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Cold Comfort: Life in the Subnivean Zone

Most wildlife migrate, hibernate, or insulate to adapt to winter conditions in cottage country. However, some small mammals adapt to

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Waterways Under A-Salt!

Millions of tons of road salt, usually sodium chloride, are applied to our roads, sidewalks and parking lots every year

July 26, 2024July 24, 2024 Cottage Country 217 Views an award-winning outdoor education centre and summer camp, Author & Executive Director of Camp Kawartha, backyards, bait, bananas, beer, Bobcaygeon, branch, Buckhorn, butterflies, Canada, CCC Publications, colourful wind dancers, Communities in Cottage Country, Community, cottage, Cottage Country, Cottage Country Connection, cottage country lifestyle, Cottage Country Magazine, Cottage Life, delicate, family, Fenelon Falls, Flutter Bys, fluttering, goop, Haliburton, hallmark, home, insects, Jacob Rodenburg, jar, Kawartha Lakes, kawartha magazine, Kawarthas, Kawarthas Magazine, Kids, lakefield, lid, Lifestyle Magazine, Lindsay, mammal dung, moths, mourning cloaks, nature, Ontario, paint on trees, Peterborough, roadsides, rocks, sponge, summer, swallowtail butterflies, Things to do, viceroys, water, white sugar, winged, woodland trails, yellow jackets, Your Lifestyle Magazine

Magic Butterfly Potion

Who has not been enchanted by the delicate, fluttering and colourful wind dancers known as butterflies? Or as a friend

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Buzz Off Mosquitoes!

Nature offers us so many great natural defences to the things that bother us. There are few pests more bothersome

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May 29, 2024May 27, 2024 Cottage Country 207 Views ants, Austria, bacteria, barred owl, bats, bears, beetles, biodiversity, biologist, birds, birds of prey, Black-capped Chickadee, Canada, CCC Publications, chipmunks, common goldeneye, Communities in Cottage Country, Community, cottage, Cottage Country, Cottage Country Connection, cottage country lifestyle, Cottage Country Lifestyle Magazine, Cottage Country Magazine, Cottage Life, deer mice, eastern bluebird, ecology, ecosystem, escaping predators, feeding, fern, fishers, frogs, fungi, great-crested flycatcher, groundskeeper, grubs, Haliburton, Haliburton Forest and Wild Life Reserve, Haliburton Highlands, Health, hemlock trees, hibernating, hike, home, insects, kawartha magazine, Kawarthas, Kawarthas Magazine, kestrel, Lifestyle Magazine, log, martens, mice, microbial life, mosses, Mozart, mycorrhizal fungi, nature, nature writer, nesting, Ontario, outdoor, Paul Heaven, perching, raccoon, Ralph Baehre, rearing young, Rick Whitteker, roosting, roots, salamanders, saw-whet owl, seasoned trail guide, shrews, slugs, snails, snakes, soil, spiders, spring, squirrel, squirrels, stilts, storing food, summer, tree, Victorian era, voles, wet-skinned amphibians, white breasted nuthatch, wildlife enthusiast, wood duck, woodpeckers, worms, Yellow Birch, Your Lifestyle Magazine

Embrace the Mess!

It takes a concerted effort to shed the shackles of our Victorian era perspective when it comes to the beauty

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April 9, 2024April 8, 2024 Cottage Country 351 Views amphibians, aquatic, aquatic habitat, birds, Bobcaygeon, Buckhorn, Canada, Canada Department of Transport Act, Canada Fisheries Act, CCC Publications, Communities in Cottage Country, Community, Conservation Authorities Act, cottage, Cottage Country, Cottage Country Connection, cottage country lifestyle, Cottage Country Lifestyle Magazine, Cottage Country Magazine, Cottage Life, Cottage Life and Fisheries and Oceans Canada, County of Haliburton, crustaceans, erosion, federal, Federation of Ontario Cottagers’ Association, Fenelon Falls, fish, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, fishing, floating docks, Grant Kauffman, habitat, Haliburton, herbicides, Historic Canals Regulations, home, insects, Kawartha Lakes, kawartha magazine, Kawarthas, Kawarthas Magazine, lake, lakefield, Lakes and Rivers Improvement Act, landscape designs, LGL Limited, Lifestyle Magazine, Lindsay, mammals, municipal levels of government, native, native vegetation, nature, non-invasive aquatic, Ontario, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, pesticides, Peterborough, pipe, Planning Act, pollutants, pond, provincial, Public Lands Act, reptiles, Ribbon of Life, Rideau, riparian vegetation, river, river beds, Senior Planning Ecologist, Services, shellfish, Shoreline Preservation Bylaw, shorelines, spring, stream, summer, terrestrial ecosystems, Things to do, Trent - Severn Waterway, water, wildlife, Your Lifestyle Magazine

Where the Water Meets the Land: The Importance of Shorelines

Maintaining a functional shoreline promotes the health of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Shorelines help to filter pollutants, protect against erosion, and

April 5, 2024April 4, 2024 Cottage Country 247 Views Activities, algae mindful, amphibians, bath, bees, berry, birds, Bobcaygeon, Buckhorn, butterflies, Canada, CCC Publications, Communities in Cottage Country, Community, cottage, Cottage Country, Cottage Country Connection, cottage country lifestyle, Cottage Country Lifestyle Magazine, Cottage Country Magazine, Cottage Life, Fenelon Falls, Food, freshwater, habitat, Haliburton, home, humane societies, insects, Kawartha Lakes, kawartha magazine, Kawartha Wildlife Centre, Kawarthas, lakefield, lawn care, Lifestyle Magazine, Lindsay, local, melt, milkweed, monarch, mosquito, native plant gardening, nature, nesting boxes, Ontario, Peterborough, pond, refuge, shelter, snow, spring, summer, Things to do, water, white clover, wildflowers, wildlife, Your Lifestyle Magazine

Embracing Spring: Kawartha Wildlife Centre’s Top 5 Tips for Wildlife-Friendly Activities

As the snow begins to melt and with the vibrant colours of spring just around the corner, it’s the perfect

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Spring Symphony

The relative quiet of the winter changes to the sounds of serenading in the spring as our lake edges thaw

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February 3, 2024January 28, 2024 Cottage Country 309 Views Bobcaygeon, bound, Buckhorn, Canada, canines, CCC Publications, Communities in Cottage Country, Community, coop, Cottage Country, Cottage Country Connection, cottage country lifestyle, Cottage Country Lifestyle Magazine, Cottage Country Magazine, Cottage Life, coyote, Deer, diagonal walk, dog, earthworms, ermine, fall, family, felines, Fenelon Falls, fisher, Fleming College, Forest, Furry Neighbours, Grey Squirrel, Haliburton, Haliburton Highlands, hare, home, humans, identification, insects, Kawartha Lakes, kawartha magazine, Kawarthas, Kawarthas Magazine, Kids, lakefield, Lifestyle Magazine, Lindsay, lope, martin, Memories, mink, moose, mouse, mud, nature, nature writer, Ontario, otter, Peterborough, rabbits, Rick Whitteker, rodent, sand, seasoned trail guide, shrews, slugs, snow, spiders, Stripped Skunk, summer, Things to do, tracks, trot, vole, weasel, wildlife enthusiast, winter, Your Lifestyle Magazine

Get to Know Your Furry Neighbours!

The animal tracks you see in snow are like wildlife signatures, letting you know who was here before you. With

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Critters Corner: Montana’s Garden

Riverview Park & Zoo Here at the Riverview Park and Zoo we have several beautiful gardens and naturalized areas which

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