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Rare shorebird returns to this Ontario park. Why disturbing it could land you a $3,000 fine
June 2, 2026
Greenbelt home to nearly 70% of species at risk in last two decades but PCs stay silent on mandatory review
May 30, 2026
The Greenbelt is a ‘safe haven’ for 70% more species at risk than 2 decades ago, a new report says
May 23, 2026
Greenbelt is a refuge for species at risk
May 22, 2026
Ontario Nature says Greenbelt species-at-risk numbers show why habitat protection matters
May 22, 2026
The Government of Ontario Continues to Undermine Local Decision-making and Democratic Accountability
May 14, 2026
Owlkids celebrates 50 years
May 6, 2026
Talking turtles
May 6, 2026
Petals, Parks, and Plovers: April 2026
April 30, 2026
The UTRCA Contributes 855.76 Hectares to Canada’s 30×30 Project in Partnership with Ontario Nature
April 28, 2026
Ethereal, Tactile, Rich
April 27, 2026
Spring birding festival
April 23, 2026
Town admits operating in protected piping plover habitat at Wasaga Beach following lawsuit
April 22, 2026
Environmental groups take Wasaga Beach, environment minister to court over protection of piping plover habitat
April 22, 2026
Lawsuit races to halt Wasaga Beach development as endangered species nears extinction in Ontario
April 21, 2026
Friends of Salmon River Receive Ontario Nature Grant
April 20, 2026
Brant County announces partnership with Ontario Nature
April 12, 2026
DID YOU KNOW?
April 8, 2026
Leave conservation authorities alone
April 4, 2026
Moose expert to speak to Owen Sound naturalists
April 4, 2026
Environment Defence goes after the provincial government for repealing critical endangered species legislation
April 2, 2026
Mergers creating uncertainty, risks, critic says
April 1, 2026
Ontario’s Ford Government Hands Responsibility For Endangered And Threatened Fish And Birds To Federal Government
April 1, 2026
Ontario Nature Acquires Sauble Dunes North Property
March 31, 2026
Teenager makes surprising contribution in fight against invasive species wreaking havoc
March 31, 2026
Coalition calls provincial plan `ill conceived’
March 31, 2026
Ontario Nature permanently protects Sauble Dunes North
March 27, 2026
Consolidation of Conservation Authorities an ill-conceived idea says coalition of experts
March 26, 2026
Coalition Calls For Halt To Conservation Consolidation
March 25, 2026
Broad Coalition Of Civil Society Groups Calls For Halt Of Ford’s Consolidation Of Ontario’s Conservation Authorities
March 25, 2026
Broad Coalition of Civil Society Organizations Calls for a Halt to the Consolidation of Ontario’s Conservation Authorities
March 24, 2026
Inside the demanding and dangerous work of aquatic monitoring to protect our ecosystems
March 17, 2026
Land Acquisition Will Expand Sauble Dunes Nature Reserve
March 16, 2026
Acquisition expands Sauble Dunes Nature Reserve
March 15, 2026
Ontario Nature acquires Sauble Dunes North
March 13, 2026
Family stuns community with plans for 91-hectare property: ‘An antidote to some of those changes’
March 9, 2026
Broad Coalition Of Civil Society Groups Calls For Halt Of Ford’s Consolidation Of Ontario’s Conservation Authorities
March 5, 2026
Bob Bowles’ pioneering master naturalist program attracts students from around the globe
March 3, 2026
Ontario woman’s 1,300 bags of garbage tell a story of pollution, climate change and the Great Lakes
March 1, 2026
Federal impact assessment of Meaford pumped storage plan starts soon
February 25, 2026
Prime: Adventurous Lively couple cruise to Antarctica
February 25, 2026
Protection sought for Finn Hill and three other city sites
February 20, 2026
Advocate sends over 700 postcards to Doug Ford on behalf of endangered species—Bill 5 could spell their end
February 18, 2026
Speaking up for those without a voice: advocate sends over 700 postcards to Doug Ford on behalf of endangered species opposing Bill 5
February 16, 2026
