http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-louv/nature-mental-health_b_2490713.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false In the wake of the Sandy Hook school shootings, we’ve talked about gun laws and mental health treatment, amid a host of other responses. But one potential additional tool has not been mentioned. Now, let me say right off that I don’t pretend nature is a paragon of peace. […]
Monthly archives: January 2013
The curious connection between an invasive beetle that has destroyed over 100 million trees, and subsequent heart disease and pneumonia in the human populations nearby The blight was first detected in June 2002, when the trees in Canton, Michigan, got sick. The culprit, the emerald ash borer, had arrived from […]
When Trees Die People Die
Heritage tree. AJAX — A red oak tree in Ajax has been formally nominated to become the fiirst official heritage tree in Ajax. Town of Ajax employees Jim Hermer and Craig Blencowe pruned the waterfront oak earlier this month. The tree is located near the intersection of Harwood Avenue and Lake […]
Red Oak Nominated as Heritage Tree in Ajax
Beech bark disease sweeping the county from The Minden Times, by Jenn Watt In 10 years’ time, maybe sooner, almost all of the beech trees in Haliburton County will be dead, dying or gnarled. According to Ministry of Natural Resources researchers, beech bark disease is making a rapid sweep of […]
Invasive Species- Beech Scale in Haliburton County
Urban sprawl is gobbling up green space in southern Ontario at an unprecedented rate. At the current rate, an additional 260,000 acres (1,070 km2) of rural land will be urbanized by 2021, almost double the size of the City of Toronto. About 92% of the land is Ontario’s best farmland. […]