November 19, 2014


Winter has arrived in South Stukely -

Wild rose hips. Photo: Iñigo Fajardo,© 2013

November 19, 2014

An interesting article appeared in La Presse on the ways the governments encourage charitable donations through tax credits.

Read the article , in French.

Beware the Giant Hogweed! A unwelcome beauty...

Giant hogweed cWikipedia Rbk_dolde

Find out more about this huge and very invasive plant, which should not be grown here at all, because it can be injurious to your health and is an environmental menace.

Wetlands interpretation panels have been installed in municipal park in South Stukely, across from the town hall at 101, Place de la Mairie, between Rte 112 and chemin de la Diligence and the Route verte trans-Quebec bicycle path. You are invited to learn more about wetlands and the vital environmental services they provide, for humans, wildlife - and the planet.

Graphic design:  Design Anne Couture 

ACNSS © 2014

Photos: Tom Moore of Moore Nature Photos; Caroline Daguet and the biologists of the Appalachian Corridor and Benoit Jobin, Canadian Wildlife Service.
Our thanks to Trans Canada and the Caisse populaire de  Waterloo for their generous grants, and to the Municipalité de Stukely-Sud for allowing us to place the panels at the park, and to the staff and council.

The English text for these panels is under the Wetlands tab.

Agricultural land trusts, an idea whose time has come? See article in French on la Fiducie Protec-Terre, about the Cadet Roussel Farm in Mont-St-Grégoire...

Agricultural land trusts have been used in the US.

July 11, 2014

Sustainable forestry 

 An article on sustainable forestry, appeared in The Ecologist, An inspirational forester, by Phil Morgan.

 Talis Kalnars was a pioneer of 'continuous cover' forestry in Britain. His woodlands were not only beautiful but profitable, as he nurtured the 'natural capital' of the forest ecosystem, and only harvested the dividend of high value timber.

He believed in  mixed forestry, as opposed to growing conifers and deciduous species separately, and saw the biodiversity this fostered as part of successful forestry.

"I knew something was lacking and thought that there had to be a system of forest economics based on securing the forest in perpetuity - not always starting and stopping...