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Crooning Tree Crickets

Nov 3, 2022 | Don Scallen | Notes from the Wild

Male tree crickets – rock stars of the insect realm – sing to attract females, and display other courtship behaviour not so different from ours.

Fascinating Fungi

Oct 5, 2022 | Don Scallen | Notes from the Wild

Fall is the perfect time to get down low and take a closer peek at the stunningly diverse and complex organisms that are fungi

Pit by Pit

Sep 20, 2022 | Nicola Ross

As another battle over aggregate mining gears up in Cataract, the question remains: how do we balance our voracious demand for aggregates with the rights of local citizens and nature?

A Walk in The Hills

Sep 20, 2022 | Fisher Monahan | Leisure

The illustrator behind The Sweetgrass Chronicles series turns his attention to the hills of Mulmur.

Where The Wild Things Are

Sep 20, 2022 | Janice Quirt | Community

What the leaders, students and parents of local outdoor school programs want us to know about the power of outdoor learning.

Transforming Turf into a Meadow Ecosystem

Sep 12, 2022 | Don Scallen | Notes from the Wild

From a swath of turf grass came a thriving meadow ecosystem full of wild flowers, pollinators and biodiversity.

Bats Aided by Citizen Scientists

Aug 8, 2022 | Don Scallen | Notes from the Wild

Bats hunt with their astonishing echolocating ability, sending out pulses of sound and then “reading” the returning echoes for the shape signatures of potential prey.

Who Pollinates Michigan Lilies?

Jul 14, 2022 | Don Scallen | Notes from the Wild

Could the answer to my pollination puzzle be butterfly wings?

Starstruck

Jun 24, 2022 | Don Scallen

From a small observatory in a Belfountain backyard, the heavens are revealed.

Water Works

Jun 24, 2022 | Alison McGill | Back Issues

Rural life means getting your water from a well. But do you know how your system operates and how to keep it healthy?

Movers and Shakers: River Chub

Jun 7, 2022 | Don Scallen | Notes from the Wild

The breeders and the egg stealers make a river chub nest a happening place in springtime.

Calvin the Salamander Returns!

May 10, 2022 | Don Scallen | Notes from the Wild

Calvin and his kin depend on two things for their survival: forest and fishless ponds.