by Ian Brown | Feb 2, 2025 | MMLT Blog
February 5th, 2025 – The Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust (MMLT) is pleased to announce the successful protection of its 13th property, increasing its total conserved lands to over 3,600 acres. The newly acquired Chatson Woods, a 282-acre property of significant...
by Ian Brown | Dec 2, 2024 | MMLT Blog
Dear friends, as we approach the end of the year, Steve Kotze – President of the Board of Directors, takes a look back and finds countless reasons for gratitude in his year end letter. including your overwhelming response to our Chatson Woods appeal. Thank you...
by MMLT Admin | Oct 7, 2024 | MMLT Blog
Carleton Place, ON – On Thursday, local MPP John Jordan met with the team at Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust (MMLT) to hear more about the $123,800 Resilient Communities Grant they received from the provincial government’s Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) to create...
by Ian Brown | Sep 7, 2024 | MMLT Blog
By: Sheila Craig, Vice-President, MMLT MMLT’s annual Festival of the Wild Child takes place in late August which happens to be peak migration time for wood warblers and many other passerines. Most of these colourful little birds migrate at night, and at dawn, descend...
by Ian Brown | Sep 7, 2024 | MMLT Blog
By Rob Rainer, MMLT Director As nature lovers know, nature has a music unto itself. Birdsong, ‘frogsong’, ‘cricketsong’, rhythmic waves, the winds that whistle through treetops – all and more are part of the “notes of nature”...
by Ian Brown | Sep 7, 2024 | MMLT Blog
By Susan Howe, MMLT Volunteer On August 24, the sun was shining on more than 150 children and adults as they explored the trails at High Lonesome Nature Reserve, just outside Pakenham Ontario. It was the 2024 edition of the annual Festival of the Wild Child, hosted by...