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It’s time to renew your membership

By essexcountynature|2021-02-21T19:48:37-05:00February 21st, 2021|Member's meetings, The Egret Article, Uncategorized|

Join Essex County Nature for 2021

Dr. Catherine Febria, accompanied by her students with the University of Windsor Healthy Headwaters Lab, presented some of their work at the club’s Feb. 10, 2021 meeting on Zoom.

Dear members: We miss seeing you in person, but we haven’t forgotten you.

The club is holding monthly online meetings with guest speakers and posting them on our YouTube channel. The executive board and membership committees are meeting once a month. We are sending out monthly updates and our quarterly newsletter, The Egret, to keep you informed. Insurance, website maintenance and other ongoing club costs are still being paid.

Thank you to those who have paid for your 2021 memberships! You are supporting the club as we remain active until we can meet in person.

Renew your membership for 2021 or make a donation by tapping the green button below. Annual membership fees are $10 for students, $20 for other individuals and $25 for families. If you have questions, contact membership secretary Ellen van Wageningen.

We cannot accept cash payments for memberships and donations at this time. Please send cheques* by mail to:

Cathy Lapain, treasurer

Essex County Field Naturalists’ Club

c/o Ojibway Nature Centre

5200 Matchette Rd.

Windsor, ON, N9C 4E8

(*Cheques should be made out to the Essex County Field Naturalists’ Club. Please indicate on the cheque if it is a membership fee or a donation.)

Become a member or renew your membership

2021 monthly meetings with guest speakers are online for now

By essexcountynature|2021-01-15T15:44:23-05:00January 5th, 2021|Environment, Member's meetings|

January speaker focuses on Great Lakes aquatic species at risk

Kat Lucas, Aqua-Links program assistant at the Toronto Zoo, speaks about the Great Lakes during a Zoom presentation to the Essex County Field Naturalists’ Club on Jan. 13, 2021.

Twenty Essex County Nature members attended a live online presentation Jan. 13 about species at risk in the Great Lakes.

The Great Lakes provide us with fresh drinking water, food and recreational opportunities. They also support a diverse array of plants and animals, with rich ecosystems that are unique in the world.

Guest speaker Kat Lucas, the Aqua-Links program assistant at the Toronto Zoo, talked about some of the species at risk and what we can do to protect their sensitive ecosystems.

Lucas has a passion for conservation education and connecting others with the environment. She graduated from the University of Guelph with a bachelor of science, zoology and a master of environmental science with a focus on aquatic toxicology and fish reproduction.

Her presentation to the club was a timely inspiration to learn more about what is in our local waters and how we can help reduce pollution.

Interested in learning more about the Toronto Zoo Great Lakes Program and the important role mussels play in this ecosystem? Tap the links below.

Learn about the Toronto Zoo Great Lakes Program

Learn about Ontario Mussels

If you missed the Jan. 13 presentation, it is now posted on Essex County Nature’s YouTube channel.

It was great to see everyone who attended this presentation. We will continue bringing in speakers for our monthly Zoom meetings until we can safely meet in person.