Annual Dinner - November 8, 2025

By Catherine Hogg and Aileen Petrozzi April 2023 to April 2024 It was a wonderful time to meet our members. Socializing and talk not only about nature but other topics. Contributing to our list of flowers, birds and trees etc. Thank you to all our members and friends that joined us. Hope you will join us for another year at Spring Garden monthly walk. Starting June 23rd at 2pm.  Spring garden walk will be the [...]

Saturday, 13 April, 2024 By Laura Neufeld, Jacqueline Serran and Ian Naisbitt We acknowledge that the Little River Watershed is in the traditional and ancestral territory of the Caldwell First Nation, a member of the Three Fires Confederacy of First Nations, which includes the Ojibwa, the Odawa and the Potawatomi Peoples.We recognise that Indigenous Peoples had an original connection with their ancestral land. We are dedicated to learning about and helping Caldwell First Nation to [...]

By Chris Hart   During the Member's Orientation Meeting in January; there was expressed interest in learning more about the the Club's involvement in various environmental issues. The Board of Directors often reviews and discusses relevant initiatives and campaigns, and following a successful vote, provides comments and/or letters of support. Recent support from the Club includes: September 2023 - Signed Ontario Nature's joint letter to the Minister of Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) urging the implementation of [...]

By Jeremy Hatt Since 2015, birders in Essex County have kept a list of all the species found in our area during the month of February, a challenge we call the “Depths of Winter”. It was originally started to encourage local birders to get out during the coldest month of the year and to have a friendly competition amongst ourselves. Depths of Winter used to be conducted on a local listserv named WEPBirds but now [...]

By Jeremy Hatt The Holiday Beach CBC took place on Wednesday, December 27th. The Count includes Holiday Beach Conservation Area, Big Creek, the Lower Detroit River north to LaSalle, Boblo Island and surrounding areas. Unfortunately, Boblo Island continues to be inaccessible due to construction on the island but the rest of the count circle received good coverage.  25 volunteers clocked in 65 party hours during the Count, which included about 30km of total walking and about 250km by car. Volunteers wracked up a [...]