October General Meeting

Heritage House Riverside Park, Canada

October 17 Emily Studd. Adventures in using technology to study boreal mammals As any naturalists is aware, wildlife is hard to find, let alone observe for long periods of time. This presents challenges in studying behaviour of animals in the wild which limits what research can and cannot be done. The current technological revolution is quickly changing this by providing ecologists with a range of new technologies that can record detailed behavioural data continuously over large temporal periods. In this talk, I will share some of the adventures that I Continue reading →

Grasslands Community Day

Lac du Bois

This event will be held on Saturday, October 19th from 10 am - 2 pm at the 9.5 km trailhead along Lac du Bois Road. This will be a celebration of the new elementary-level grassland curriculum and an unveiling of the updated kiosk signage and the ArcGIS Story Map that relates directly to lessons from the curriculum.  At this event, we will have nearly 300 grass and forb plugs to plant and some native seed to apply. Gloves and trowels for planting the plugs will be provided. We will have a table to Continue reading →