Environment | Aug 25
MUSKOKA - If you’ve been meaning to try out some of the many energy conservation tips you’ve been reading about, now is the time. Act before Aug. 31 and you’ll be rewarded with more than just energy savings.
Environment | Aug 20
In the quest to make our lifestyles eco-friendly, more and more people are looking for ways to reduce their ecological footprint. However, many of us neglect to include our animals when making planet-friendly choices. Yet, with an estimated seven million dogs and five million cats (not to mention...
Environment | Jul 29
Not every plant in Muskoka is friendly.
Environment | Jul 16
With worldwide attention firmly focused on the FIFA world cup in South Africa, another major event that should have received more attention quietly came and went in Morocco. The meeting was the annual gathering of the International Whaling Commission, the governing body charged with monitoring world...
Environment | Jul 14
SOUTH MUSKOKA - A few days into their Browning Island cottage retreat, a family awoke to find a black slick, some 300 feet long, floating in the water.
Environment | Jul 14
SOUTH MUSKOKA - The District Municipality of Muskoka is throwing its support behind a proposal for a $5-million research project on calcium decline.
Recently, Dr. Norman Yan, a professor at York University who also works at Dorset Environmental Science Centre, introduced district...
Environment | Jun 16
GRAVENHURST - The Muskoka Heritage Foundation (MHF) is continuing its commitment to enhance the naturalized shoreline surrounding Muskoka Wharf with another $5,000 in funding from the Town of Gravenhurst for the planting program.
On June 19, volunteers from the Muskoka Heritage Foundation...
Environment | Jun 09
MUSKOKA - Water seems to flow eternally, but nothing could be further from the truth, area residents heard last week.
A new study from the World Bank says that in 20 years the demand for water in our world will outstrip supply by 40 per cent, said Maude Barlow, one of six speakers at the...
Environment | Mar 31
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MUSKOKA — Hundreds of Muskoka residents turned out the lights and took a break from the television, radio and computer Saturday night to mark Earth Hour 2010.
The event, which raises awareness about the environment by encouraging global participation in an electricity-free hour, took...
Environment | Feb 24
HUNTSVILLE — Huntsville High School’s Eco Tribe Club is hosting an International Environmental Film Festival at the Algonquin Theatre next week.
Environment | Feb 10
HUNTSVILLE — The Huntsville High School Eco Tribes club is taking leadership in the community to bring environmental issues to the forefront.
Environment | Apr 25
Well Aware comes to Muskoka!
The Muskoka Watershed Council and Muskoka Heritage Foundation are excited to announce the launch of the Well Aware program in Muskoka.
Well Aware encourages Ontario’s residential well...
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