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Kids In Conservation

In 2 - Summer, Fauna, Featured, Kids, News by couchiching

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 …

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TRAIL STATUS UPDATES

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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 …

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Trilliums; symbolic woodland beauties

In Featured, Flora, Land Between, News by couchiching

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.