tidbits of food.

Jun 25, 2014

Imperilled Turtles

May/June is the time that turtles emerge from a long winter’s dormancy to bask in the sun. Unfortunately fewer and fewer of them appear every spring.

May 26, 2014

Wood Frogs

Usually wood frogs choose ponds that hold water only temporarily – a roll of the dice that can lead to the death or salvation of their progeny.

Apr 22, 2014

Cougars

Something strange is going on, and the phenomenon is not confined to the Headwaters.

Apr 3, 2014

Dufferin’s New Landlord

With its purchase of the mega quarry lands, a Canadian investment firm gained control of one of the biggest single blocks of prime farmland in Ontario. Will the new landlord be better than the old?

Mar 23, 2014

Swifts and Swallows

These birds fly with grace and verve, flitting over fields and wetlands and high above towns and villages.

Mar 23, 2014

Snowy Owl Rescue

The winter of 2013-14 has seen a “the largest movement of snowy owls in four or five decades” into southern Canada and the United States.

Mar 5, 2014