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The Kingston Field Naturalists (KFN) is a well-established local nature club and non-profit charitable organization, with the objective of preserving nature and stimulating public interest while at the same time facilitating its members' appreciation of the natural world around us.
The Club has about 450 members and supports a diversity of interests and activities. For example, it schedules a variety of field trips and nature hikes throughout the year for its members, including bird hikes, nature "rambles" and other field trips to explore our natural environment; each month's schedule is listed on the Outings & Events page. In addition, each spring the public is invited to participate in a series of bird hikes held throughout the month of May.
The public is also invited to attend the Club's monthly meetings, which feature guest speakers on a wide range of natural history and conservation subjects; details are given on our Meetings page, as well as in the "Kingston Whig-Standard" and "Kingston This Week".
Club members get a monthly newsletter announcing the details of field trips, monthly meetings, and special events, as well as the quarterly "The Blue Bill", KFN's journal on various aspects of local nature.
New members are always welcome. See Membership for information on joining.
The Club has two special programs for young naturalists: the Junior Naturalists (age 6-12) and the Teen Naturalists (age 13-17), see Brochure. For information on these programs, please contact the coordinator by e-mail.
As part of its aim to preserve nature, the Club is very active in local and regional conservation issues. Members participate in various nature and preservation projects such as bird surveys, marsh monitoring, and habitat restoration (see Projects), and the Club takes public positions on local issues affecting the preservation of our natural heritage. The Club also owns several local nature reserves for its members' activities, including a large forest reserve near Frontenac Park (the Helen Quilliam Sanctuary) and a migratory stopover area on Amherst Island; it also acts as a steward for other nature reserves in our area.
The Kingston Field Naturalists Club was formed in 1949. A history of the first 25 years of our Club, written by writer, naturalist and club member the late Helen Quilliam.
For further information on our activities, please contact the Kingston Field Naturalists by e-mail or leave a message on the KFN Information Line (613-389-8338).