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Conservation battle: Whitby naturalists, like Dave Ruch, above, are fighting a plan to build a gold course on the Lynde Shores Conservation Area.
Conservation battle: Whitby naturalists, like Dave Ruch, above, are fighting a plan to build a gold course on the Lynde Shores Conservation Area.

Conservation battle: Whitby naturalists, like Dave Ruch, above, are fighting a plan to build a gold course on the Lynde Shores Conservation Area.

Date7/30/1986
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      ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0133083F
      Naturalists and Hunting Club members, plus children, picket Durham Region offices at Whitby yesterday to protest the redesignation of Oshawa's 220-acr(...)
      Naturalists and Hunting Club members, plus children, picket Durham Region offices at Whitby yesterday to protest the redesignation of Oshawa's 220-acr(...)
      Mahler, John
      7/7/1976
      Above, experienced climber Dave Moore scales a cliff at Rattlesnake Point Conservation Area near Milton, his fingers hooked into a crack in the rock
      Above, experienced climber Dave Moore scales a cliff at Rattlesnake Point Conservation Area near Milton, his fingers hooked into a crack in the rock
      Mahler, John
      9/2/1986
      At odds over conservation of Metro ravine land are naturalist Dr. Bruce Cruickshank, left, and Grant Henderson, right, chairman of the Metro Toronto Regional Conservation Authority. We enhance habitat, says Henderson, shown beside a flood control structure at Woodbridge. Cruickshank, shown in ravine land near Metro's Sunnybrook Park, fears Henderson's authority wants to take over and manicure this, too.
      At odds over conservation of Metro ravine land are naturalist Dr. Bruce Cruickshank, left, and Grant Henderson, right, chairman of the Metro Toronto Regional Conservation Authority. We enhance habitat, says Henderson, shown beside a flood control structure at Woodbridge. Cruickshank, shown in ravine land near Metro's Sunnybrook Park, fears Henderson's authority wants to take over and manicure this, too.
      McConnell, Colin
      5/20/1976
      Avid naturalists: Bill and Eva Rich of Don Mills, both members of the Federation of Ontario Naturalists, enjoy studying wildflowers and bird-watching
      Avid naturalists: Bill and Eva Rich of Don Mills, both members of the Federation of Ontario Naturalists, enjoy studying wildflowers and bird-watching
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      8/20/1985
      Mush, you huskies. Andrew Russell and his dog team set out on the four-mile course at the husky team trials at the Cold Creek Conservation Area near N(...)
      Mush, you huskies. Andrew Russell and his dog team set out on the four-mile course at the husky team trials at the Cold Creek Conservation Area near N(...)
      McConnell, Colin
      1/29/1979
      Mush! A husky team sprints along a course, coaxed on by Tom LeBlanc, at husky sled dog trials at Cold Creek Conservation area near Bolton Saturday. Mo(...)
      Mush! A husky team sprints along a course, coaxed on by Tom LeBlanc, at husky sled dog trials at Cold Creek Conservation area near Bolton Saturday. Mo(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      1/10/1981
      At odds over conversation of Metro ravine land are naturalist Dr. Bruce Cruickshank, left, and Grant Henderson, right, chairman of the Metro Toronto Regional Conservation Authority. We enhance habitat, says Henderson, shown beside a flood control structure at Woodbridge. Cruickshank, shown in ravine land near Metro's Sunnybrook Park, fears Henderson's authority wants to take over and manicure this, too.
      At odds over conversation of Metro ravine land are naturalist Dr. Bruce Cruickshank, left, and Grant Henderson, right, chairman of the Metro Toronto Regional Conservation Authority. We enhance habitat, says Henderson, shown beside a flood control structure at Woodbridge. Cruickshank, shown in ravine land near Metro's Sunnybrook Park, fears Henderson's authority wants to take over and manicure this, too.
      McConnell, Colin
      5/25/1976
      A Naturalist on Cherry Beach: Gerald McKeating, executive director of the Federation of Ontario Naturalists, says his organization has attracted many members lately because the public is concerned about misuse of natural resources and destruction of the environment
      A Naturalist on Cherry Beach: Gerald McKeating, executive director of the Federation of Ontario Naturalists, says his organization has attracted many members lately because the public is concerned about misuse of natural resources and destruction of the environment
      Ross, Fred
      8/27/1970
      Whitby Historical Society, Lynde House
      Whitby Historical Society, Lynde House
      Dunlop, Al
      3/9/1983
      Cold comfort. The weather was Arctic - but so were the dogs at Cold Creek Conservation Area, near Nobleton, at the weekend. Above, a trio of Siberian (...)
      Cold comfort. The weather was Arctic - but so were the dogs at Cold Creek Conservation Area, near Nobleton, at the weekend. Above, a trio of Siberian (...)
      Loek, Dick
      1/14/1979
      Whitby shores brookfield homes
      Whitby shores brookfield homes
      Dutton, Don
      3/19/1998
      Peter Buerschaper is senior technician in the ichthyology department at the Royal Ontario Museum whose drawings of fish are becoming well known. Some of his work will be displayed at the annual meeting of the Federation of Ontario Naturalists to be held at Niagara Falls from April 10 to 12.
      Peter Buerschaper is senior technician in the ichthyology department at the Royal Ontario Museum whose drawings of fish are becoming well known. Some of his work will be displayed at the annual meeting of the Federation of Ontario Naturalists to be held at Niagara Falls from April 10 to 12.
      Spremo, Boris
      3/9/1970