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Education Blogs

These blogs will help you to learn more about The Land Between, nature, and how to keep the environment healthy.

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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 …

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Fall leaves

Hey Siri, Why do Leaves Change Colour?

September 28, 2022

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 …

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What is happening to our humming bird populations?

July 4, 2022

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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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Cattail Tales

June 10, 2022

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 …

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Better Than Biodiversity

June 10, 2022

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 – …

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Gyphosate

Environmental impacts of glyphosate in Ontario’s forestry industry

January 14, 2022

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 …

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Fed is Dead? Why Feeding Wildlife Can be Detrimental

October 14, 2021

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 …

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

Mar 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 …

Read More

Hey Siri, Why do Leaves Change Colour?

Sep 28, 2022

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 …

Read More

What is happening to our humming bird populations?

Jul 4, 2022

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 …

Read More

Keep Your Cats Indoors: Disappearing Birds

Jun 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 …

Read More

Environmentalism and Populism

Jun 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 …

Read More

Creeping Impacts

Jun 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 …

Read More

Cattail Tales

Jun 10, 2022

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 …

Read More

Better Than Biodiversity

Jun 10, 2022

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 – …

Read More
Gyphosate

Environmental impacts of glyphosate in Ontario’s forestry industry

Jan 14, 2022

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 …

Read More
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P.O. Box 1368, Haliburton, ON K0M 1S0
705-457-1222 | info@thelandbetween.ca

We respectfully acknowledge that The Land Between is located within Williams Treaty 20 Mississauga Anishinaabeg territory and Treaty 61 Robinson-Huron treaty territory, in the traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg. We respectfully acknowledge that these First Nations are the stewards and caretakers of these lands and waters in perpetuity and that they continue to maintain this responsibility to ensure their health and integrity for generations to come.

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