Microscopic mites living on leaves in the canopies of our forests can have a big impact on a forest, sometimes bigger then the impact of moose or deer. That's why a research team investigated mites at Haliburton Forest in 2012.
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A Word About Snowmobiling Permit Fees
This article explains the cost associated with running a private snowmobile trail network like Haliburton Forest!
Start of Winter Season 2013
Haliburton Forest staff started the winter season snowmobiling and dog sledding.
Feeding Fang
I like to provide another update on Fang based on some recent events: Fang is now settled in comfortably in his new enclosure and can be seen to increasingly interact in a friendly way with his female pack companions. However, his size of 130 pounds does make him a bully and his play rough-and-tumble, therefore intimidating...
Carole Finn, A River Runs Through
In late 2011 Carole Finn, a local artist and founder of the School of the Arts in Haliburton in the 1970’s, approached me about featuring Haliburton Forest in one of her upcoming shows. She had just completed and was showing an exhibit on the Pacific Rim, and was working at that time on a similar...
Wolf Centre History
Haliburton Forest & Wild Life Reserve Ltd. is the largest privately owned property in Central Ontario. Its holdings comprise 80,000 acres of hardwood dominated forests, 50 lakes, and countless wildlife. Operating as a multi-use facility and applying integrated, sustainable resource management techniques, Haliburton Forest has become a model, demonstrating that sustainable development is achievable. Haliburton...
Fang And "The Girls"
The second update how Fang, our new male wolf, gets accepted by the wolf pack. As the images can attest to, Fang is starting to socialise with “the girls”, which is what we were hoping for. He is still not a full member of the pack, which may be prompted by his very possessive nature...
Finally, New Wolf Pups
Four new wolf puppies were born at Haliburton Forest in May 2014
Seven Wolf Pups Born
Seven new wolf puppies were born at Haliburton Forest in May 2017
Wolf Article in Canadian Geographic
If you have a chance, pick up the January/February issue of Canadian Geographic. It features Alanna Mitchell’s fabulous expose on the mixed emotions surrounding wolves throughout history.