The Weather with Connor
Featuring Connor Mockett
Hello, everyone! Welcome back to another The Weather with Connor column. This week I’d like to catch up on a chase that...
Report highlights environmental concerns in Rideau Watershed
from the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority
A new detailed analysis from the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority (RVCA) has found many parts of the Rideau River...
Common Local Trees are dying due to global warming
William John Langenberg, M.Sc Env. Biol.,
Former researcher and lecturer at Kemptville College
Climate change seems to have a devastating effect on some common local landscape...
Feeding from the clouds: net ombrotrophy as a measure of the health of landscapes
by Fred Schueler, Fragile Inheritance Natural History
With the increased human population and intensification of agriculture, the North Grenville Environmental Advisory Committee is undertaking a...
Mulches and Woodland Blue Phlox
By Philip Fry
In my last column, I discussed the soil profile of an undisturbed site. The top layer, generally labelled “O,” is composed of...
The Triumph of the Bromes
submitted by Fred Schueler, Fragile Inheritance Natural History
Brandon Mayer’s recent article “Weed Spraying Facts” provides facts about the excuses that are used for roadside...
Frangulous Buckthorn!
by Fred Schueler & Aleta Karstad, Fragile Inheritance Natural History
In our 1995 survey of the ecology of the Kemptville Creek drainage basin, there was an...
Cathartic Buckthorn!
by Fred Schueler and Aleta Karstad
Fragile Inheritance Natural History
As the leaves of native trees and shrubs fall, the last broad-leaved green along roads and in...
The Weather with Connor
featuring Connor Mockett
Hello, everyone! Welcome back to another week of The Weather with Connor. In my last column, I said at the bottom that...
Tempered Purple
by Fred Schueler – Fragile Inheritance Natural History
In the last few weeks, some roadside ditches, fields, and wetlands have been brightened by the blooming spikes...