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Maxwell’s Mill-Rouge National Urban Park…

Posted on January 5, 2016 | Leave a comment

…part of the Park heritage that Park’s Canada wants to preserve… read this article from the Scarborough Mirror by Larry Noonan.

http://www.insidetoronto.com/news-story/6214521-stories-from-rouge-park-the-ruins-of-maxwell-s-mill-can-still-be-seen-while-driving-along-twyn-rive/

 

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NOONAN’s December 30th Rouge Park Hike

Posted on January 4, 2016 | Leave a comment
Poison Ivy Berries

Poison Ivy Berries

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Racoon tracks in the snow

Racoon tracks in the snow

Rabbit tracks in the snow

Rabbit tracks in the snow

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Deer tracks in the snow

Deer tracks in the snow

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Busy Beavers-Noonan’s December 16 Rouge Park hike

Posted on December 18, 2015 | Leave a comment

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An Albino Mallard

An Albino Mallard

Salmon Heading Upstream

Salmon Heading Upstream

Beaver Dam

Beaver Dam

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ONLY 60 SPOTS LEFT IF YOU WANT TO JOIN THE ROUGE PARK ANNUAL JANUARY BIRD COUNT

Posted on December 14, 2015 | Leave a comment

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Sign up if you want to join in with Parks Canada/Toronto Zoo re Rouge  13th Annual Bird Count, January 1oth- rouge@pc.gc.ca

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Domestic Cats Take Their Toll…

Posted on December 14, 2015 | Leave a comment

According to a recent study in the United States domestic cats kill 684 million birds and 1.2 billion mammals per year in that country.

The study found that brightly coloured cat collars helped give the birds a little more early warning from a stalking cat. Inside’ cats posed no threat to anything outside.

Read the whole story in Conservation Magazine!

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Noonan’s Weekly Hike in the Rouge

Posted on December 14, 2015 | Leave a comment
Kite wire removal...

Kite wire removal…

Fungus in mid-December

Fungus in mid-December

Partially drained pond at dam end.

Partially drained pond at dam end…

Pond in Beare Wetlands

… in Beare Wetlands

Careless kite flyers should remove their kite wire, as these hikers last week did after finding this strung between trees at a height dangerous for birds.

The Beare wetlands pond was partially drained for inspection…

Photos by hike leader Larry Noonan

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Coyotes in Rouge Park…?

Posted on December 9, 2015 | 2 comments

Eastern Coyotes living in nearby Altona Forest can easily move into Rouge National Urban Park or any other adjacent area…

Check out the attached video from Jay & Natasha.

 

 

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13th Annual Bird Count in the Rouge

Posted on December 7, 2015 | Leave a comment

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You can join the 13th annual bird count in the Rouge on January 10th, 2016. Email rouge@pc.gc.ca for details of this joint program with the Toronto Zoo and Parks Canada.

It’s fun!

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Question of the Minister in the Ontario Legislature re holding up Rouge Park

Posted on December 2, 2015 | Leave a comment

NR – Ontario Government Needs to Rouge Arnott Stop Holding up Creation of Rouge Natio…

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From Friends of Rouge Park to Minister McKenna

Posted on November 26, 2015 | Leave a comment

Rouge Minister McKenna Rouge National Urban Park – Letter to Hon. Catherine McKenna Nov. 2015

 

…ENCOURAGING THE NEW FEDERAL MINISTER OF THE ENVIRONMENT TO PUSH TOWARD…

The Swollen Rouge

The Swollen Rouge

…THE COMPLETION OF THE ROUGE NATIONAL URBAN PARK PROGRAM

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