The Watershed

“Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the watershed Not a creature was stirring; they’d all gone to bed The river was nestled all snug in her banks Not a sign of erosion, for this we give thanks To the citizens who spent their time planting the trees And the native wildflowers that attracted [...]

Posted by: Ewa Bednarczuk Finally!! After four weeks of patient watching and counting we’ve been rewarded with a new bird species at our feeders: Goldfinches! Three little beige birds with black bars on their wings discovered the nyjer seed we offer – at last! You’ve probably seen these guys in the spring when they are [...]

Posted by: Dan Orr I’m the first to admit that I’m not really a “conference” kind of guy.  Don’t get me wrong, I understand the benefits of knowledge sharing and networking, but for whatever reason hanging around for days on end at a hall, or hotel just isn’t my style…Or so I thought. If you [...]

Posted by: The Nature Camp Summer time at Goodrich-Loomis Nature Camp has come to an end. Camp was a blast this summer! The weather was sunny and hot which didn’t stop campers and counsellors from exploring the creek and enjoying the cool shade of the forest. The GLNC crew are wrapping up all the summer [...]

Posted by: Jade and Jenni This summer at Lower Trent Conservation, we have been busy monitoring streams in our watershed through the Ontario Benthos Biomonitoring Network (OBBN) protocol.  We begin performing a ‘kick and sweep’ motion in the stream to collect benthic invertebrates (bugs that live in streams) which harbor themselves under rocks and along the stream [...]

Posted by: Dan Orr I recently became a sailor. After a few lessons this spring, I found a boat for the right (very low) price on Kijiji, and have been enjoying the 23ft yacht ever since. The coolest thing about my sailing experience so far is rediscovering what an amazing place our little corner of Canada is. I had [...]