Outdoors

Squirrels of various colours are among the many mammals who like to take advantage of the bounty found at local bird feeders

Muskoka Highlands Academy says 'their students are wild, dirty and happy' ... a mantra more should adopt, says columnist

Ford's proposed legislation 'completely guts' the vital Ontario Wetland Evaluation System and muzzles conservation authorities, warns columnist

'The self-centered, short-sighted and ‘make money at all costs’ actions of our provincial government are cause for immediate concern,' says columnist

'During this bleak time of the year, we are treated to a visual reprieve as a multitude of berries ... are revealed to us,' columnist explains

In autumn, grackles — often numbering in the thousands — converge in massive flocks to seek food in corn fields and woodlands, explains columnist

'Wriggly residents alter both the physical and chemical makeup of the soils, changing pH, nutrient and water cycles,' warns columnist of 'new' invaders

Travel the planet if you wish, but few will be the places found that rival our sugar maple's razzle-dazzle display of colour, says columnist

Chinook salmon navigate 24-kilometre journey from Matchedash Bay to Oro-Medonte to spawn and then die, explains columnist

When 'Indian' was added to a phrase or a name, it was usually added to mean 'false,' laments columnist of old practices