Blog Archive – Page 3 – Macnamara Field Naturalists' Club

Members’ Outing – Basic Tree ID in Gillies Grove, Arnprior

Great weather on Saturday November 7th for another wonderful MFNC outing. This time to Gillies Grove in Arnprior. We parked at the dead end on Ottawa Street near one entrance of the Grove. Attendance per usual was extremely good and again we were lucky to have Continue reading →

Club News, Events Blog

MNFC November 2020 Bulletin – altered relationships

MFNC November 2020 Bulletin_ Altered relationships

Club News

How disturbances change ecosystems

Biodiversity—short for biological diversity—makes the world go round, powering the ecosystem that supports life.

MFNC’s November 3 speaker via Zoom, Alberto Suarez-Esteban—local farmer, instructor and researcher; a biologist by training and a passionate naturalist—knows well how disturbances change ecosystems. As well as teaching “Ecosystem and Environmental Change” at Carleton Continue reading →

Outreach

Members’ Outing – Saturday October 3rd – Mac Trail Fungi with Jonathan Mack and Lynne Ovenden

On Saturday October 3rd chilly weather greeted us for our second outing in two weeks on the Macnamara Trail. This time, we were looking for fungi with Jonathan Mack and Lynne Ovenden. Attendance on this outing was good and like most previous outings, the group split into two: Continue reading →

Events Blog

Members’ Outing – Trees on the Mac Trail with Dr. Owen Clarkin and Art Goldsmith 26 September 2020

I know I am going to jinx things but once again, great weather on Saturday September 26th for a great outing on the old second growth forest in the Macnamara Trail. The drought of early summer with later rains may have been responsible for some of the flowering plants Continue reading →

Events Blog

Upcoming Events

MFNC Annual General Meeting

Canadian Bears

The Restoration of Elk (Cervus elaphus) to Ontario: Update and Status