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Conservation battle: Whitby naturalists, like Dave Ruch, above, are fighting a plan to build a gold course on the Lynde Shores Conservation Area.
Conservation battle: Whitby naturalists, like Dave Ruch, above, are fighting a plan to build a gold course on the Lynde Shores Conservation Area.

Conservation battle: Whitby naturalists, like Dave Ruch, above, are fighting a plan to build a gold course on the Lynde Shores Conservation Area.

Date7/30/1986
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At odds over conservation of Metro ravine land are naturalist Dr. Bruce Cruickshank, left, and Grant Henderson, right, chairman of the Metro Toronto Regional Conservation Authority. We enhance habitat, says Henderson, shown beside a flood control structure at Woodbridge. Cruickshank, shown in ravine land near Metro's Sunnybrook Park, fears Henderson's authority wants to take over and manicure this, too.
At odds over conservation of Metro ravine land are naturalist Dr. Bruce Cruickshank, left, and Grant Henderson, right, chairman of the Metro Toronto Regional Conservation Authority. We enhance habitat, says Henderson, shown beside a flood control structure at Woodbridge. Cruickshank, shown in ravine land near Metro's Sunnybrook Park, fears Henderson's authority wants to take over and manicure this, too.
5/20/1976
Avid naturalists: Bill and Eva Rich of Don Mills, both members of the Federation of Ontario Naturalists, enjoy studying wildflowers and bird-watching
Avid naturalists: Bill and Eva Rich of Don Mills, both members of the Federation of Ontario Naturalists, enjoy studying wildflowers and bird-watching
8/20/1985
At odds over conversation of Metro ravine land are naturalist Dr. Bruce Cruickshank, left, and Grant Henderson, right, chairman of the Metro Toronto Regional Conservation Authority. We enhance habitat, says Henderson, shown beside a flood control structure at Woodbridge. Cruickshank, shown in ravine land near Metro's Sunnybrook Park, fears Henderson's authority wants to take over and manicure this, too.
At odds over conversation of Metro ravine land are naturalist Dr. Bruce Cruickshank, left, and Grant Henderson, right, chairman of the Metro Toronto Regional Conservation Authority. We enhance habitat, says Henderson, shown beside a flood control structure at Woodbridge. Cruickshank, shown in ravine land near Metro's Sunnybrook Park, fears Henderson's authority wants to take over and manicure this, too.
5/25/1976
A Naturalist on Cherry Beach: Gerald McKeating, executive director of the Federation of Ontario Naturalists, says his organization has attracted many members lately because the public is concerned about misuse of natural resources and destruction of the environment
A Naturalist on Cherry Beach: Gerald McKeating, executive director of the Federation of Ontario Naturalists, says his organization has attracted many members lately because the public is concerned about misuse of natural resources and destruction of the environment
8/27/1970
Peter Buerschaper is senior technician in the ichthyology department at the Royal Ontario Museum whose drawings of fish are becoming well known. Some of his work will be displayed at the annual meeting of the Federation of Ontario Naturalists to be held at Niagara Falls from April 10 to 12.
Peter Buerschaper is senior technician in the ichthyology department at the Royal Ontario Museum whose drawings of fish are becoming well known. Some of his work will be displayed at the annual meeting of the Federation of Ontario Naturalists to be held at Niagara Falls from April 10 to 12.
3/9/1970
Naturalists and Hunting Club members, plus children, picket Durham Region offices at Whitby yesterday to protest the redesignation of Oshawa's 220-acr(...)
Naturalists and Hunting Club members, plus children, picket Durham Region offices at Whitby yesterday to protest the redesignation of Oshawa's 220-acr(...)
7/7/1976
G. Ross Lord strolls through one of the conservation area parks near his home
G. Ross Lord strolls through one of the conservation area parks near his home
2/13/1979
Survival instructor Bill Garrard cuts a feather stick - an easy way to start a fire - during a demonstration of wilderness survival techniques in the Terra Cotta Conservation Area. Three fires 50 yards apart in a triangle is the standrad signal to alert a
Survival instructor Bill Garrard cuts a feather stick - an easy way to start a fire - during a demonstration of wilderness survival techniques in the Terra Cotta Conservation Area. Three fires 50 yards apart in a triangle is the standrad signal to alert a
1/22/1978
Derek Edwards, Albion Hills conservation area
Derek Edwards, Albion Hills conservation area
8/27/1998
Uncle Frank Dawson tends to one of his injured wildfowl at his 3 3/4-acre conservation area on Elmcrest Rd. The 83-year-old bachelor has been patching up injured birds for as long as anyone can remember. With a small creek running through the back, his property has become a haven for hundreds of waterfowl. He has lived in the same house for over 50 years and has raised a varietyof birds. But Dawson can't recall when people started to bring birds to him, he said.
Uncle Frank Dawson tends to one of his injured wildfowl at his 3 3/4-acre conservation area on Elmcrest Rd. The 83-year-old bachelor has been patching up injured birds for as long as anyone can remember. With a small creek running through the back, his property has become a haven for hundreds of waterfowl. He has lived in the same house for over 50 years and has raised a varietyof birds. But Dawson can't recall when people started to bring birds to him, he said.
9/1/1978
Above, experienced climber Dave Moore scales a cliff at Rattlesnake Point Conservation Area near Milton, his fingers hooked into a crack in the rock
Above, experienced climber Dave Moore scales a cliff at Rattlesnake Point Conservation Area near Milton, his fingers hooked into a crack in the rock
9/2/1986
Mush, you huskies. Andrew Russell and his dog team set out on the four-mile course at the husky team trials at the Cold Creek Conservation Area near N(...)
Mush, you huskies. Andrew Russell and his dog team set out on the four-mile course at the husky team trials at the Cold Creek Conservation Area near N(...)
1/29/1979