Trout Unlimited Millbrook is holding a bottle drive throughout the month of April at the Millbrook Farm & Pet Supply Store. We will also be partnering with the Lion’s club to host a bottle pickup at the Lion’s Den on April 24th from 10:00am-2:00pm to help the community celebrate Earth… Continue reading
Brook Trout are the only native trout in the Baxter Creek. They are an indicator of high water quality, requiring cold, highly oxygenated water to survive. They have been here for thousands of years, but have lost considerable habitat in Baxter Creek over the last 200 years. The reasons include… Continue reading
Do you ever think about climate change? Or maybe what a changing climate means for your children or grandchildren? Do you think about how your actions are impacting the climate? Do you ever start thinking about it and get lost because it seems like such a big problem that how… Continue reading
The dull, short days where the sun never shone and the temperature hovered around the soggy freezing mark have mercifully given way to sunny, crisp, cloudless days. Yes, it’s very cold but if you’re not in the wind it can be really very pleasant. Still, for those who can’t or… Continue reading
Can you imagine taking a pile of rocks, stitching them together with silk into a tube, then crawling inside and calling it home? You’d be safe from predators, and you’re not stuck in one spot, you can stick your feet out and walk around with your home going everywhere you… Continue reading
I usually take the time to look back at previous columns so that I don’t duplicate titles or too much of the same information. Last January’s title was “A Year of Discoveries”. Oh my! None of us had any idea then what a year of discoveries it was going to… Continue reading
The reactions on both sides of the proposed changes to Ontario’s conservation legislation are loud and impassioned. Environmental groups claim the revisions remove or severely restrict the Conservation Authorities’ role in regulating development, permit and planning application appeal process and appealing municipal planning applications. Some sources equate it to… Continue reading
2020 has been a very odd year in so many ways. And I will be more than happy to see it gone. We all know that our weather is less and less predictable. And it’s making my writing this column rather difficult. I like to be able to write about… Continue reading
Sean Gillen, the proprietor of Ironwood Property Maintenance, planted a Sugar Maple at the corner of County Road #21 and Glamorgan. The Anglican church, Trinity the Marsh, had received a donation to plant a new tree there to replace a couple of old trees that had been removed. The Rev…. Continue reading
