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It’s not surprising that just about everyone who lives in the Georgian Bay Biosphere has seen a black bear, perhaps in the wild, at a dump, near a camping site or even near your home. Our area has a very high density of black bears relative to other parts of the province, Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) Resource Liaison Specialist Maidie Gagnon recently told Parry Sound Nature Club members. Facts about bears Black bears are intelligent, long‑lived mammals wh

The Parry Sound 33 wildfire that swept through a large windfarm in 2018 near highway 69 and the shores of Georgian Bay created an important opportunity for Aidan Maloney, currently the lead species at risk biologist, Wasauksing First Nation. He recently told members of the Parry Sound Nature Club that he was able to research how frogs and snakes, species already facing global decline, survive on a site uniquely affected by wildfire as well as the construction and maintenance

The mighty cougar is the largest wild cat in North America, and among its most elusive predators, Alex Heffernan recently told the Parry...

It’s intuitively obvious that modern infrastructure development affects local ecosystems. This is now supported by Georgian Bay...