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Winter Bird Counts
This winter, join a bird count and have fun discovering the birds in your area in a way that also helps scientists and conservation efforts. This can be especially rewarding…
5 Reasons Why Woodpeckers Don’t Get Concussions
It doesn’t take much to harm a human brain. For example, you can get a concussion (a type of mild traumatic brain injury) by bumping into something, getting a blow…
Nature-based Education: Migration
As the crisp air signals the end of fall and the approach of winter, many wildlife species begin their seasonal journey. Whether it’s birds soaring overhead, caribou trekking across the…
Up to Bat
Could Probiotics Slow the Spread of White-nose Syndrome in Western Canada? Alberta researchers are stepping up to the plate in the fight against a deadly fungus that has decimated populations…
Summer Power Hour
10 Things You Can Do to Make Your Garden Grow in Less Than an Hour a Week! Whether you’re retired or you have a full-time job, some people just don’t…
Give Forest Bathing a Try
What is forest bathing? Forest bathing, in its essence, means taking in the forest atmosphere. It’s to bathe one’s mind and soul with the forest. Shinrin-yoku, its formal title, is…
Seek: A Safe and Fun Way for Kids to Discover the Nature Around Them
If you are looking for a way to get kids outside and interested in the nature around them, then Seek might be for you. This app, recently updated, was created…
There’s No Hoofing Around Here, These Are Working Goats!
Did you know that goats can be an integral part of meadow restoration projects? In June, the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) Rights-of-Way (ROW) Community of Practice (CoP) —…
Three Amigos Connected by One Tiny Species
Tri-national support for the Monarch Butterfly As I write this, our CEO Sean Southey, two of my teammates and I are en-route home from a Summit at the University of…
5 Steps to Creating a Backyard Haven for Toads
A whopping 41 per cent of amphibians at risk across the planet; that’s nearly half of our slimy, hoppy friends facing an uncertain future! Among these vulnerable creatures are toads.…
