A female mallard was preening its feathers while balancing on one leg during a recent rainy storm on Lake Temagami. If you look closely you can see the water beading on its beautiful feathers. (Staff photo by Sue Nielsen)
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What To Do If You Find A Sick, Injured Or Abandoned Wild Animal
DISTRICT (Release from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry) — If you see what you think may be a sick, injured or abandoned animal, don’t remove it from its natural habitat. It may not need assistance and you could do more harm trying to help.Determining if Wildlife
Hwy. 11 fencing a no-go
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Fencing to keep wildlife off Highway 11 north of North Bay won’t work, says a Ministry of Transportation planner.That stretch of road “is a two-lane highway that has at-grade entrances along the corridor,” wrote Andrew Healy, the ministry’s senior environmental planner
Highway 11 wildlife fencing proposed
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter LATCHFORD — Latchford Mayor George Lefebvre is calling for wildlife fencing along the northern sections of Highway 11 from North Bay.He wants the wildlife fencing to prevent collisions with large wildlife.Speaking at the Temiskaming Municipal Association (TMA) meeting Thursday, May 26, he noted
Anatomy of a Crime Scene
NC students conduct wildlife CSI investigationSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — Sherlock Holmes had nothing on some Haileybury Northern College (NC) students who put their crime scene investigation skills to the test recently in the Hudson Township bush.Just as a hair left behind by a
Education taking flight in Cobalt
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT — Cobalt council is on board with a proposal for duck boxes and swallow nest boxes to be installed around the Cobalt Lake area.Councillor Sue Nielsen, who presented the proposal to council in early February, said there are a number of groups who
Four-legged highway pedestrians
While the provincial government continues to express concerns regarding the number of moose in the North, and moose hunt tags and the hunting season are being reduced, there seems to have been an increasing number of sightings of moose along the sides of roads.The Ontario Provincial
BEAUTIFUL FOX
When photographing animals…the eyes have it. This beautiful fox was captured looking into the lens near Coleman Township recently. Its coat is turning from a deep red to brownish hues to blend into the summer landscape. (Staff photo by Sue Nielsen)
Bat populations endangered
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter DISTRICT — Three species of Ontario bats are now at approximately five to ten per cent of their original populations, and other hibernating bats are being impacted, although to a lesser degree, by a deadly disease known as white-nose syndrome.Bat populations are known to
FOX ON THE RUN
This cute little cub fox was playing with his siblings along with the mother nearby on the side of a sand hill along the Highway 65 West highway last week. Several motorists have spotted the mother fox and her litter playing alongside the hill and stopped to take in