Troy Shantz On a dark fall night when most people are curled up inside watching TV, you can find a few out walking through the woods, enjoying stars, searching for owls. Moonlight Walks, like the next one on Nov.
Troy Shantz
On a dark fall night when most people are curled up inside watching TV, you can find a few out walking through the woods, enjoying stars, searching for owls.
Moonlight Walks, like the next one on Nov. 13, reveal that it’s actually easy to get around under a full moon. The goal is for participants to experience the nocturnal world around them, with no flashlights allowed.
Lambton Wildlife has designed and offered its members and non-members alike a wide variety of natural experiences since 1966.
Nature hikes, bird-watching excursions and special presentations by experts are monthly occurrences for the volunteer-run group.
Conservation is the cardinal rule at Lambton Wildlife, said board member Roberta Buchanan.
“They’ve done a lot of very important projects over the years,” she said.
The group’s achievements include the purchase and management of Mandaumin woods, a 1.2 km walking trail on a woodlot on the city’s edge.
Lambton Wildlife also initiated the creation of the Howard Watson Nature Trail, the multipurpose path that runs between south Sarnia and Camlachie.
Buchanan said a few friends who shared a common interest in the outdoors created the organization a half-century ago.
“It’s humbling for me to think about the fact that these seven people started something that I’m now a apart of, and it’s still strong and such an important part of the natural habitat for Lambton County.”
“We’ve had a lot of good people, and we have a lot of good board members, and presidents, and we’ve kept the interest up.”
Gerry Clements, one of the seven founders, said it’s the dedication to preserving nature that has allowed the group to grow to 450 members.
On Nov. 2, Lambton Wildlife will celebrate its 50th anniversary at the Sarnia Library Theatre with a special screening of the new film Call of the Forest, which covers the irreplaceability trees have in our life.
More information on the organization and its events can be found at www.lambtonwildlife.com
IF YOU GO
WHAT: Lambton Wildlife 50th anniversary
WHERE: Sarnia Public Library Theatre, 124 Christina Street South.
WHEN: Wednesday, Nov. 2 at 7 p.m.
TICKETS: Free admission. Includes refreshments, door prizes and special screening of the film Call of the Forest.
