Every year, thousands of animals face a perilous journey across roads, risking their lives in the face of speeding vehicles. For salamanders, frogs, and many other species near Whitney Wetland & McIsaac Nature Reserve, this danger has been especially pronounced. Thanks to The Couchiching Conservancy’s Wildlife on Roads Community Science …
Notes From the Field – 2022 Recap
Check out what the Couchiching Conservancy Community Science teams and stewardship staff have been up to in 2022. We also have focused Notes from the field for Winter, Spring and Summer. On March 25, Aiesha and Toby set up acoustic monitoring devices on a tree overlooking a wetland. These devices …
Summer 2022 Notes from the Field
Check in throughout the season to see what volunteers and staff have been up to! You never know who, or what, we’ll cross paths with… In summer we take to the meadows where Monarch caterpillars hunt for their only source of food: The Milkweed plant. The caterpillars will eventually cocoon and emerge …
The Couchiching Conservancy protects more wilderness to build connected corridors thanks to supporters
August 19, 2020, Orillia, ON – The Couchiching Conservancy is celebrating another conservation success, with the protection of the Whitney property, a 12 hectare (30 acre) parcel, 10km east of Orillia. The property was previously owned by Norman and Irene Whitney and creates a direct connection to the McIsaac Wetland, …