Get to Know Your Neighbours – Connecting With The Wildlife In Our Backyard
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 …
Turtles Know Where They are Going
If you are familiar with turtles and practiced in the art of helping them across roads, you are probably aware that turtle conservation groups and experts urge rescuers to move …
My Summer Job Experience: Turtle Nest Sitting with The Land Between
Its mid June in the Land Between. The evening temperature is pleasant, and I might even say I was comfortable sitting in this lawn chair on the side of the …
Be Fish Friendly: Tips and Tricks for Responsible Recreational Fishing
For many of us, casting a line out on a calm lake sounds like the perfect way to spend a late summer’s evening. Avid anglers are no strangers to waking …
COVID: Is There a Silver Lining for Wildlife and Nature?
We have been in lock-down for quite some time – almost 14 weeks or more in areas. Life as we once knew it has been put on hold and is …
Nightjars While Nest-Watching: A Personal Account
A Personal Review of Turtle Nesting Season and the Excitement of Bird-watching Written by Xavier Tuson, Conservation Technician for The Land Between Turtle nesting season has just finished. I …
Forest Fragmentation and Lyme Disease
How Fragmented Forests Increase the Spread of Lyme Disease within The Land Between By MaryJane Proulx The Land Between is a rich ecotone, holding an abundance of glittering lakes, rivers, …
Leeches: Good Guys with a Bad Rap
Leeches. The word probably fills some of you with a queasy, uncomfortable feeling, and others with the traumatic memories of a lovely day ruined by the discovery of one attached …
TLB’s Mosquito Survival Guide
April showers bring May flowers… and May onwards brings mosquitoes! If you have never felt the wrath of mosquito season in the Highlands, then consider yourself lucky. Active from mid-May …
Looking Out for Wildlife on Roads
We lose so much wildlife to road mortality here in Ontario. Our roads are well paved and well-tended, making great speedways, but often these roads dissect important habitats and migration …