Come Join us for a “What’s Under That Log?” Book Signing Event! Come and join us for a book signing event with Dr. Katharine Yagi, for her recently published children’s book called “What’s Under That Log?”. Katharine was inspired to write this book because of her son’s enthusiasm and interest in nature and wildlife. With […]
8Trees Biology Day Camp Recently we hosted our first 8Trees Biology Day Camp and we are proud to say it was a HUGE success! We want to thank all of the children and parents for your interest and help to support our day camp. We are so grateful for all the wonderful feedback received by the
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We are excited to announce that 8Trees Inc. has published a brand-new children’s book called, “What’s Under That Log?” written by our Research Associate and herpetologist, Dr. Katharine Yagi, and illustrated by our very own digital artist, Heather Yagi. This book is all about investigating the nature around you and introduces children to the study of herpetology.
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It’s here folks! The biggest event 8Trees Inc. has encountered! – the Reptile Expo! With thousands of visitors from the Reptile Community, we were surrounded in support. Our President and Founder, Anne Yagi lead the charge, along with Luc Goulet, our Field Technician, and Sharaya McCollum-Brown, our Outreach Specialist Ecologist and Administrative Extraordinaire! We showed
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8Trees with Pride in the Park It’s PRIDE MONTH! A wonderful time to celebrate, uplift, and support the 2SLGBTQ+ community! To kick off Pride Month we were so excited to participate in the 10th annual Pride in the Park hosted by Pride Niagara. It was a fantastic event full of love, fun, and rainbows! Seeing
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Ontario Supports Environmental Action in Fort Erie to Continue Protecting and Restoring the Great Lakes . Yesterday the team headed over to a project site in Fort Erie, ON of regenerated farmland, funded through the Great Lakes Local Action Fund. The Great Lakes Local Action Fund aims to build healthier communities while protecting and improving
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On Saturday May 13th, the 8Trees Inc. Team ditched the field gear and headed over to Firemen’s Park in Niagara Falls for the second annual Mother Earth Day event! The event focuses on bringing environmental awareness to the public and features many vendors and presentations with natural, hand made or educational material to offer the
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Wetlands are essential components of our landscape because they are home to diverse wildlife, including many rare species, and they provide a variety of ecosystem services for our communities. Wetlands function to trap sediments, store carbon, purify and they help preventing localized flooding by absorbing water. The Niagara region is full of wetlands, some much
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The morning of August 4th was quite a unique experience for many members of the delegation of experts for the Wainfleet Bog Restoration project. Staff and representatives from 8Trees Inc., Six Nations of the Grand River, and the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority (NPCA) met with the Minister of the Environment, Honorable David Piccini, and several members
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This spring will be the beginning of our second year of the Citizen Science Coverboard Project – Thank you to everyone who participated in Year 1! Last spring was a bit cold and wildlife observations were minimal, but we were happy to see several photos of snakes sent in by mid summer! The first year
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