Nature Bits

As the NatureStuff website continues to grow, there are often articles and submissions that we want to see on the website, but don’t really fit under any of the current Menu headings. This section is where you are apt to find these miscellaneous topics. If you have any ideas for topics of interest for the NatureStuff website, feel free to e-mail me and we’ll have a look at what you’ve got. As much as we can, we like to focus on the Quinte region and all the different opportunities there are out there for nature enthusiasts. But don’t let that stop you from submitting something for consideration.

Currently, this section of the website offers the following: Do you have an environmental beef? Then submit it to me for consideration and I will post it under our Environmental Rant section. Learn about a rare Grey Fox in Thurlow, and a collection of articles by Belleville resident, John Lowry, under the heading of Nature Nuggets. More will be appearing in the months to come. Be sure to check in again.

PHOTO DESCRIPTION: This photo was taken at Cressy of a pair of Bald Eagles that have nested for several years, one of a half dozen or so pairs of eagles that currently call Prince Edward County their home for raising their young. Eagles have not nested in the County since 1948 when DDT all but wiped them out

Photo Credit: Paul Wallace of Cressy.

High Speed Rail Concerns – public consultation deadline extended to April 24.

February 19, 2026

By Terry Sprague

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,…

Sandy Pines Wildlife Centre

December 20, 2025

By Terry Sprague

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…

Time for Ox-eye Daisy Snacks

May 17, 2025

By Terry Sprague

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,…