Marsh Monitoring Program

REGISTER (free!) HERE Soon, frogs will start calling looking for mates and wetland birds will return to their favourite marsh to stake out territory for another year. You can participate in this springtime ritual by volunteering as a citizen scientist. Every year, the Bay…

Sandy Pines Wildlife Centre

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…

Support South Shore Joint Initiative

Only 200 tickets at $25 each—great odds, amazing prizes, and every ticket supports South Shore Joint Initiative and their mission to educate, advocate and protect Prince Edward County’s rare South Shore! For tickets contact: cheryl.anderson@ssji.ca | 613-849-7743Details: https://www.ssji.ca/stepintonatureraffle2025 or visit SSJI.CA Raffle Prizes– One…

Look What Flew Through the County

LOOK WHAT FLEW THROUGH THE COUNTY Based on her very successful and popular column in The Times, author Yvonne Buys is proud to announce the publication of her new book. The book is filled with outstanding colour photos of all but a few of…

The Birdhouse Nature Store

THE BIRDHOUSE NATURE STORE home of the famous “Right Stuff” bird feed 82 Main Street, Brighton 613-475-9510 BIRDFEEDING HAS BECOME BIG BUSINESS – MAKE SURE YOU FEED “THE RIGHT STUFF” AND NOT THE WRONG STUFF! In Birdfeeding Workshops that I conducted back in the…

Naked in the Sand (2015)

The book launch at Books and Company in Picton on December 20th, 2015 was a huge success with the date coinciding with the arrival of my 71st birthday! To see a few photos of the celebration, scroll down to the bottom of this page. …

Reflections on Fifty Years as a Columnist

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,…

Time for Ox-eye Daisy Snacks

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,…

The Two Of Us

My latest book, The Two of Us, is now available. Current retail outlets are being posted below as they are finalized. Price is $25.00, and can also be purchased directly from me by e-transfer. (tsprague@xplornet.com), or from any one of the following retail outlets….

Community Trees – Seedlings Available

Have any questions? Contact our Outreach and Stewardship department at stewardship@quinteconservation.ca or by phone at 613-968-3434 ext. 124