Tag: Long Point Provincial Park

The Real Damsels And Dragons Of Ontario

Jul 24, 2015

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Graham Ansell

in Canadian Wildlife, Ontario Parks, Parks and Conservation Areas, Specimen Collecting, Student Experience

Hello again faithful readers, Last week I returned to the BIObus for more aquatic sampling. This time we visited sites within the Backus Heritage Conservation Area, Long Point Provincial Park, and the Nature Conservancy of Canada (N.C.C.). Today I’ll be talking about the river damselflies that were almost ubiquitous across our sampling areas and some…
BIObus Sampling At Long Point

Jul 23, 2015

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Adrian Boskovic

in Canadian Wildlife, Ontario Parks, Parks and Conservation Areas, Specimen Collecting, Student Experience

Long Point Provincial Park was the next destination for the BIObus’ aquatic sampling tour across Ontario Provincial Parks. Long Point is a sand spit on north shore of Lake Erie, this is a unique region of southern Ontario, being comprised of primarily sandy soils and deciduous trees. The point juts out into Lake Erie, creating a…