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About the NFN

The NFN is a community-based, non-profit organization founded in 1962. The aims of the group are the study, appreciation and conservation of our natural world.

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The Lotus

Download our NFN Lotus newsletter as well as our annual reports.

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Membership

Are you or your children interested in the natural world? Are you interested in habitat restoration? If so, please join us!

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Coming Events

Sep
30

“Fungi Hike” — Field Event

Join us on an Autumn “weird, wonderful and worth it” hike to look for and identify mushrooms and other fungi of all shapes and sizes. Bring a camera as you are not allowed to harvest mushrooms.
Feb
13

“Canada Jays” — Speaker Event

Dan Strickland is a former Chief Park Naturalist who served at Algonquin Provincial Park where Canada Jays are common. He will tell all about this clever corvid which breeds in every province and territory.  
Apr
09

“The Geology of the Great Lakes”

John Johnstone, PhD from the University of Waterloo, will outline how the Great Lakes were formed by examining the properties of rocks, ice, lava and water.  

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Forest Bathing

Forest Bathing

Story and photo by Inga Hinnerichsen Forest bathing . . ....

Recent Galleries

Owls
Violets
Trilliums
Red Pine
Indian Paintbrush
Hepatica
Spurges
Dogwoods
Landscapes
Crossbills