Stewardship in Action

The field season is in full swing here at Niagara Parks.  With the opening of the new Niagara Parks Nature Center we have a wonderful opportunity to meet the ecologically-minded visitors to the Park and hopefully inspire them to visit areas of the Park they have never imagined even existed.  We are learning as much [...]

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Spring has Sprung!

Is it temperatures climbing into the double digits? The first fresh green tips of the tulip leaves poking through the ground?  Is it the sweet song of the Robin, or the smell of damp mud? It might even be the first time you see your neighbor in shorts, with his pasty white legs, or, some [...]

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Myth Busting – Part One

Delicate Beauty….Hardy little critters Someone very special to me recently made a comment about the delicate nature of a butterfly’s wing and it got me thinking about some of the myths associated with “everyone’s favourite insect”.  Butterflies never cease to amaze me!  Even the worst “bug-phobe” has a soft spot for these beautiful flittering creatures.  They, [...]

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