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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 are the unwanted species for the forestry industry (…) Even the songbirds are absent.” Eerie, isn’t it? This is how lifelong trapper, hunter, and fisherman, …
Tips & Tricks for Attracting Year-Round Birds to Your Backyard Many bird species throughout The Land Between stay in Canada year-round, rather than migrating South in the wintertime. Chickadees for example, do not actually migrate south, but rather move around a lot, looking for food and habitat. Black-capped Chickadees are the most common Chickadee …
It has been 57 years since Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, a book urging governments and people to stop the use of chemicals to deter ‘pests’ and control nature. At the height of the chemical revolution, DDT was seen as a key component in humanity’s ‘battle against nature’. Leftover chemicals from the war were used on …
Did you know that when you go swimming in a lake or ocean, you are swimming with billions upon billions of microscopic creatures called plankton! Zooplankton are microscopic animals that swim or drift in water, they are the base of the food chain for many lakes and wetlands. These tiny little creatures feed on microscopic …
Did you know Ontario has the highest amount of invasive species across Canada? Dozens of invasive species have infiltrated our lakes, rivers, and forests, putting our native species and the environment at risk. An invasive species is a plant, animal or micro-organism that is not native to a specific location and has the tendency to …
Thanks to a seed grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation, The Land Between in partnership with Watersheds Canada will launch a pilot project to understand the benefits of a new eco-label. The Blue Lakes project delivers an eco-label that will be awarded to lakes that voluntarily undertake stewardship actions. This pilot project is being tailored, …
Our Shoreline Garden workshops are in the news and online: Read about our workshops in the Muskoka and Haliburton Life magazine editorial Download the articles here: Haliburton and Muskoka Life Magazine. Shoreline Garden Editorial If you cannot attend, we have brought the workshop to you!