Ontario’s Conservation Authorities: Past, Present and Future
February 14, 2026
Ontario Nature honours Orangeville councillor for advocacy efforts on World Wetlands Day
February 13, 2026
Proposed Sandhill crane hunt gets mixed reviews
February 11, 2026
Thunder Bay woman honoured for helping to preserve wetlands
February 4, 2026
Thunder Bay Woman Recognized for Wetlands Protection
February 3, 2026
Sue Bryan: Wetlands Community Champion
February 3, 2026
Conservancy to safeguard 91 hectares of rural Ottawa wetlands
February 2, 2026
A ‘highway to hell’ : Developer driven 413 will have devastating environmental impacts, internal report admits
January 24, 2026
Greenway Award goes to citizens group
January 17, 2026
Environmental educator honoured for work in Waterloo region
January 5, 2026
Ford government failed to disclose environmental and Greenbelt risks of Highway 413, says Auditor General
January 2, 2026
Surprise donation supports work to protect County’s south shore
December 28, 2025
Local bird lovers take flight for annual Christmas count Saturday
December 19, 2025
Citizens for Marshland Conservation wins provincial award
December 16, 2025
BEST OF EUC 2025
December 16, 2025
Indigenous Grassroots Intervention in Bill 5 Court Challenge Asserts Bill 5 Ignores Indigenous Law, Harms Rights and Culture
December 15, 2025
Attawapiskat First Nation youth taking Ford’s PCs to Ontario’s Highest court in landmark Bill 5 challenge
December 15, 2025
Young people will speak up in court after leaders stayed silent about Ontario development bill
December 15, 2025
2025 Ontario environment policies: the battle between competitiveness and accountability
December 13, 2025
Kate’s 5 fun things to do this weekend in and around Waterloo region : Dec. 12 to 14
December 12, 2025
Hamilton conservation groups push back against province’s plan to merge authorities
December 11, 2025
York Region nature lovers, Lake Simcoe supporters see danger in Ontario government’s conservation authority merger plan — here’s why they’re worried
December 11, 2025
Protéger les corridors écologiques d’Algoma, une priorité pour les communautés locales
December 11, 2025
Environment advocates in the Algoma district want more protection for lands used by at-risk species
December 11, 2025
Halton Hills gears up for annual Christmas Bird Count
December 10, 2025
Christmas Bird Count set to kick off next week
December 9, 2025
Bird lovers invited to join Christmas Bird Count
December 8, 2025
Vaughan’s festive Christmas Bird Count returns this December at Elder’s Mills Nature Reserve
December 7, 2025
Autumn leaves are dropping later every year due to climate change. Is Toronto’s yard waste collection falling behind?
November 25, 2025
Ontario water at risk as government rushes privatization and deregulation with Bill 60
November 25, 2025
Bill 60 becomes law: Ontario water at risk as government rushes privatization and deregulation
November 24, 2025
Ceinture de verdure : des militants et des élus réclament le lancement de l’examen du plan
November 24, 2025
Critics Demand Answers on Delayed Greenbelt Review in Ontario
November 24, 2025
Critics call on Ford government to begin mandatory Greenbelt review
November 24, 2025
Ottawa’s deprioritization of climate being heard loud and clear at Queen’s Park’ : Ontario abandons emissions targets
November 20, 2025
Partners Advance Ecological Corridors Planning in the Sault Ste. Marie/Garden River Region.
November 19, 2025
The SDF plot thickens
November 17, 2025
Keep Water Public Coalition: Conservative Government’s Bill 60 Turns Water Into a Business and Threatens Public Health
November 17, 2025
Threatening the threatened
November 14, 2025
Death knell for watersheds’ : Ford set to shrink conservation authorities, plunge Ontario into chaos
November 10, 2025
Ontario’s Bill 5 Could Change the Province Forever
November 4, 2025
Does Ontario’s Environmental Bill of Rights still have teeth?
