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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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...