Category: Nature & Environment
Following Poole Creek, Part 2
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Poole Creek may be Stittsville’s most important natural feature. It meanders from west to north east, crossing through neighbourhoods old and new, playing a crucial role in our community’s ecology. In the…
Following Poole Creek, Part 1
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Poole Creek may be Stittsville’s most important natural feature. It meanders from the Trans Canada Trail to the Carp River, crossing through neighbourhoods old and new, playing a crucial role in…
Blanding’s Turtle habitat to be affected by Potter’s Key development
(File photo: Blanding’s Turtle along Hazeldean Road. Photo by Ken McRae.) Minto is proposing several measures to protect Blanding’s Turtles at the new Potter’s Key development on Hazeldean Road. They’ve applied…
NOTEBOOK: Wild parsnip, mosquitos, and a cross-Canada bike trip
DOG WALKERS BEWARE Jonathan Seguin sent along some photos and warning about wild parsnip along the trails south of Abbott Street and east of Shea. Colloquially known as the “Abbott…
LETTER: Community should have had more notice about construction
PHOTO: Construction begins at Porter Place, June 2016. Re: Sign’s up at Porter Place The community is not amused by the description of Patten Homes’ Porter Place “Closer to nature,…
A FINE BALANCE: Study looks at why Goulbourn wetlands are changing
(ABOVE: Looking north from the Trans Canada Trail, west of Stittsville, June 2016. Photo illustration.) “No interrupting, no swearing, no shouting. We’re all here to be heard, and this is…
PHOTOS: Monday night’s stormy sky
A few photos from tonight’s stormy evening sky. Tweet your photos to us @stittscentral or email feedback@stittsvillecentral.ca
New quarry proposed near Fernbank and Jinkinson
The City of Ottawa has received applications from Crain’s Construction of Maberly, Ontario to rezone 180 acres of land at 7731 Fernbank Road (just west of Jinkinson) for a quarry.
CBC: Stittsville farmers lose crops, cry foul over wild parsnip purge
(FILE PHOTO: Wild parsnip growing along the ditch on Huntley Road south of Stittsville. Photo by Barry Gray.) From CBC Ottawa: Organic farmers near the Ottawa community of Stittsville say…
Maybe it was a cougar after all?
(ABOVE: Photo illustration.) Last week we published a story called “It’s probably not a cougar that you saw in Stittsville” after neighbours on Savage Drive thought they saw a cougar, and…
Public meeting on June 20 about Goulbourn / Flewellyn wetland study
(Above: Former farmland, now wetland along Flewellyn Road. Photo from November 2014.) The City of Ottawa is holding a long-awaited information meeting later this month to share the results of…
It’s probably not a cougar that you saw in Stittsville
(ABOVE: Neighbours on Savage Drive think this paw print may be from a cougar. Photo via Pat Goyette.) It’s not impossible, but it’s unlikely there are any cougars wandering around Stittsville,…
Stitt Park snapping turtle is back!
Thanks to Karla Torres for the heads up about the return of the Stitt Park turtle, spotted by several people yesterday morning. The photo above is from Jean-Michel Bastien, via Facebook. Could…
PHOTOS: Brownies paint yellow fish to raise awareness about stormwater
The 10th Stittsville Brownies were painting yellow fish in Fairwinds on Thursday night. They’re as a reminderthat what you put down the drain eventually makes its way into rivers, lakes…
BUZZ OFF: Mosquito control measures begin soon in Kanata North
(via City of Ottawa) To control nuisance mosquito growth in Kanata North and the surrounding areas, larvicide will be applied throughout the summer, beginning with ground applications April 21, and…