Thank you for your quick action! We now have the required gadgets to expand our Bat Monitoring Program Community science team Do you have an old iPad, or iPhone, you no longer need? If you’re looking for a good home for it we can provide one! We’re in search of …
Apply Now for a Land Trust Internship
Do you want to work with Organizations that protect tens of thousands of acres of Nature in Ontario? The Couchiching Conservancy is partnering with the Canadian Wildlife Federation and our fellow land trusts throughout Ontario to offer internships to youth between the age of 18 and 30. Successful applicants will …
Notes From the Field – Summer 2019
During a recent Salamander Monitoring visit to Church Woods with Kim Trudeau & family, they encountered two Eastern Red-backed Salamanders. This terrestrial species of salamander can live for up to 25 years and requires a damp environment to survive. This is because they need to breathe through their skin as they …
Notes from the Field – Summer 2019
Photo: Kim Trudeau
Ambassador Questions: Are there any tax advantages to donating land?
One question asked at the Barrie Garden Show was, “Are there any tax advantages etc to donating land?” What a great question! And the answer is YES! Although we do not expect our ambassador team members to understand the ‘ins and outs’ of this aspect of conservation, you can confidently tell people that …
Notes From The Field – Spring 2019
Kim Trudeau and family discovered the Couchiching Conservancy through time spent at Church Woods. This winter and spring Kim took our Species at Risk, Invasive Species, and Vernal Pool workshops. Now she and her family are putting her new knowledge to work monitoring the Vernal Pools and salamanders of Church Woods. …
Volunteer Training: Ambassador
Are you passionate about protecting natural spaces in your community and want to educate people on how they can do the same? Ambassador Training: Reaching out to the community and sharing why conservation is important is a key volunteer job. Known as Ambassadors, these volunteers attend events, farmer’s markets and …
Notes From The Field – Fall 2018
On Sunday December 2nd from 1:30 to 4 pm, we’re going to take over the basement of the St. Paul’s Centre and hold an event for all of our monitoring teams (including General Property Monitoring, Water Monitoring, Whip-poor-will surveys, and Reptile & Amphibian monitors). *Please RSVP* Contact Dorthea by phone (705) 326-1620 …
Leave it to Nature: Lessons on Fall colours
If you’re anything like me you know the feeling of sheer excitement when the leaves begin to change colour in fall. As trees begin to brace for… dare I say, for those less excited, winter, our favourite natural spaces in Ontario transform into colourful works of art.
New discoveries at Grant Wetland
Our water monitoring project is growing and moving into town this year. Every time we add a new site we learn so much we wish we had done it sooner. We console ourselves with the adage: The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is today.
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