March 13, 2011

At the Owen Sound Field Naturalist AGM in March 2011, an Honourary Life Membership was bestowed on Lorraine Brown.  While in past years, the OSFN has bestowed this honour for outstanding contributions in nature research, education and conservation, Lorraine will be the first member to be recognized for her contribution to the club itself.  Lorraine’s life-long love of nature is written into everything she does.  A record of the energy and talent that she brings to the table is stamped into the annals of our Club.     | Read the full article ››

Joe Johnson is a naturalist who pursues knowledge and the understanding of nature for its own sake.   | Read the full article ››

At the traditional Members’ Night in December 2008, Ellen and Orris Hull were presented with a Life Membership in honour of their 20 years service with the Owen Sound Field Naturalists.   | Read the full article ››

British-born and with a Masters degree in botany, Joan has taught every level from kindergarten to 4th year university at some time or another.

Joan received her Masters degree from the University of Manitoba, specializing in bryophytes (a division of small, simple plants that comprises the mosses and liverworts). This area of study has given her a working knowledge of geology, too, as bryophytes often grow on rocks. She is a well-founded biologist with a strong bias to ecology.   | Read the full article ››

George Peck Since 1966 George, a former veterinarian, has been the coordinator of the Ontario Nest Records Scheme (ONRS) for the Royal Ontario Museum where he is a Research Associate. During this time the number of records in this database has increased to well over 100,000.   | Read the full article ››

In June 2005, Nelson and Jean were honoured with a lifetime membership of the OSFN in recognition of their contribution to nature conservation and education. For years Jean and Nels led the FON summer camp program on the Bruce Peninsula.   | Read the full article ››

Long active in conservation, Walter served as president of the Federation of Ontario Naturalists (now Ontario Nature) and was active in protecting the Niagara Escarpment and emphasizing its importance as a World Biosphere Reserve. He had a long career as Curator and then Director of the Royal Ontario Museum and was a founding member of the Kortright Centre for Conservation.   | Read the full article ››

Tom Murray was awarded a Life Membership in the Owen Sound Field Naturalists club in 1995. The award was made in recognition of his contributions to the knowledge of birds in the Grey - Bruce area.   | Read the full article ››

Mac Kirk was born in Toronto and educated at North Toronto Collegiate and U of T, where he completed a degree in Forestry from 1938 to 1942. He served in the military as a First Lieutenant in World War II, seeing action in the Netherlands in 1944-45.   | Read the full article ››