Trapping Beaver, a Photo Essay Jan Brabant photographed local Clayton trapper Don Marshall as he made his way out to his traps, collected his catch and then processed them. Jan Brabant
Mint and Maple: Nature’s Memory Medicine Eating ice cream on a regular basis helps combat Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, according to recent studies. At least that’s how I interpret the results. Paul Hetzler
Dock Master Goes Fishing Our Dock Master, a great blue heron, is checking for fish before plunging into the water and returning to the dock. It caught its fish on the first try. . . Winifred McGowan
Blind Bay and CBP's Proposal Even to the casual observer, Blind Bay is an environmentally sensitive area. It is extremely disturbing that US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) appears solely focused on establishing a large facility specifically in this fragile area . . . Larry Asam
Fly Research Yields Possible Trauma Treatment All about new research on fruit flies - with surprising results - on flies dropping like flies when they see dropped flies . . . (Editor says: There may be help in my summer kitchen!) Paul Hetzler
TILT Conserves Garlock Bay, Protects Water Quality, Rare Habitats Though not officially labeled as Garlock Bay on navigation charts or USGS topo maps, the scenic embayment behind buoy “205” claims its name from decades of ownership and diligent stewardship by the Garlock family of Alexandria Bay . . . Jake Tibbles
White Pines: Colossal in Many Ways The eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) isn’t really a crop-bearing tree, but it has borne priceless “fruit” for American democracy. Paul Hetzler
A Requiem for Silenced Waters . . . The story of these rocks is part of a broader saga of a geophysical feature transformed suddenly in mid-twentieth century North America. The Long Sault Rapids were timeless, until their time stopped. Craig I. Stevenson
Photographing Loons... Climbing into my old Lyman outboard at dawn with my dog Luna is a wonderful way to start the day. Amazingly, Luna settles down and does not seem to scare the birds away. . . Larry Asam
They Made & Make Gananoque More Beautiful Ever wonder who started Making Gananoque More Beautiful? Joan MacKinnon gives us the history and Elaine Davidson invites us on the 2023 tour. Joan MacKinnon
TIA is here for you . . . What is quite astounding is that after all these years, many of you still think that the Thousand Islands shoal markers are placed there each summer by the Coast Guard or Parks Canada Susan W. Smith
Blind Bay Update Last year, the River community took urgent action to protect a special place that was in danger of being changed forever . . . Jake Tibbles
Biotechnology News: Synthetic Milk of Human Kindness Soon to Become a Reality . . . Perhaps the most controversial product on Cell Signals’ patent is synthetic Milk of Human Kindness. Paul Hetzler