October 29, 2025
Discover Nature with the Peterborough Field Naturalists
October 24, 2025
Eagles, Ancestors, and Allies Join Frontline and Indigenous Community Protection Efforts for the Farabout Peninsula
October 22, 2025
Broad Coalition of Civil Society Organizations Presents Legislative Petition to Repeal Bill 5
October 20, 2025
Officials spark backlash with new law impacting polar bears: ‘There’s a real lack of transparency’
October 20, 2025
Petition to repeal of projects bill presented at Queen’s Park
October 20, 2025
Ontario polar bears could ‘be extinct in 45 years’ as Ford’s Bill 5 strips remaining protections
October 18, 2025
Ontario government announces streamlined mining permit process
October 17, 2025
David Hawke explores ethics, decision-making at Wye Marsh event
October 16, 2025
Advocates worry Bill 5 strips vital protection from polar bears
October 14, 2025
‘You must not become Donald Trump, to protect against Donald Trump’: Ford’s Bill 5 will give PCs unchecked power, Ontarians say
October 13, 2025
‘No…full stop…You must not become Donald Trump, to protect against Donald Trump’: Ford’s Bill 5 will give PCs unchecked power
October 9, 2025
Bill 5 Threatens the Survival of Polar Bears in Ontario
October 7, 2025
After secretly working to destroy it, Ford government silent on long overdue review of Ontario’s Greenbelt
October 5, 2025
Huron Bruce Nature learns about Lake Huron fish communities
September 26, 2025
September rain showers
September 25, 2025
Climate activists collect signatures for Bill 5 petition
September 24, 2025
Remembering the remarkable research of Prof. Sheila Colla
September 21, 2025
It’s not an early fall, trees are stressed after a summer of heatwaves
September 20, 2025
Why early colour changes are a bad sign for trees
September 19, 2025
Are leaves changing colour in Toronto earlier than usual? Experts explain what’s happening and how it can be prevented
September 19, 2025
Why early colour changes are a bad sign for Toronto’s trees
September 18, 2025
Rare blue green frog found at Walkabout Farm in Minden
September 18, 2025
Ontario made a protected area smaller. Neighbours have questions
September 17, 2025
Quinte Woodland Conference returns Oct 2. in Belleville
September 16, 2025
Toronto’s trees are changing colour earlier than usual — here’s why
September 14, 2025
Tending our woodlands: The rewards of action
September 12, 2025
Engajamento e Conservação: Descubra como Voluntariar na Proteção da Natureza em Ontário
September 10, 2025
Cambridge’s rare, UW get funding to help tackle invasive species
September 9, 2025
Invasive Species Action Fund Empowers Local Groups
September 9, 2025
THE GREAT READ: Greenbelt report offers toolkit for municipalities
September 9, 2025
Greenbelt report offers toolkit for municipalities; Protecting nature is Ontario’s smartest investment
September 7, 2025
Blue Rodeo’s Greg Keelor ‘raised a little shell’ for Ontario’s at-risk native turtle species
September 7, 2025
O Chamado da Natureza: Como Voluntários em Ontário Estão Protegendo o Meio Ambiente
September 6, 2025
On The Wild Side: Some fascinating facts about spiders
August 28, 2025
Indigenous leaders, lawyers and environmentalists in Ontario rally against new controversial policy
August 27, 2025
THE BIG READ: Canada’s 2025 wildfire season a wake-up call
August 25, 2025
Working to protect Waterloo Region’s turtle hatchlings
August 25, 2025
Canada’s 2025 wildfire season a wake-up
August 22, 2025
Join the Local Heroes: How Ontario’s Wildlife Conservation Groups Are Bringing Nature Back
August 20, 2025
Orangeville to consider municipal invasive species management of Phragmites australis
August 14, 2025
Mayor, ministers have ‘pivotal’ meeting on park
August 13, 2025
Sudbury transformed: ‘From a moonscape to a greenscape’
August 7, 2025
Le Grand Sudbury contribue avec 3000 hectares pour protéger les terres et les eaux du Canada
July 25, 2025
First Nations take Mark Carney, Doug Ford to court over ‘dishonourable and unconstitutional’ Bills C-5 and 5
July 18, 2025
Mayor Lefebvre Announces 3,000+ Hectare Contribution to Canada’s 30×30 Conservation Goal
July 17, 2025
Lambton lands part of 30×30 project
July 11, 2025
Richmond Hill contributes 550 hectares of natural lands to Canada’s 30×30 conservation goal
July 3, 2025
