South Peel Naturalists' Club

06/25/2026

06/06/2026

Shoreline clean-ups in throughout June.

Make a positive impact on 's shorelines by volunteering at a A Greener Future Love Your Lakes cleanup! Events are happening throughout June at locations across the city. Get all the details and register for a cleanup here: https://www.agreenerfuture.ca/mississauga-events

06/04/2026

Invasive plant removal at Rattray Marsh Conservation Area this Saturday, June 6 from 9:30am to 12noon. https://cvc.ca/event/rattray-marsh-invasive-plant-removal-june/

Join us to help control the spread of invasive plants in Rattray Marsh! Participants will help remove invasive plants that are impacting the survival of native plants and animals.

06/02/2026

SPNC member Bev Kingdon - "Mother Swan" - is featured in a Weather Network video, along with the Trumpeter Swans in Burlington Bay.

Known as “Mother Swan,” Beverley Kingdon spent decades helping bring trumpeter swans back from near extinction. Helping turn one of conservation’s greatest comeback stories into reality.

06/01/2026

05/31/2026

Your seasonal reminder.

05/28/2026

The mammals in your yard right now range from one year old to forty. The one that lives the longest isn't the one you'd guess.

🐭 Deer mouse — one to two years. She compensates with four litters a season.

🐰 Eastern cottontail — one to three years. Breeds from February through September. Speed over longevity.

🦝 Virginia opossum — one to two years. The shortest-lived mammal of her size in North America.

🦊 Red fox — three to five years in the wild. The fox under the shed has likely been raising kits there for two or three seasons.

🐿️ Eastern gray squirrel — six to twelve years. She's cached tens of thousands of acorns over her lifetime. The ones she forgot are now saplings.

🦌 White-tailed deer — six to fourteen years. The doe eating the tulips remembers every fence gap and garden on the block.

🦇 Little brown bat — twenty to forty years. She weighs a fraction of an ounce and may outlive the family dog, the family cat, and the family car. The longest-lived mammal per unit of body weight on the planet.

Same yard. Seven different clocks 🌿

05/25/2026

The weather forecast is great for the Jim Tovey Lakeview Conservation Area grand opening this Saturday!