The Essential Link Between Lake Health, Calcium, Forests and Forest Floor Ecology
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 …
Hey Siri, Why do Leaves Change Colour?
Every autumn, we revel in the beauty of the fall colours in The Land Between. The transition from green to bursting hues of red, orange, yellow and purple are a …
What is happening to our humming bird populations?
Hummingbird Population Trends: What You Should Know Many North American bird populations are in decline, but does this include hummingbird species? This question was investigated in a recent research article …
Keep Your Cats Indoors: Disappearing Birds
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 …
Environmentalism and Populism
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
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 …
Cattail Tales
The Land Between and most of eastern Ontario has been redesigned by our road managers and by cattails. The landscape is now mapped and marked by lines of cattails following …
Better Than Biodiversity
The word “Biodiversity” has become prominent in the press and in our daily language. What does it mean? Often it just means how many kinds of plants or animals – …
Environmental impacts of glyphosate in Ontario’s forestry industry
Imagine walking through a forest and hearing nothing but the soft crunch of fallen needles and dry twigs beneath your feet. “You notice the underbrush and poplar are missing; these …
Fed is Dead? Why Feeding Wildlife Can be Detrimental
The Land Between is home to diverse natural habitats that are full of nature’s sights and sounds. These marvels attract people from all over the world who visit here with …