Toronto and Region Conservation Authority contributes over 7,200 hectares to Canada’s protected areas target
July 3, 2025
As this tiny frog disappears from Canada, conservationist warn fast-tracking bills put more species at risk
June 30, 2025
Ontario ‘unleashes’ climate catastrophe as scientists warn Paris Agreement ‘no longer attainable’
June 27, 2025
Cormorants – so controversial
June 19, 2025
Environmental groups and Indigenous communities vow to overturn Ontario’s controversial Bill 5
June 15, 2025
Environmentalists pan passing of Bill 5
June 12, 2025
‘Unchecked powers’
June 12, 2025
Caledon residents rally at Osprey Valley during Canadian Open to protest mega quarry linked to golf course owner
June 10, 2025
Ontario Nature Issues Statement On Ford’s Bill 5
June 9, 2025
Ontario government’s Bill 5 receives royal assent amid criticism from environmental and First Nations groups
June 8, 2025
Legal experts gear up to challenge Bill 5 as First Nations pledge to ‘close Ontario’s economy’
June 7, 2025
Media Statement – Bill 5 Must Be Withdrawn
June 3, 2025
Indigenous rights are not red tape’: Ontario’s controversial Bill 5 could spark a new Idle No More Movement
June 3, 2025
Windsor high school student leads Bill 5 protest
June 2, 2025
First Nations want feds to block landfill
May 22, 2025
Ligzdošanas kraukšķis redz patieso stāstu par “putnu māsas sievām”, kas izvēršas Sv. Tomasā, Ont., Porch
May 21, 2025
‘The worst piece of legislation in a generation’: 100 organizations oppose Ford’s Bill 5
May 21, 2025
A nesting crunch sees the true story of ‘Avian Sister Wives’ unfold on St. Thomas, Ont., porch
May 20, 2025
Northern Ontario First Nations fear uphill battle to preserve rights as Bill 5 speeds through legislature
May 16, 2025
Rural communities hit hardest by proposed Bill 5
May 15, 2025
Bill 5 threatens consequential changes
May 15, 2025
Say No To Bill 5’s Dangerous Overreach
May 13, 2025
How will the next federal government balance new housing with the protection of natural spaces?
April 22, 2025
Trail Talk: Jeepers creepers, I can hear spring peepers
April 17, 2025
A strong Ontario protects nature
April 12, 2025
OSFN: April Newsletter
April 10, 2025
Conservation: l’Ontario obtient un F
April 2, 2025
Making Sense of Cut Dollars
April 2, 2025
Nature group calls on political parties to commit to the environment after Parks Canada budget cuts
March 29, 2025
Friends of Stittsville Wetlands receives two-year funding from Ottawa Stewardship Council
March 24, 2025
LETTER: Federal government must do more for nature
March 21, 2025
World Frog Day marks a leap backwards in Ontario
March 20, 2025
It’s World Frog Day. Here’s how Ontario residents can help save frogs and other endangered species
March 20, 2025
Wandering and learning about Canada’s wild spaces
March 17, 2025
THE GREAT READ: PCs have stripped conservation authorities of the power to protect us from the worst impacts of climate change
March 12, 2025
Sharing a passion for service and style
March 6, 2025
PCs have stripped conservation authorities of the power to protect us from the worst impacts of climate change
February 24, 2025
Twenty-six local charities splitting $102K ‘gift from the heart’
February 10, 2025
Opinion | Why nature should be an Ontario election priority
January 30, 2025
Ontario’s growing environmental crisis: How two major projects are harming the Great Lakes
January 28, 2025
Get Concerned Perth County finds strong ally
January 20, 2025
New expert advisory board takes action at intersection of climate, nature, and technology
January 14, 2025
RTOERO awards $4,000 to Brant for Nature
January 9, 2025
Parallel crises: Ontario losing biodiversity as new federal climate targets disappoint
December 31, 2024
Ontario Needs To Get Serious About Protecting And Restoring Nature
December 24, 2024
Community Spotlight: Local bird lovers invited to join Canada’s longest-running wildlife survey
December 23, 2024
Federal government rejects calls for review of Highway 413, jeopardizing Ontario’s Greenbelt and at-risk species
December 23, 2024
Ontario Nature Asks: Will Bill 212 Destroy More Ontario Farmland?
November 25, 2024
Parks Canada and partners work to restore ecological connectivity in northern Ontario
November 22, 2024
Ontario Nature Expands the Gananoque Lake Nature Reserve
November 5, 2024