Tag: wetlands
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Happy World Wetlands Day!
Bog. Swamp. Fen. Marsh. Muck, mud and mire… It sounds terrible, doesn’t it? When movie directors want to make things hard for their characters, they sometimes pick a wetland to chuck them into – think Humphrey Bogart in the classic movie “African Queen,” where he struggles day after day to pull his boat through an…
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Life in a vernal pool in Ontario
Happy World Wetlands Day! Today we celebrate the important ecological contributions of wetlands. Wetlands, like the one pictured above, come in many shapes, types, and sizes. In today’s post, Mark Read, chief park naturalist at Murphys Point Provincial Park, takes us on a journey through one of the wetlands you may find at our parks.