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Leaves like a familiar face
![The breathtaking Backus Woods in Ontario. One of the best examples of Carolinian old-growth forest in the country. (Photo by Ann Tipper and Zach Melnick)](https://www.natureconservancy.ca/assets/images/blog/backus-woods-striking-balance-thumb.jpg)
The breathtaking Backus Woods in Ontario. One of the best examples of Carolinian old-growth forest in the country. (Photo by Ann Tipper and Zach Melnick)
When you think of wild spaces filled with tall, deciduous hardwood trees tilting in warm winds, frost-free days late into the fall, an abundance of reptiles and amphibians shifting between swamps and marshes, and words like sassafras, Kentucky...
Seeking nature
![Backus Woods (Photo by Neil Osborne)](https://www.natureconservancy.ca/assets/images/blog/Property2BackusWoods-Photo2-lbrunato-thumb.jpg)
Backus Woods (Photo by Neil Osborne)
As a Torontonian, my interactions with nature tend to be few due to living downtown. However, Toronto has a few urban nature parks that are just further away and require some planning to get to. This has led me to travel across the city and region...
A prescription for forest health
![Plantation rows in Southern Norfolk Sand Plain, ON (Photo by NCC)](https://www.natureconservancy.ca/assets/images/blog/2015-Backus-Woods-wreath-event-plantation-rows-thumb.jpg)
Plantation rows in Southern Norfolk Sand Plain, ON (Photo by NCC)
When you think of a healthy, thriving forest, do you think of a straight lines of trees, all the same size, all the same species? Probably not. While tree plantations can be economically important and can provide significant ecological benefits...
A "knot" so regular day in the garden
![The back-garden (photo by Luca Brunato)](https://www.natureconservancy.ca/assets/images/blog/backyard05_Lbrunato_thumb.jpg)
The back-garden (photo by Luca Brunato)
Back in late spring of 2020, I went back to my hometown of Niagara-on-the-Lake to help my father with the garden. This is an annual practice where I come over, and we spend the entire day weeding, pruning, shaping and landscaping our garden areas...
Prairie perceptions: Learning from landowners
![Property in southeast Saskatchewan with a conservation easement with NCC (Photo by Jason Bantle)](https://www.natureconservancy.ca/assets/images/blog/property-se-sk-jason-bantle-thumb.jpg)
Property in southeast Saskatchewan with a conservation easement with NCC (Photo by Jason Bantle)
This summer I was hired as a conservation intern assigned to help Marla, the stewardship coordinator in southeast Saskatchewan. Together, Marla and I travelled to the properties in southeast Saskatchewan that the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC)...
Four months of working for nature: The story of an NCC summer intern
![Asquith, SK (Photo by NCC)](https://www.natureconservancy.ca/assets/images/blog/Asquith-property02-ncc-thumb.jpg)
Asquith, SK (Photo by NCC)
My name is Mahla, and the “H” in the middle of my name is pronounced, which is a challenge for most people in Canada, including my Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) colleagues. My colleagues' effort to learn the pronunciation of my...