OTHER EVENTS
The Wonders of the Night Sky
KLT’s Skyworld event is back to offer you the chance to look at the stars! This perennial favourite will be led by members of the
Peterborough Astronomical Association (PAA), a group of amateur astronomers from Peterborough and the surrounding area. Following a presentation, you will have the opportunity to observe the setting up of a variety of different telescopes and then look skyward to view a diverse variety of astronomic objects including planets, star clusters, globular clusters, galaxies, double stars, and more. Learn about the equipment PAA members use and about the objects visible in the night sky. If the weather is rainy or too cloudy, registrants will be notified the event will be postponed to the rain date. To register, go to: https://kawarthalandtrust.org/events/
Friday, Sept. 27
7:30 to 11 p.m.
KLT’s Dance Nature
Sanctuary, Young’s
Point
Capacity: 50
Annual Tallgrass and Wildflower Seed Harvest
An annual tradition! For more than a decade, volunteers have helped
restore a local tallgrass prairie, one of the rarest ecosystems in North
America. You can continue this tradition by helping collect the seeds of
tallgrass plants and wildflowers on this beautiful property. Land donor, Ralph
McKim, has been managing the tallgrass prairie for almost two decades by
germinating tallgrass plants like Little Bluestem, Big Bluestem, and Sideoats
Grama in homemade greenhouses during the winter. The following year, the
seeds, harvested with the help of volunteers like you, will be ready to be planted
in the prairie! To register, go to: https://kawarthalandtrust.org/events/
Sunday, Oct. 6
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
KLT’s Ballyduff
Trails, Pontypool
Capacity: 24
Trent University Community Speaker Series: Subhankar Banerjee presents
"Beyond Extinction: Art & Visual Culture for Biodiversity & Justice"
Subhankar will share his recent and ongoing work from three places: the Arctic in
the Canada-US borderland (where he first became an environmental artist and
advocate); the Chihuahuan desert in the Mexico-US borderland (where he now
lives); and the Sundarban mangrove of the Bangladesh-India
borderland (near where he was born). In each instance, he will
offer a long view—spanning decades, centuries, even
millennia—to show how art and visual culture can reframe our
understanding of the intensifying biodiversity crisis. He will
also explain how images can help shape a more inclusive and
just framework for biodiversity conservation that honors the
rights and needs of Indigenous and other rural peoples.
Monday, Oct. 7
7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Gzowski College
Room ENW114
Conservation Café: Dr. Autumn Watkinson presents “Saving the Last Dance…
of the Greater Sage Grouse”
Trent University’s Conservation Café presentation series shares research about
topics connected to conservation with the public. The Conservation Café typically
takes place on the 2nd Tuesday of each month upstairs at
The Publican House at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free, and all
are welcome! Follow @TrentConserve on Twitter to stay up
to date on all Conservation Café events.
Tuesday, Oct. 8
7:30 p.m. at the
Publican House
294 Charlotte St.
Nature Appreciation Walks
One of the main reasons for attending outings is spending time with like-minded individuals. Getting out in the fresh air, exercising, and socializing whileappreciating nature never gets old. With winter coming, it is more difficult to find“topics” to offer for outings. That doesn’t mean we can’t get together. If you areinterested in joining others for nature walks, send me an e-mail. If there are topicsyou are very interested in, mention that in your response. I will keep a list and -when the weather is kind - will send out an invitation. The time and day of theweek will change as will the location and degree of difficulty. Sometimes therewill be a theme depending on the leader I am able to recruit. Sometimes it will justbe a nature appreciation walk. When you can attend, just respond to the e-mail Isend out. To register, e-mail [email protected]
Dates and times to be announced
Wildlife Tracking Outings
PFN member, Don McLeod, will once again lead members on one or more outings during the months of December to March focusing on tracks and other wildlife sign. These outings will be scheduled when weather conditions permit. The place and time will be announced by e-mail shortly before each outing. Anyone interested in attending should send an e-mail to Don McLeod at [email protected] so he can add you to an e-mail distribution list. If you signed up for previous outings,you would automatically receive an e-mail to confirm.Accessibility: Moderate to somewhat challenging. These outings will all involve walking in snowy conditions.
Dates and times to be announced
Hello naturalist friends,
Hello Peterborough Field Naturalists,
My name is Zach Kahn, I am an Ecologist at Blazing Star Environmental, an environmental consulting firm based in Oshawa.
Blazing Star Environmental has an exciting year ahead of us. For the past four years we have partnered with Environment and Climate Change Canada and Trent University to carry out a long-term, range-wide monitoring program for the western chorus frog. We are happy to announce that spring 2022 will be the third monitoring season for the program! This year will also be the last monitoring season before a 5-year hiatus. The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence-Canadian shield population of Western Chorus Frog is listed as Threatened in Canada, and declines have been anecdotally noted in recent years. Our project hopes to determine the distribution and extent of the Western Chorus Frog in its range through periodic monitoring of the species. However, the success of this program is largely dependent on a strong base of organizations and individual volunteers willing to complete short surveys during the chorus frog calling season. Currently, we are in the process of recruiting volunteers to conduct these surveys.
We are hoping to appeal to the network of volunteers that might be interested in conducting frog call surveys. We are wondering if it would be possible to include a short article about this monitoring program in monthly newsletters, posting on a website news bulletin, or social media? We will also be hosting a free virtual information webinar on Saturday (February 12th) at 11am. The webinar will be talking about what volunteers can expect from the program and some results from last year's monitoring efforts.
Please let me know if you would be interested in promoting our program and I will happily send you some promotional materials to share. If you have any additional questions, don’t hesitate to contact us at [email protected].
I look forward to hearing from you!
Sincerely,
Zach
Zachary Kahn
Wildlife Monitoring Technician
Blazing Star Environmental
104 McLaughlin Blvd.,
Oshawa, ON L1G 2P3
(613) 985 8463
The Arboretum, University of Guelph, Workshops
The Arboretum offers workshops all year round covering a wide variety of topics from birds to mushrooms to gardening to art. Virtual programs are offered live on Zoom, and recordings are made available for registrants to access for a limited time. Details on registration policies can be found on our Registration Information page.
View a complete list of The Arboretum's programs on our Workshop Descriptions page.
We are excited to be offering some of our programs in-person, once again. Please note that COVID procedures as applicable at the time of the workshop will be followed. The university's guidelines can be found at: https://www.uoguelph.ca/covid19/
Masks are required to be worn at all programs while inside and outside of our buildings. Proof of vaccination is required to attend and University of Guelph screening must be completed the day you are attending the program.
The University of Guelph screening form to attend our workshops can be found at: https://uoguelph.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4Ntfm8k1oXAPssm. We will need to see the email you receive or a screenshot of the green checkmark.
Upcoming & Current Workshops