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Signs on the Salmon

May 12, 2010 by Louise Livingstone

There is a new guide sign at Londsdale describing the Salmon River Watershed, the history and the ecology. There is another sign at Roblin.

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Celebrate Signs on the Salmon. For 12,000 years the Salmon River was an important corridour and destination for early First Peoples. Let it be your destination as we celebrate two new information guideboards on the Salmon Rver. Learn about the Salmon's History and ecology.

Saturday, May 29 at 1 p.m. on Salmon Bridge on Marysville Road with a reception to follow. Also see Harlan House Pottery: classic works of art. 3.30 p.m. at Roblin at the boat launch on the south end of the town for an unveiling ceremony and a relaxing paddle on the river. Reception and sale of local plants.

For anyone wanting to paddle we will put into the water at 2.30 p.m., tour of lovely silver maple area and back to Roblin for 3.30 p.m. for the ceremony. For more information: friends of salmonriver.ca

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Nature tour with Terry Sprague: Ontario Woodlot Association Spring Workshop

May 3, 2010 by Louise Livingstone

They say if a bird poops on you it will bring you good luck. Attend our Spring Workshop and you might get lots of good luck or at least lots of bird poop. We have lined up - Terry Sprague expert bird watcher and naturalist - who is going to conduct a morning workshop on the birds and wildlife you might find in your woodlot. After lunch he will lead a nature tour of a local woodlot.

Also Jim Pedersen, Ontario Stewardship Coordinator will give us a talk on the Stewardship Rangers Program for Youths age 17 and an outline of the new Forest Extension Services Program.

Location

St. Matthew'S Church Hall

85 Queen Street Marlbank,

Canada

44° 25' 58.0764" N, 77° 5' 37.7196" W

See map: Google Maps

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Native trees available at Golden Bough Tree Farm Clearance Days

April 24, 2010 by Louise Livingstone

Golden Bough Tree Farm at Marlbank is having its annual clearance sale on May 1 and May 2. There is a large variety of native trees and each spring they sell off some of the larger stock to make room in the nursery.

Check Golden Bough Tree Farm for more details.

Golden Bough Tree Farm, 900 Napanee Rd., Marlbank, Ontario K0K 2L0

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Bees are busier than ever as disease besieges colonies

by Adrian Higgins The Washington Post, Monday, March 15, 2010

In normal times, David Hackenberg would begin trucking his 20 million honeybees from the almond orchards of California to the orange groves of Florida this week.

Instead, after a month working the almond blossoms on the West Coast, his exhausted pollinators will get some rest and relaxation in the Georgia woods before the East Coast apple blossoms summon them to work once more next month.

These are not normal times for bees, or for commercial beekeepers, so Hackenberg's pollinators will skip the citrus gig to reduce their exposure to pesticides and get some rest. "Everybody is seeing [bee] losses this winter," said Hackenberg, of Lewisburg, Pa. "This was probably the worst year ever."

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Closing the phosphorus loop

Sharon Oostoek Saturday's Globe and Mail Monday, Mar. 15,

Like a fickle god, phosphorus gives life and takes it away. If too much leaches into lakes and streams, algal blooms suck oxygen from the water and choke off life. But if too little exists, we are all in trouble: Phosphorus is a dwindling, and non-renewable, component of agricultural fertilizers, essential to growing food for Earth’s burgeoning population, says the International Institute for Sustainable Development, a Winnipeg-based environmental think tank, which recently released a report on phosphorus spills in Manitoba's waterways.

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Sustainability and Community are vital at this Stirling-Rawdon farm

by jdhypes

White Tail Deer Information Meeting

February 24, 2010 by Louise Livingstone

Monique Charette, Ministry of Natural Resources staff biologist will discuss deer ecology and biology; deer harvest history in South Hastings, White deer monitoring information, landowner/hunter persp

Location

Ivanhoe Community Hall, Ivanhoe

Canada

44° 23' 49.182" N, 77° 28' 18.5124" W

See map: Google Maps

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Community Wildlife Monitoring Program Workshop

February 16, 2010 by Louise Livingstone

Community Wildlife Monitoring Program Workshop at Quinte Conservation, in Quinte Wes

Location

Quinte Conservation, 2061 Highway 2

Belleville

Canada

44° 10' 4.8216" N, 77° 23' 3.5916" W

See map: Google Maps

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Update on Drinking Water Source Protection in the Quinte Area

February 16, 2010 by Louise Livingstone

Quinte Field Naturalists meeting in Belleville on February 22 at 7.30 p.m. with guest speaker Lucille Fragomeni from Quinte Conservation on "Update on Drinking Water Source Protection in the Quinte Area"

Location

Sills Auditorium, Bridge Street United Church,

Bridge Street, Belleville

Canada

44° 10' 7.1616" N, 77° 21' 44.0604" W

See map: Google Maps

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