Environment
Eastern Meadowlark
Mar 23, 2008 | | Back Issues | Departments | Headwaters Sketchbook | Spring 2008Eastern Meadowlarks decline 24% in 20 years.
Hares
Nov 15, 2007 | | Back Issues | Departments | Headwaters Sketchbook | Winter 2007In the spring breeding season hares indulge in boxing matches.
Tarantula hawks, beneficial beavers and the mollusk option
Nov 15, 2007 | | Back Issues | Countryside Digest | Departments | Winter 2007Human Burnout “The trends in Vital Signs 2007-2008 make it overwhelmingly clear that while Earth itself is almost certainly not dying, many of the planet’s ecological systems are. And the…
The Menu is the Message
Jun 21, 2007 | | Back IssuesFeast of Fields connects the links in the local food chain in an annual festival of fun and flavour.
Web Masters
Jun 21, 2007 | | Back Issues | Summer 2007“What would you rather have, spiders sitting in webs where you can see them, or bugs wandering around undetected?” asks Tom Mason.
Bullfrog Power
Mar 22, 2007 | | Back IssuesPurchasing Power! Bullfrog Power’s green electricity is hot in Headwaters, but is it worth the premium price?
Return of the Salmon: Restocking the Credit River
Mar 22, 2007 | | Back IssuesThey’ve been away for one hundred years, but with the help of their friends, salmon are coming home to the Credit River.
A Strange Fish Story
Mar 22, 2007 |More than sixty species of fish make their home in the Credit Valley watershed, but many of them are strangers to all but the most avid observers. Let us introduce you.
Hungry maggots, voracious cats & greedy planets
Mar 22, 2007 | | Back Issues | Countryside Digest | Departments | Spring 2007Biodiesel requires little or no modification to vehicle engines or fuelling infrastructure, and its greater lubricity may reduce maintenance costs.
Red-winged blackbirds
Mar 22, 2007 | | Back Issues | Departments | Headwaters Sketchbook | Spring 2007Red-winged blackbirds can read cattails as easily as a teen can spot the Golden arches!
A Farm Memoir
Jun 21, 2005 |There were many good farms around the perimeter of Orangeville that have become subdivisions.