Demonstration Day at O’Hara Mill

Canadian Wildlife Federation’s Great Canadian Bioblitz

We’re pleased to officially announce our Canadian Wildlife Federation’s Great Canadian Bioblitz, September 25 and 26. Ours is one of only five Bioblitz projects across Canada that the CWF selected for funding! Organized by PECFN and Feral Folc, in partnership with SSJI, PEPtBO, Friends of Delhi Park, VTLA…

Delhi Park & Marsh Creek Bioblitz

Lovers of Delhi Park: you are invited to meet your Marsh Creek neighbours Save the date! September 25-26 we’re co-hosting the Delhi Park & Marsh Creek Community Bioblitz with the rad folks at Prince Edward County Field Naturalists, South Shore Joint Initiative, Prince Edward…

Tree-mendous Talks and Walks

2026 WLCA Environmental Symposium

What the Frag? Understanding Invasive Phragmites

HERBICIDE APPLICATION FOR ROADSIDE INVASIVE PHRAGMITES TO START AUGUST 17, 2026  Management control efforts for invasive phragmites will be taking place in roadsides throughout the City of Belleville and Prince Edward County starting the week of August 17th.   In preparation for this process, Quinte…

National Marine Conservation Area in Lake Ontario. 

Good afternoon, I am writing to update you on Nature Canada’s work to establish a National Marine Conservation Area in Lake Ontario. Background The Eastern basin of Lake Ontario is particularly rich in biodiversity and contains critical habitat upon which thousands of native species, globally rare…

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…

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,…

Bird Friendly Garden Plants

Poster courtesy of Cornell Lab of Ornithology

The Menzel Centennial Provincial Nature Reserve