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Professor Emeritus Conrad Heidenreich gives talk about preserving a red oak woodland on Lake Simcoe

Professor Emeritus Conrad Heidenreich gives talk about preserving a red oak woodland on Lake Simcoe

De Grassi Point on the west shore of Lake Simcoe is the last tall grass, red oak, white pine savannah remnant north of the Oak Ridges Moraine. It features the largest red oak woodland in Ontario, the largest butternut concentration in Simcoe County and a wetland of provincial significance.   Next Monday, retired geographer Conrad Heidenreich […]

York professor on Markham councillors' overtuning foodbelt protection proposal

York professor on Markham councillors' overtuning foodbelt protection proposal

Markham councillors are facing new questions on developer influence after voting by a razor-thin margin to kill the town’s foodbelt proposal, wrote the National Post May 15. Professor Jose Etcheverry has been involved in efforts to preserve the land: Debate ran late into the night at this week’s council meeting and drew a series of […]