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Parry Sound Nature Club
Helen Kohl
Dec 8, 20242 min read
Much to Learn from Paw Prints in the Snow
Local naturalist Diana Clements recently wowed members of the Parry Sound Nature Club with the wealth of knowledge to be gained from...
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Helen Kohl
Sep 28, 20242 min read
Sable Island: Where Horses Run Free
Imagine a small crescent-shaped sandbar of an island in the Atlantic, almost 200 km east of Nova Scotia. And then picture, on that...
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Parry Sound Nature Club
Jul 8, 20243 min read
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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Helen Kohl
Apr 29, 20242 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20233 min read
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 30, 20233 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20223 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20223 min read
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 11, 20222 min read
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, 20212 min read
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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