from the Elmvale Foundation Leave a legacy, plant a tree. The Elmvale Foundation’s Isiaragui restoration project will take place Saturday May 2 and Sunday May 3 on properties located in the Wye River watershed in the vicinity of Elmvale. Isiaragui will restore approx. 4,500 m (linear – one side...
Paying for the last stand of trees: Club targeted by developer at OMB for defence of Dunlap Observatory From the Richmond Hill Naturalists Dear Fellow Concerned Citizens: “Help one another; there’s no time like the present and no present like the time.” – James Durst, songwriter The Richmond Hill N...
By Laurie Watt Barrie Advance The first generation of wood ducks that nested in boxes installed last year are returning from their southern U.S. winter homes. At the first few sites in the Oro-Medonte hills, wood ducks are beginning to nest again. “What’s really neat is waterfowl, when they come back...
Leading scientists and economists release statement to mark Earth Day in which they urge leaders to keep to commitments to avoid dangerous global warming By Adam Vaughan The Guatdian Three-quarters of known fossil fuel reserves must be kept in the ground if humanity is to avoid the worst effects of c...
From the Council of Canadians The David Dunlap Observatory Forest is under threat from developers. The 125 acre piece of land in the heart of Richmond Hill is a site of cultural, scientific, and environmental importance. The observatory was given by the Dunlap family to the University of Toronto in ...
From Living Green Barrie Join Living Green Barrie for its 25th anniversary Earth Day Gala, 7-10 pm at Southshore Community Centre Guest Speaker is Peter Sale, author of the best-selling book Our Dying Planet. Tickets are $25 For more information 705-721-6867 or rightmove@sympatico.ca...
from Pamela Fulford Trans America Group, a real estate company from Alberta that wants to build 120 condominium units on small Strawberry Island in Lake Simcoe, will be giving a deputation to Ramara Council on an updated version of its proposal. When: Monday April 27 at 7:00 p.m. Where: Ramara Centr...
News release from the Prince Edward County Field Naturalists The Prince Edward County Field Naturalists have finally won their appeal against an industrial wind turbine project at Ostrander Point. The Decision by the Appeal Court of Ontario found that the project will cause serious and irreversible ...
By Ian McInroy, Barrie Examiner Simcoe County wants residents to know more about its Official Plan (OP) and how it will affect them. To that end, the county is hosting two public information sessions on the status and approval process of its OP on Monday, April 20 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and again from...
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