You won’t make a bouquet out of them, but flowers of witch-hazel do provide some colour and interest though the fall. Witch-hazel is a common understory shrub in the oak woods of The Bluff Trail. More
A sour huckleberry is prob. not a huckleberry
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It’s prime huckleberry season right now. Sometimes I have reached for what looks like a really delicious-looking cluster of huckleberries, throw them in my mouth and spit ’em out quickly. Then I look at the leaves and realize I had picked black chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa), not black huckleberry (Gaylussacia buccata). They often grow together and the berries are not readily distinguished. The leaves are superficially similar, but on inspection can be readily distinguished. Click on these pics to enlarge them and see how the leaves differ – those of chokeberry have distinct “teeth” on the margins while huckleberry has smooth margins. – David P.
The incredible Woodens River
Help a Trail – McIntosh Run Maintenance
If you’d like to help a trail, the McIntosh Run Watershed Association is inviting the community to help trim brush, Saturday, September 19th, 9:30 – 11:30 am.
We’ll be meeting at the Drysdale Road bridge, beside the Spryfield Lion’s Rink. If you have work gloves and branch-cutting tools please bring them along. No power tools please! We do have some extra tools and gloves, so please come even if you don’t have any.
Seeking bids on brush cutting and deadfall removal
The Woodens River Watershed Environmental Organization is seeking bids on brush cutting and deadfall removal – if you are interested in submitting a bid, please contact us at info@wrweo.ca to obtain more information and a bid submission form. References are required. Response deadline is Sept 16, 2015. The response deadline has been extended to Sept 23, 2015.
Assist the Akoma Family Centre
Our friends at Akoma Family Centre are looking for volunteers to help on Wednesday, Sept. 23 or Saturday, Oct. 3 at 9 AM, building a natural outdoor play area for the children. Read the flyer below and please contact Joanna Pugh at 902-434-0674 ext. 2 for more information.
Well attended rainy evening Hike-the-Greenbelt event
![Tristan Cleveland talks to hikers & runners before setting out Wed Aug 15](https://i0.wp.com/wrweo.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/aTristan-300x182.jpg?resize=300%2C182)
Today on the Old St, Margaret’s Bay Road
Reminder to pack it OUT
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Aug 1: Clear bags will reduce impacts of the Otter Lake Landfill
Greatly reducing inputs to the Otter Lake Landfill can go a long way towards limiting the height of the Otter Lake landfill..or even eliminate the “need” to increase the height at all. Clear bagging, which has been introduced to reduce the amount of inappropriate material going to the landfill, begins on Saturday August 1, 2015. “Clear bags for garbage will be the rule. Continue reading “Aug 1: Clear bags will reduce impacts of the Otter Lake Landfill”