Does Covid-19 affect the birds?
I won’t go on too much here about COVID-19 and its impacts on society because we hear about it every day and everywhere. One of the...
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Colleen Green
May 13, 20212 min read
DEAC hosting online information webinars during May
COURTNEY McCLURE, for The Standard NORTH DURHAM: The Durham Environmental Advisory Committee (DEAC) is hosting multiple webinars...
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Colleen Green
May 6, 20211 min read
Bats, with Karen Vanderwolf and North Durham Nature
UXBRIDGE: Bats are amazing! But these animals, so critical to our environment and economy, are declining in Canada and abroad. North...
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Colleen Green
Apr 29, 20212 min read
Guardians’ Council discusses actions to improve the health of the world’s largest freshw
ANDREW BUTTIGIEG, Office of Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks Jeff Yurek, Minister of the Environment, Conservation and...
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Colleen Green
Mar 4, 20213 min read
Respecting Wildlife – Ethical Encounters
With Covid an over-riding part of our lives, many folks have begun to see and appreciate nature like never before! Whenever we encounter...
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Colleen Green
Jan 7, 20213 min read
Birds Out of Place
Birdwatchers get very excited on December 31st as they know that a new year and a new migration is coming soon. The days will get longer...
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Colleen Green
Dec 10, 20202 min read
LSRCA raise alarm
WAYNE EMMERSON, Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority Board Chair, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Regional Municipality of...
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Colleen Green
Dec 10, 20202 min read
Boosting renewable fuel content at the pumps equivalent to taking 300,000 cars off the road each yea
ANDREW BUTTIGIEG, Minister’s Office, Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks The Ontario government is making gasoline, which...
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Colleen Green
Dec 10, 20203 min read
Counting Birds for Christmas
Each winter throughout the latter part of the 19th century, sportsmen would gather to compete in an annual bird hunt called “side hunts”....
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Colleen Green
Dec 10, 20201 min read
Letter to the editor: Conservation Authority
To the Editor I am gravely concerned about the proposed emasculating of the powers of Ontario’s Conservation Authorities buried in the...
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Colleen Green
Dec 10, 20202 min read
Good Samaritans to the rescue
Good Samaritans to the rescue by The Standard | Podcast Dec 10 2020 https://thestandardnewspaper.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Good-Samar...
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Colleen Green
Nov 26, 20203 min read
Flying Squirrels
I have always marvelled at flying squirrels and their unusual abilities and biology. There are two possible species that can be found in...
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