To increase the community’s awareness of the work of The Conservancy, we’ve been telling stories about what we do, how we do it and who is helping. This story about our fabulous eight year old volunteer Kelvin was originally published in in Orillia Matters on June 10th. Young Local Nature …
Calling Volunteers For Two Bio Blitzes
Bio Blitz: Eldridge Nature Reserve- June 28 from 8am- 2pm (Scroll down for information on the Bio Blitz at Mitchell Bruce Nature Reserve) Eldridge Nature Reserve was acquired by the Couchiching Conservancy in 2025. It is a stunning landscape near Queen Elizabeth II Wildlands Provincial Park, and other Couchiching Conservancy …
TRAIL STATUS UPDATES
July 3rd, 2025 OPEN NATURE RESERVES: Grant’s Woods!, Alexander Hope Smith, Adams, Cameron Ranch, Carthew Bay, Church Woods, Ron Reid, and Sweetwater Farm CLOSED NATURE RESERVES: Kris Starr Sanctuary, Scout Valley, Thomas C. Agnew, and The Sedge Wren Marsh Trail at Windmill Ranch If You Would Like To Help Volunteer …
Trilliums; symbolic woodland beauties
There are four species of trilliums growing in our area; white trilliums, red trillium, which are both widespread, while the painted trillium and nodding trillium are both rare and uncommon.
White trilliums bloom in early spring in forested areas before the trees above them leaf out and block the sunlight. Spring forest flowers take advantage of the time between the thawing of the soil and the unfurling of tree leaves when the forest floor is warm enabling the flowers to grow very rapidly.