South Peel Naturalists' Club
1516 Clarkson Road Mississauga, ON, Canada

Update regarding monthly meetings: As voted on during the AGM, monthly meetings will be held online until it is safe and practical to meet again in person. Please make sure your membership is current and that you have provided your email address in order to receive the meeting invitations. The calendar of events is being finalized and will be mailed to members shortly. We are planning some great field trips for 2021!

ZOOM MEETING TONIGHT Monday, November 16, 2020, 7:30pm Following in the Footsteps of John Muir Speaker: Robert Burcher... An evening of insight into the life of the celebrated naturalist John Muir who lived in Meaford from 1864 to 1866. Using botanical references Robert was able to determine Muir’s path from Meaford south to Trafalgar Road then west to Dundas. Zoom meeting details were emailed out last night to members in good standing who have given SPNC permission to contact by email.

Listen to Liz Benneian's take on the proposed changes to the Conservation Authorities Act and what those changes mean to our local environment.

From Nature Conservancy of Canada / Conservation de la nature Canada: The Nature Conservancy of Canada and Couchiching Conservancy are working together to protect the 1,362-acre Cedarhurst Alvar property at the heart of Carden Alvar! This property was proposed to be developed as a shooting range, but if we can raise the required funds by spring 2021, it has the chance to be protected in perpetuity. Located northeast of Lake Simcoe, the Carden Alvar supports some of the highes...t quality and most extensive alvar habitat on the planet and is designated as an Important Bird and Biodiversity Area, an Area of Natural and Scientific Interest and contains globally rare alvar habitat and species. This area is recognized worldwide as a destination for birdwatching due to the large number and diversity of grassland birds, including grasshopper sparrow, bobolink, upland sandpiper, field sparrow, eastern meadowlark and loggerhead shrike! NCC would love to invite you to join them for an evening on the alvar virtually! On Monday, November 16th at 7:00pm, NCC and CC are teaming up to host a virtual tour of the Cedarhurst Alvar property. To save your spot, RSVP to Laura Vaughan at [email protected] or Tanya Clark at tanya@couchconservancy

Karen Vanderwolf, PhD candidate at Trent Univeristy, would like to know if you have a bat box! Check out this article to learn more about her research involving citizen science.

For #TreatiesRecognitionWeek, here's a quick look at how treaties shaped the area that now contains Riverwood. Signed on February 28, 1820, Land Surrender 22 wa...s an agreement that covers the tracts of land on either side of the Credit River in what is now Mississauga, and also Sixteen Mile Creek and Twelve Mile Creek (Bronte Creek) in what is now Oakville. The land on either side of these waterways were transferred from the Mississaugas to the British Crown "to have and to hold" in exchange for the sum of twenty shillings. The land we now call Riverwood is part of tract F on the map. To learn more about treaty rights and relationships in Ontario, head over to ontario.ca/treaties. #TreatyON