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Bye bye buckthorn

November 2, 2022by Sharon Boddy Leave a comment

Buckthorn is an invasive species that has taken over entire swaths of Ottawa, reducing overall biodiversity. Read about how a small volunteer group took a stand against one stand.

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Conservation, Urban Forests

The Case for Ottawa’s Urban Natural Areas

September 19, 2022by Sharon Boddy Leave a comment

The Case for Ottawa’s Urban Natural Areas provides the financial, environmental, health, and social arguments for preserving Ottawa’s public greenspaces.

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Conservation, Urban Forests

Birds of Hampton & Carlington

April 20, 2022by Sharon Boddy Leave a comment

These check lists were generated in April 2022 from ebird.com.

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Urban Forests

Controlling Japanese knotweed

October 12, 2021by Sharon Boddy Leave a comment

Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica) is a non-native, invasive and aggressive species. Download this three-page PDF to learn more about how you can help control it in Hampton Park this October […]

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Lymantria dispar dispar moth control

October 7, 2021by Sharon Boddy Leave a comment

If your trees were defoliated earlier this year, even if they re-leafed, they may still be at risk next year from LDD (“gypsy”) moth caterpillars. A single female can lay […]

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Carlington Hampton News September 2021

October 1, 2021by Sharon Boddy Leave a comment
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Poison Ivy 101

August 10, 2021by Sharon Boddy Leave a comment

Poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) is native to northeastern North America, and can be found in many spots in Hampton Park. It pays to know how to identify it because the […]

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Breathe Easy Ottawa

August 9, 2021by Sharon Boddy Leave a comment

Recently, I had an opportunity to borrow an air quality monitor. The wireless “Egg” records air temperature, relative humidity, and certain airborne contaminants like ozone and particulate matter; it’s the […]

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Getting to know your local species

July 19, 2021by Sharon Boddy Leave a comment

The Friends of Hampton Park will host a ramble on July 22. One of the things we always talk about is the need to retain biodiversity in the Hampton Park […]

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Conservation, Urban Forests

Carlington Hampton News

March 30, 2021by Sharon Boddy Leave a comment

The inaugural issue of the Carlington Hampton News.

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Urban Forests

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