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The Story of PEI Part 6: Early Forests
This winter we’ve been looking at PEI’s natural history – the story our landscape tells about itself. So far, we’ve read chapters written...
katemacquarrie22
Feb 263 min read
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Spotting Skunks in Snow
Reading wildlife tracks and sign has very practical uses. For example, even with the recent cold snaps this winter, the Striped Skunks on...
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Feb 23 min read
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Sweet Fern
Picking my favourite PEI plant would be a near-impossible task, but picking the most aromatic one is easy: that honour goes to Sweet Fern...
katemacquarrie22
Jul 14, 20242 min read
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Beaver Extirpation and Reintroduction
Over the past few centuries, PEI has lost some native animals and seen introductions of new, non-native ones. One of the most interesting...
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Feb 21, 20243 min read
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The Ring-necked Pheasant Introduction
The 20th century was the ‘Wild West’ of wildlife introductions on PEI. You can read more about the Island’s White-tailed Deer experiment...
katemacquarrie22
Apr 5, 20233 min read
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Permian to Present 10: Otters!
Today you get two posts in one! My winter series ‘Permian to Present’ and ‘Wildlife Tracks & Sign’ intersect to tell the story of River...
katemacquarrie22
Jan 25, 20232 min read
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