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Habitat enhancement program funds available

The Bay of Quinte Remedial Action Plan’s Habitat Enhancement Program has funding assistance available to help landowners who are interested in protecting, enhancing, or restoring a shoreline. The program would apply to residents living around the Bay of Quinte wishing to create a retaining wall or other man-made structure with a natural shoreline, create a […]

It was a jungle out there in the County Tuesday

It was a jungle out there in the County Tuesday

By Bill Samuel Young and older, nearly 150 people came to see big cats, snapping turtles, snakes, skunks and assorted creatures who visited at the Ameliasburgh Town Hall Tuesday. The presentation put on by Jungle Cat World, of Orono, was hosted by the Prince Edward County Libraries and also featured a visit to Wellington. Starting […]

The Pulse of Life

Following the natural cycles in our lives helps bring order out of chaos.

Coping With the Heat

Coping With the Heat

So, how did you cope with the heat and high humidity this past week? When it gets hot, we leave our un-air conditioned house, pack up the dog, and head for the cottage. Our cottage is the travel trailer, parked at the end of the sundeck. It has air conditioning. It also has a microwave, […]

We Aren't Getting Older - We Are Maturing !

We Aren’t Getting Older – We Are Maturing !

I had an epiphany this morning. It came as I was putting on my pants…..or, trying to. Hopping crazily on one foot, I danced around for several minutes, once falling against my wife who managed to steady me while I guided my foot into the remaining pant leg. I am getting older, or as Galloping […]

For the Eyes of Kids

For the Eyes of Kids

It isn’t often that I do conducted events for school groups. I will turn 66 in December, and I find their energy a bit depressing. I can’t keep up with them. And I always seem to miss my noon nap. However, I like Kente Public School and the kids there seem to be really environmentally […]

Wind Turbine Proponents Interested Only in $$$

Wind Turbine Proponents Interested Only in $$$

A consultant’s report estimates that 1,270 bats and 602 birds were killed by Wolfe Island’s 86 turbines from July 1 to Dec. 31 of last year, the project’s first months of operation. In an area that sees only a fraction of the bird migration that the South Shore Important Bird Area does in Prince Edward […]

Of Black Bears and Caterpillars

Of Black Bears and Caterpillars

The host of the hike was beside himself. He wanted to showcase the forest behind his house for this special event at his home along Moneymore Road, near Roslin, for the Ontario Woodlot Association meeting. Only, this was the year for a major outbreak of forest tent caterpillar on his property which also involved over […]

The Foul and the Loathsome

The Foul and the Loathsome

I have no fear of snakes, so it isn’t uncommon for me to pick one up and let it crawl and wrap itself around my arms. And this is what I did, on a guided interpretive hike last week, when we unexpectedly came across a somewhat uncommon red-bellied snake. I picked it up. In turn, […]

No Tornados, No Floods, No Earthquakes - We're Lucky in the County

No Tornados, No Floods, No Earthquakes – We’re Lucky in the County

It was yesterday, May 31st, exactly 25 years ago, when the city of Barrie experienced a devastating F4 tornado. Although I wasn’t there, I remember the day very well. I was a Park Naturalist at Sandbanks and was on my way home at 5:00 p.m. The lights had been flickering and I made an off […]

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