Caring for Nature Blogs

These blogs will address various topics about how we can connect with and preserve nature in our communities.

How to be Fish-Friendly: Tips and Tricks for Responsible Recreational Fishing

May 24, 2024

How to be Fish-Friendly: Tips and Tricks for Responsible Recreational Fishing By Angela Vander Eyken For many, casting a line out on a calm lake sounds like the perfect way …

The Essential Link Between Lake Health, Calcium, Forests and Forest Floor Ecology

March 1, 2023

The amount of calcium (Ca) in our freshwater lakes is seeing a major reduction. This is due to the lack of calcium in our forest floor from acid rain and …

The Humble Muskrat: Is He Disappearing?

March 1, 2023

Muskrats are often an overlooked species in the Land Between region and are frequently seen as pests. However, muskrats are actually beneficial and have great cultural, ecological, and economic importance. …

The Land Between: Regaining Our Balance With Biodiversity

February 28, 2023

The State of Ontario’s Biodiversity 2020: Summary is an information-rich review of the most recent biodiversity research in Ontario. The summary addresses areas in which we have succeeded in improving …

Plants That You and Your Shore Will Love

February 27, 2023

Have you ever admired a shoreland garden for its dynamic landscape that is rich with colour and teeming with life? You may have been admiring a shoreland garden that …

Wetlands are Wonderous

October 24, 2022

Written by Jaclyn Adams There are four different types of wetlands in The Land Between: bogs, fens, swamps, and marshes. Within The Land Between, 14% of the area are wetlands, …

Keep Your Cats Indoors: Disappearing Birds

June 13, 2022

A study of 500 species of birds in Canada and the US was published in the prestigious journal Science in September 2019. It found that in the last 50 years, 3 …

Kennebec Wetlands Are The Best

June 13, 2022

Recent media attention has reported that a study by environmental scientists Cheng and Basu at the University of Waterloo has found that smaller wetlands are more beneficial to the landscape …

Environmentalism and Populism

June 13, 2022

There is a growing tendency for environmentalists (and their commentators) to avoid input from ‘experts’ and instead to use popular opinion as evidence. The belief, supported by ‘social media’, is …

Creeping Impacts

June 10, 2022

Talk of our impacts on the environment often seems to suggest that the only important impacts are big, severe and obvious. Don’t believe it. Environmental impact statements sometimes have trouble …

What the Phrag?! All You Need to Know About Invasive Phragmites

Jan 28, 2021

Phragmites australis australis, otherwise known as European Common Reed or Invasive Phragmites, is a fast-spreading, perennial aquatic grass found growing in wetlands, shorelines and roadside ditches. This aggressive plant crushes …

HIPPO: The Greatest Threat to Biodiversity

Dec 1, 2020

Every time a species goes extinct or is lost from a given area, global biodiversity is irreparably damaged and destabilized. Specific causes of losses to biodiversity are varied, but the …

Get to Know Your Neighbours – Connecting With The Wildlife In Our Backyard

Sep 9, 2020

As the early dawn breaks it’s first light through your window and you wake to the sounds of birds who have already gotten a head start on their day, a …

Where Have all the Stars Gone? & How is it Affecting You?

Jan 18, 2020

Light pollution is an extremely large problem that goes relatively unnoticed by the public. Not many people remember how visible the natural night sky used to be: filled with stars …

Keep Your Fur-Child and Wildlife Safe (Apocalypse Meow)

Jan 14, 2020

Keep Your Fur Child & Wildlife Safe (aka. Apocalypse Meow) We tend to love and dote upon our pets. We treat them as our children, and post photos of their silly …