Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
VOLUNTEERING FOR A CAUSE Wednesday, June 27, 2007 (Napanee Beaver) Friday, June 29, 2007 (Picton Gazette) Conservation areas are special places. And in the 6,200 square kilometre Quinte Conservation watershed, there are more than 35 of them, ranging in size from small scenic lookouts to…
NEW TRAIL OPENED AT SIDNEY Wednesday, July 25, 2007 (Napanee Beaver) Friday, July 27, 2007 (Picton Gazette) Visitors to the Sidney Conservation Area can now enjoy a complete loop on their hike, without having to return to the parking lot on the same trail. The…
CELEBRATING 175 YEARS Wednesday, June 20, 2007 (Napanee Beaver) Friday, June 22, 2007 (Picton Gazette) This summer, on the Rideau Canal, boaters may notice a little more excitement than usual. It was in 1826 when Lieutenant Colonel John By was sent from England to supervise…
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST Wednesday, July 18, 2007 (Napanee Beaver) Friday, July 20, 2007 (Picton Gazette) No kidding. In 1975, when I went to the old Quinte Mall theatre in Belleville to see One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, I actually thought it…
BOREAL BIRDS AND BOGS ABOUND Wednesday, June 13, 2007 (Napanee Beaver) Friday, June 15, 2007 (Picton Gazette) The rust coloured matted hairs on the underleaf which identify this plant protect the Labrador tea from moisture loss in the drying winds of the Hudson Bay Lowlands….
THE ECO-WARRIOR OF BURLINGTON Wednesday, July 11, 2007 (Napanee Beaver) Friday, July 13, 2007 (Picton Gazette) The year was 1982, and my wife and I had decided at the last minute to attend the evening banquet after all at this three day conference. My colleagues…
A VANISHING POINT Wednesday, June 06, 2007 (Napanee Beaver) Friday, June 08, 2007 (Picton Gazette) World famous Point Pelee is disappearing – at least, part of it is. This national park, the most southern part of Ontario, indeed, all of Canada, is losing its sandy…
LIFE IN A ROTTING LOG Wednesday, July 04, 2007 (Napanee Beaver) Friday, July 06, 2007 (Picton Gazette) There is an old log on one of the hiking trails at Algonquin Provincial Park that dates back to 1890. Loggers back then had felled a giant white…
THE COMPOST POSTER BOY Wednesday, May 30, 2007 (Napanee Beaver) Friday, June 01, 2007 (Picton Gazette) One of the side benefits of my career as an interpretive naturalist is never knowing what familiar face will show up next in the audience. A few weeks ago,…