by Derek Bird | Mar 21, 2021 | Property Types, Public
Site Details Total area: 1250 acres Address: 502 Hills of Peace Rd, Lanark, ON K0G 1K0 Parking: Limited parking at the start of the trail. Total Length of Trails: 5 km (return) of marked trails to the lookout. If you wish to explore other trails on the property,...
by Derek Bird | Feb 5, 2021 | Property Types, Public
Site Details Total area: 200 acres Address: 867 Carbine Road, Pakenham, ON Parking: Parking is available at the end of Carbine Road, just outside the gate. A small gate for pedestrians is found adjacent to it. Total Length of Trails: 8 km of marked trails...
by Derek Bird | Jun 10, 2020 | Field Studies
High Lonesome Nature Reserve Insect Collection – Summer 2020 If you don’t know what’s there, how can you know when it changes? That is the goal of the insect monitoring project at High Lonesome Nature Reserve. Research scientists from Agriculture and Agri-food...
by Derek Bird | Jun 1, 2020 | Field Studies
Fish were only found in the beaver pond: “ I found that the first trap location near the beaver dam had around fifty fish inside it of only two species. There was a large amount of Northern Red Bellied Daces which averaged around 5cm in length. The second species was...
by Derek Bird | Mar 21, 2014 | Field Studies
Part of the stewardship responsibilities of a land trust is to know what plants, animals and many other features are found on each property, and keep track of them and their welfare over time. How is this best accomplished? With the observations made on-site by land...
