Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
OUTDOOR RAMBLES with Terry Sprague REFLECTIONS ON FIFTY YEARS AS A COLUMNIST (Thursday, December 18, 2014) Not enough people remember the late Phil Dodds. Phil was a tireless volunteer who was active in service clubs, was a familiar face at Picton Fair every year,…
June/July, 2014 issue Last year at this time, my column in The Scoop dealt with how the natural world promotes good health and longevity. How some on our guided hikes have health issues, while others do not. Arthritis comes up frequently during conversations behind…
O U R N A T U R A L H E R I T A G E WARING’S CREEK – PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE Thursday, June 03, 2010 Picton Gazette readers will recall a special 15-week series that ran in place of the…
O U R N A T U R A L H E R I T A G E “OUR NATURAL HERITAGE” CONCLUDES, BUT ONLY AS A COLUMN Thursday, September 17, 2009 It has been my pleasure since early March to offer this 15-week series…
O U R N A T U R A L H E R I T A G E POINT PETRE IS A MAGNET FOR VISITORS Thursday, September 03, 2009 If someone were to approach you and ask about ‘ponds’ in Prince Edward County, you…
O U R N A T U R A L H E R I T A G E WHERE LAND MEETS WATER Thursday, August 20, 2009 If it were possible to walk the shoreline completely around Prince Edward County, you would need to figure…
O U R N A T U R A L H E R I T A G E WET AND WILD IN THE COUNTY Thursday, August 06, 2009 We used to think of them as wastelands in Prince Edward County – convenient dumping grounds…
O U R N A T U R A L H E R I T A G E MCMAHON BLUFF, A RARE NATURAL GEM Thursday, July 23, 2009 It is known as a ‘mesa,’ a 97-hectare (240 acres) rocky headland unlike any other in…
O U R N A T U R A L H E R I T A G E A CENTURY OF CHANGE Thursday, July 09, 2009 “Although conditions in Prince Edward County no longer favour white-tailed deer, it has not permanently disappeared from the…
O U R N A T U R A L H E R I T A G E NATURAL HERITAGE COLUMN SERIES AT HALF WAY POINT Thursday, June 25, 2009 It was a daunting task deciding what to include in a natural heritage presentation…