Things That Sting
Bees, wasps and hornets are just protecting themselves Before getting into the stinging details on bugs, beekeeper Mark Speller, co-owner...
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Parry Sound Nature Club
Helen Kohl
- Apr 30
- 2 min
Feeling antsy?
You’re in good company: ants live all over the world Few in Parry Sound are more enthusiastic about the humble ant than Rob Wilson, an...
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Helen Kohl
- Nov 27, 2023
- 3 min
Saving turtles and snakes one egg and reptile at a time
Georgian Bay Biosphere thinks outside the shell Members of the Parry Sound Nature Club were recently inspired by Tianna Burke’s ...
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Parry Sound Nature Club
- May 23, 2023
- 3 min
The pleasures of gardening with native plants
“Gardening with native plants is an easy way to combine enjoyment of the outdoors with a commitment to the environment,” Paul Heydon,...
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Helen Kohl
- Mar 31, 2023
- 3 min
Meeting the Mosses
In March, the Parry Sound Nature Club welcomed Dr. Jennifer Doubt, Curator of Botany at the Canadian Museum of Nature’s National...
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Helen Kohl
- Mar 5, 2023
- 3 min
Amazing facts about Hummingbirds
Dr. Neil Gray recently dazzled members of The Parry Sound Nature Club with his up-close-and-personal photographs of the 47 species of...
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Helen Kohl
- Feb 11, 2023
- 3 min
Birds gotta fly…south!
Parry Sound Nature Club presenter explains bird migration. When David Bree, naturalist and former natural heritage leader at Ontario’s...
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Helen Kohl
- Nov 30, 2022
- 3 min
Road salt can harm life in our rivers and lakes
Ever since the 1950s, Canada has been adding about five to seven million tonnes of salt annually to our roads, parking lots, driveways...
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Parry Sound Nature Club
- Oct 15, 2022
- 2 min
Parry Sound Nature Club tracks Ontario’s big cats - Bobcats and Lynx are on the move
By Helen Kohl Unlike most Georgian Bay inhabitants, Dr. Jeff Bowman frequently spots lynx and bobcat in the wild. Every winter, he and a...
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Helen Kohl
- Jun 9, 2022
- 2 min
Indigenous youth share learnings traditional birch bark canoe construction
To help us all celebrate National Indigenous History Month, Georgian Bay Anishinaabek Youth co-founders Dawson Bloor and Taylor Judge...
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Parry Sound Nature Club
- May 17, 2022
- 3 min
Fireplace Wood Ash Can Help Restore Your Soil
Before acid rain fell, central Ontario’s soils and waters got enough calcium—a mineral essential to life—to keep their vegetation and...
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Helen Kohl
- Apr 12, 2022
- 2 min
Turtles in Winter: Bundle Up!
Ontario’s turtles, so fond of sunbathing in summer, are also well-equipped to survive our freezing winters. When the temperature drops,...
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Helen Kohl
- Mar 2, 2021
- 2 min
Ontario’s spectacularly remote Wabakimi Provincial Park
February's presentation took viewers North to the wilderness park few people see. Wabakimi Provincial Park is Ontario’s ultimate remote...
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