The Importance of Foraging Sustainably Foraging is helping to connect people to their natural surroundings. For me, it’s been a way to learn more about my local environment and the plants that inhabit it.

From Snags to Wildlife Trees People are often eager to cut down or haul away dead standing wood (in forestry terms, a ‘snag’), thinking that it no longer serves a purpose. But nothing could be further from the truth!

Interview with George Osowski Did you know that humans can eat several parts of the maple tree? We usually associate maple trees with sweet maple syrup but we can also eat the leaves, bark, and seeds! George Osowski from the Atlantic Wildlife Institute was on CBC Radio discussing the edible qualities of maple trees (here).