Beginning this summer, a new youth community science program of The Couchiching Conservancy will provide opportunities for local youth (between the age of 16 and 30) to participate in conservation projects. The Angela Rehhorn Commemorative Project, as the new program is named, will allow youth to be involved in making …
An antidote to despair is action
Canada is on fire from coast to coast. And ironically, today is Clean Air Day. As of June 2nd, wildfires are burning across six provinces and one territory in Canada — and they’re still spreading in an unprecedented way. So far, more than 2,200 fires have broken out across the country …
Women are gaining ground in conservation
International Women’s Day is a special opportunity to celebrate the accomplishments and resilience of women in our lives. Always a special day, it has become even more important now than it was three short years ago. The pandemic was a concentrated reminder that external stressors on families mean a rise …
The Church Woods Nature Reserve: Protecting urban wild spaces
Walking through The Church Woods Nature Reserve on a spring day is a sublime experience. Spring ephemerals such as Blue Cohosh, Trout Lily, White Trillium, and Red Trillium colour the forest understory beautifully. If you look closely though, you’ll notice a few things are amiss, thick patches of invasive garlic …
The Crisis Marches On
As poppies bloom on lapels across the country it is time to turn our attention to the legacy of war. Despite the time set aside to give thanks and reflect, war is an unthinkable thing. With news coming thick and fast from Ukraine, it is still impossible to imagine the …
Canada’s National Adaptation Strategy
Today we join 90+ nature groups in urging Steven Guilbeault to ensure that Canada’s first-ever climate adaptation strategy advances the protection of critical ecosystems (forests, wetlands, coastlines and oceans) upon which our survival depends. #cdnpoli
Orillia needs to calculate the high cost of business as usual
UPDATE: WSP and City Staff have now had the opportunity to review and provide answers to the 100+ questions raised. Those questions and answers have been posted to the MCR webpage, with a direct link provided here. Your input is needed on December 1. Imagine Grant’s Woods inside the city limits …
Remembering the Anthropocene
Remembrance Day holds a great deal of gravity for me. I know the stories of my grandfathers, great grandfathers and great-great uncles. I know which of my great grandmothers worked in munitions factories, I have held my grandmother’s ration card, and seen pictures of Nan the day the war ended. …
Re-defining Ecological Perspectives: An Indigenous-Led Bioblitz.
Join Gary Pritchard of Curve Lake First Nation and principal consultant, 4 Directions of Conservation. On the shores of the Black River in Treaty Territory 20 and Williams Treaties, Gary will teach us about decolonizing conservation and learning to value all of our relations. All life deserves a space on …
Notes from the Field: Summer 2021
Monarch Monitoring Begins: Canadian Conservation Corps Interns Ryan and Claire, along with staff member Aiesha – have spent numerous days mapping out milkweed habitats and setting up new monarch monitoring sites at two Conservancy Nature Reserves. The new protocols for this pilot project are currently being tested in the field …