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| Mission Statement The Penokean Hills Field Naturalists exists as an organization to educate and promote interest, knowledge, conservation and preservation of the natural history, habitat and environment of our region for its members and the community at large. Please check out our new Outings We will not be meeting again until our Pot Luck on Friday, August 24 - first meeting at the Moose is the second Tuesday in September, at 7 PM - see you on Saturday mornings, 10 AM at Sheriff Creek through the summer! Important information on 2012 Ontario Bat Surveys Bats Need Our Help – Can you Help? MNR are looking to citizen scientists to help monitor bats. A condition dubbed “White-nose Syndrome” because of a fungus that grows on affected, has now killed more than 5 million bats in eastern North America. In May 2010, the syndrome was confirmed in Ontario. The fungus seems to irritate and cause bats to awaken, so they use their winter fat stores more quickly. They may leave hibernation sites and fly around outside, often in the daytime, when its winter and there no food sources available. MNR and the Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre continue to monitor the spread of the disease and determine its impact on Ontario’s bats. Bats are an important part of Ontario’s biodiversity. Eight different species of bats are found in this province; the little brown and big brown bats are the most common and both are colonial roosting bats. Ontario’s colonial-roosting bats provide a valuable ecological service as major predators of night-flying insects. A viable bat population provides economic, environmental, and recreational (viewing) benefits. For these reasons MNR values the information provided through Summer Bat Roost Surveys in which participants count bats summer roosts. Roost structure can include bat boxes, occupied houses, barns, churches, utility buildings, unoccupied houses, bridges and other structures. Whether roosts are artificial or natural, monitoring summer bat populations is increasingly important because of the spread of White-nose Syndrome. White-nose Syndrome effects on summer colonies are now evident in the southern regions of Ontario. Continued monitoring by citizen scientists is increasingly important to document declines, survival and reproductive success. MNR has information and registration packets available to anyone interested in being involved in this important monitoring program. The Ontario Bat Count Packet is attached above or you can contact Lesley Hale, Science Specialist MNR 705-755-3247 lesley.hale@ontario.ca Barbara _____________ Barbara MacKenzie-Wynia Central and Northern Regional Co-ordinator Ontario Nature Regional Office: Box 79 New Lowell, ON LOM 1NO (705)424-4399 Ontario Nature 214 King Street West, Suite 612 Toronto, ON M5H 3S6 Tel: 416-444-8419 Toll free: 1-800-440-2366 Fax: 416-444-9866 barbaraw@ontarionature.org www.ontarionature.org <http://www.ontarionature.org> P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail Ban the snapping turtle hunt! Read our new report, The road to extinction: A call to end the snapping turtle hunt. ************************************************************** Board of Directors 2011-12
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The Massey Nature Study Group will be holding it's next meeting on Tuesday January 19 2010 at 7:30 PM in Massey Ontario at the Massey Public Library. We are proud to have Andy Fyon, Director of the Ontario Geological Survey along with his wife Libby doing a presentation on GEOLOGY & ALIEN PLANTS. It should be a great learning experience!! All are welcome!!!
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