At rare, our butterfly monitoring program takes place for 14 weeks, from mid-May to mid-August, each year. As I was out for my final butterfly monitoring day last week, I couldn’t believe just how fast those 14 weeks went by. Four out of five days a week were typically spend outside observing, identifying, and catching…
Month: August 2014
Why Should I Care About Salamanders?
I often find myself explaining my job to people. Family, friends, acquaintances- it is not uncommon for me to get a “and that is your job?” response when I tell them about how I spent the day counting butterflies, walking trails, measuring trees, rescuing turtles, identifying salamanders, locating lady slippers, or any other highlight (I…
Adventures of an ECO Camper: How rare is helping to get Every Child Outdoors
Growing up in a small town on Georgian Bay, and I was always fascinated by nature; there wasn’t a nice day that you wouldn’t find me outside, investigating some aspect of the environment around me. I guess at this time, it wasn’t the norm for school aged children to be glued to their (or their…
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