Giving a hoot about owls: A night-time survey with NCC in Manitoba
Great horned owl fledglings (Photo by NCC)
On March 26, 2015, the Manitoba Region of the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) hosted a Conservation Volunteers event — a night-time owl survey, which took place after sunset on NCC's Makinak Woods property east of Riding Mountain National...
I built a quinzhee: Winter camping on NCC land
The view from our snow-shelter door, looking out over the Boggy River in the Whitemouth River Watershed Natural Area. (Photo by Carly Dow)
Winter can be a truly magical season if you get out and experience it — the stillness of a forest covered in snow, the thrill of finding and following moose tracks, the boom and groan of ice shifting on a lake. A couple of years ago I had...
Fungi and the gift of life on Earth
Honey mushroom (Photo by Alan Rockefeller, Wikimedia Commons)
Simply by existing and thriving, living and dying, the natural world provides so much for us to be thankful for — from the oxygen we breathe, to the land we grow food on, to the feeling of peaceful relaxation during a walk in the woods. But...
Getting rid of invasive species has never been more…delicious.
Maria Olkinitskaya picking dandelions at Baie Verte CV event, NB (Photo by NCC)
If you can’t beat them, eat them! Getting rid of invasive species has never been more…delicious. Invasive species management as a whole is extremely complex. However, cooking with certain edible invasives is a creative, fun and...
