Friends of the Salmon River AGM

The Ribbon of Life The Ribbon of Life is the natural buffer zone along the edges of lakes, rivers, and wetlands. It is crucial for: water quality protection, erosion control, wildlife habitat and environmental health.Maintaining a healthy Ribbon of Life is essential for preserving the ecological balance of our waterways….

What I Have Learned From the Radio – Pamela Stagg

Winter Finch Forecast – 2026 to 2027

By Tyler Hoar: GENERAL FORECAST: Last year was a bit of a mixed bag for boreal irruptions, but it was a solid flight year here in the East for Evening Grosbeaks, Pine Grosbeaks and Purple Finches with a small flight of Pine Siskins too….

Fall Dam Operations

FALL DAM OPERATIONS STARTING OCTOBER 13, 2026 Quinte Conservation is conducting annual dam operations in the Moira and Napanee regions on, or after, Tuesday, October 13. Shoreline residents can expect changing water levels above and below the following structures:   Moira Region •Caton’s Weir…

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…

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

For a Change of Pace, Try Jerusalem Artichokes

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…

The Nellie Lunn Park

“We believe in the value of community greenspace within Wollaston Township in Hastings County.” (The Friends of Nellie Lunn Park) THE NELLIE LUNN PARK            By John Lowry Tucked away in the centre of Wollaston Township, Hastings County is an ecological gem – Nellie Lunn…

Stalking the Wild Tea

When I worked at Sandbanks Provincial Park as a park naturalist about 10 years ago, I always used to mix up a batch of wild tea and offer it to the campers who attended my evening programs. Usually, they would clean up the entire…