Fabulous Fungi
Come explore the vast variety of colours, shapes and sizes that the kingdom offungi has to offer! Mark S. Burnham Park, one of Ontario’sbeautiful old growth forests, is the perfect place to see just howbiodiverse the world of mushrooms can be. We’re sure todiscuss some of the other incredible creatures and plant life ofthis old…
Fall Nature on the Farm
PFN member Bruce Kidd invites members to join him, Linda Sunderland and Sandy Garvey in an exploration of the field and woodlands of his farm property in Douro-Dummer Township. This outing will provide an opportunity to kick leaves, look at late-blooming flowers, find migrating birds and sample different types of ‘wild apples’ to discover the…
Monthly Meeting: Provincial-Scale Monitoring of Black Bears
Ontario manages one of the largest and most widely distributed populations of American black bears globally. This population inhabits an incredible range of landscapes, from the heavily developed surroundings of Toronto to the large roadless areas of the Hudson Bay Lowlands. In this talk, Joe Northrup will discuss the history of population monitoring and management…
Fall Walk in Harold Town Conservation Area
The Harold Town Conservation Area (HTCA) is named after the Canadian painter who owned this property from the mid 1970s until he passed away in 1990. On April 11, 1994, the property was donated to Otonabee Conservation. It was named in his memory and was dedicated as a park for public purposes, as requested by…
Juniors Event: Fantastic Fall Foliage
Explore the beauty of fall as we wander along the trail of this mature forest, which has some of the oldest maple, beech, elm and hemlock trees in Ontario. Bring your curiosity and creativity as we try out different ways to draw leaves, experiment with leaf and bark rubbings, and see how many colours, shapes…
Monthly Meeting: The Naturalization of the Invasive Aquatic Plant Fanwort in Kasshabog Lake and its Implications for Invasive Species Management
The naturalization of invasive species is a phenomenon that we generally tend not to consider when we are managing the environment. This talk will cover a case Cabomba caroliniana study depicting what appears to be evidence of the significant naturalization of the designated invasive species fanwort (Cabomba caroliniana) in Kasshabog Lake. Nicholas Weissflog will elaborate…