Archive | September, 2011

Curve Lake Marshland Tour

Join us for a visit to Curve Lake First Nation to view the new marshland board walk. Join Paul Elliott for a visit to this newly created board walk and its interpretative signs. Look out for resident wildlife and autumn migrants. Meet at the Peterborough Zoo parking lot on Water Street to car pool to [...]

Revenge of the Turtles Fundraiser

Proceeds benefit the Kawartha Turtle Trauma Centre.

Monthly Meeting: The Antler Growth Cycle

John McFeeters will take us through a discussion about the cycle of antler growth. Other areas to be touched upon include: the purpose of antlers, composition and coloration, the difference between antlers and horns, causes of deformations in antlers, and the purpose of antler research.

Monthly Meeting: Road Ecology

Road ecology examines the interactions of roads with the environment, most noticeably ‘Road-Kill’. Kari Gunson – Peterborough’s only specialized road ecologist – will share her 12 years of road ecology experience gained from her travels and work through-out North America and Europe. Kari will start with her six years of research in western North America [...]

New Nature in the Kawarthas Book

Have you seen the first edition of this book? If you haven’t, you can find it here. This is what many people have said about it in the past. Hey! Great content in this book I tell ya! I managed to identify many flowers while hiking throughout the highlands this summer and all of that [...]