DEPARTMENTS

33 | FON News
No so happy bluebirds.

38 | Acid Rain Update
Who’s to blame?; acid rain conference; where do we go from here.

40 | Around Ontario
Battle to save Second Marsh; South Bruce studied; Lake Superior plan is a nightmare; moose management; PCB dangers; park planning.

FEATURES

4 | Fern Magic
Fern “seed” used to make you invisible.
By Douglas Grenville

14 | Gold Rushes & Ground Pines
Find the plant the hoards gold.
By Nancy Dengler

20 | Discovering the Mosses
Every bed of moss is a surprise package.
By Robert Muma


ON Nature Magazine Winter 1979 cover

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