Stalking the Wild Tea

When I worked at Sandbanks Provincial Park as a park naturalist about 10 years ago, I always used to mix up a batch of wild tea and offer it to the campers who attended my evening programs. Usually, they would clean up the entire…

Presqu’ile Provincial Park Bird Sightings

Presqu’ile is fortunate in having a number of dedicated local birders constantly keeping an eye out for birds in the park.  Sightings can be recorded and viewed at the Bird Sightings Board, located in the parking lot at the entrance to the campgrounds. In…

One of Us – A Biologist’s Walk Among Bears – by Barrie Gilbert

Barrie Gilbert’s fascination with grizzly bears almost got him killed in Yellowstone National Park. He recovered, returned to fieldwork and devoted the next several decades to understanding and protecting these often-maligned giants. He has spent thousands of hours among wild grizzlies in Yosemite and…

P.E.C. Bioblitz

Since 2015, the Prince Edward County Field Naturalists, along with experts from Prince Edward County and across Ontario, lead teams of volunteers and the interested public, through a different natural area every June in effort to catalogue birds, insects, plants, amphibians and reptiles. A…

Beaver Meadow Conservation Area

The small band of Prince Edward Region Conservation Authority staff and volunteers were elated. This was the very first piece of property purchased by the fledgling organization, and they were on their way to undertake their first project – the installation of wood duck…