Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
Dear Friends of the Salmon River, You may have heard that ALTO (the federal agency leading Canada’s high-speed rail initiative) is actively considering a southern route for a new high-speed rail corridor through our region. This proposal has significant implications for the lands, rivers,…
Annual Celebration Dinner on Wednesday, May 20th, 2026. Quinte Field Naturalists is pleased to announce its annual dinner at St. Matthew’s Church, Belleville. We invite you to enjoy a delicious meal, hear a wonderful speaker, and support QFN’s efforts to conserve and protect nature in your neighbourhood…
Greetings friends, However you like to celebrate the holidays, we wish you a warm relaxing time with family & friends, and the opportunity to appreciate our beautiful landscape and our magnificent Salmon River watershed. Thank you to Avis Price, FSR member, who researched and wrote this…
OX-EYE DAISY SNACKS My late father never worried too much about weeds on the farm. Crop rotation generally kept most weeds in check, and a sharpened hoe did an adequate job in keeping them out of our potato patch and tomato fields. I know,…
Poster courtesy of Cornell Lab of Ornithology
When I used to work for a conservation authority in Picton, one of my jobs in early spring was to visit all the local schools and warn the kids of the dangers of playing too closely to fast flowing water and flooded areas. One…
Before the snow flies and the ground freezes, now would be a good time to dig up a few Jerusalem artichokes , (Helianthus tuberosus) if you have them in your garden, or know where some might be growing. For years, I grew them in…
NATURE NUGGETS is a collection of various news items that may be of interest to NATURESTUFF readers BELLEVILLE RESIDENT, JOHN LOWRY, HAS A PRODUCTIVE YEAR, COLLECTING CANS AND BOTTLES It has been a very good year for my beer can fund raising efforts and…