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Lectures and Events 2006
Past Events (2006) Speaker series theme: “Change in our natural world”
(click on “Event Update” links to find out what happened)
June 18
(Outdoor Event): “MVFN Official Spring Canoe Trip”
Host: Cliff Bennett Full details
August 5-7
(Outdoor Event): “Lake and River Temperature Survey -part of “Doors Open to Nature” -ON 75th Anniversary”
Host: Cliff Bennett.
May 18, Thursday
(Indoor Event): “Annual General Meeting (AGM)”
Union Hall 6:30 p.m.
DETAILS: MAY 18TH, 2006, at 6:30 pm
AT THE UNION HALL, (CORNER OF THE WOLF GROVE AND TATLOCK ROADS)
EVERYBODY IS WELCOME!
Reception and Silent Auction Starts at 6:30 pm
> Annual General Business Meeting Starts at 7:30 pm
> After the AGM, Members can share their recent and best sightings and observations
> With a Special Presentation featuring highlights from
“THE GREAT ALGONQUIN SPRUCE GROUSE CAPER”
(a recent and notable MVFN field trip led by our own “Professor Partridge”, Dr. Jim Bendell)
PLEASE PLAN TO ATTEND!
(MVFN Members are, after all, very Good Natured)
> Donations to the Silent Auction? Please contact Cliff Bennett 256 5013
Need a ride? Call Jean, 256 3043, and we shall try to help.
May 14, Sunday
(Outdoor Event): “McCullough Mud Lake: Exploring Wetlands, with a Focus on ‘Frog Calls’”
Host: Joel Byrne
(for all members and friends)
Explore a spring wetland area with Joel Byrne.
Location: Watson’s Corners, County Rd 8, west of highway 511
Meet at Church parking lot, right at intersection in village, for 9 A.M.
For those from east who wish carpooling, meet at Union Hall for leaving sharp at 8:30 A.M.
(please register with Cliff for carpooling 256-5013)
High rubber boots necessary
Bring a lunch, sun screen and bug juice.
> Don’t forget your binoculars.
> For more information, call Cliff
April 17 – 19, Easter Monday – Wednesday
(Outdoor Event): “Grousing Trip to Algonquin Park”
Host: Jim Bendell Full details
April 20, Thursday
(Indoor Event): “Changes to flora and fauna: past, present and future”
Speaker: Dr. Bill Crins, MNR, Peterborough
Almonte United Church, 7:30 pm Full details
March 16, Thursday
(Indoor Event): “Changes in Fish Populations and Fisheries”
Speaker: Dr. John Casselman, Adjunct Professor Queen’s University and Senior Scientist Emeritus at OMNR
Almonte United Church, 7:30 pm Full details
Febrary 16, Thursday
(Indoor Event): “Recent Changes in Bird Populations in Ontario and North America”
Speaker: Dr. Peter Blancher of the Canadian Wildlife Service
> Almonte United Church, 7:30 pm Full details
February 12, Sunday – ANNUAL MVFN WINTER OUTING
(Outdoor Event): “‘The Forest in Winter’ at Kate’s Lake Trail”
Host: Joel Byrne
Click for desctiption of Kate’s Lake Trail.
January 19, Thursday
(Indoor Event): “Change in the Arctic; Whale bone ‘tales’ from the Northwest Passage ”
Speaker: Art Dyke, NRCan, Ottawa
Almonte United Church, 7:30 pm Full details