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Making our Nature Reserves Count

June 4, 2021–Smera Sukumar

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Nature Reserves•Protected Places•Stewardship and restoration

Grey-headed cone flowers, Sydenham River Nature Reserve © Ryan Wolfe

Breaking news: all 26 Ontario Nature nature reserves are now included in the Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database! We are proud to announce that our properties totaling 3,117 hectares ...

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Plants at Risk

December 3, 2019–Smera Sukumar

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Species at Risk•Wild Species

Oftentimes when we talk about species at risk, we think about mammals, birds or reptiles and we forget about the many plants that are at risk in our province. That’s ...

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Big Changes Ahead for the Ontario Reptile and Amphibian Atlas

July 18, 2019–Smera Sukumar

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Community Science•Reptiles and Amphibians

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Ontario Reptile and Amphibian Atlas (ORAA) at Ontario Nature. The ORAA has been a successful and influential citizen science project engaging thousands of ...

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Cleaning Up the Bruce Peninsula Shoreline

November 15, 2016–Smera Sukumar

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Habitat•Nature Reserves

Baptist Harbour shoreline © Smera Sukumar

On a pleasantly windy day on the north Bruce Peninsula, volunteers and conservation staff gathered at our Baptist Harbour Nature Reserve to clean up the shoreline. With water lapping at ...

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Farewell Field Season!

September 2, 2016–Smera Sukumar

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Nature Reserves•Reptiles and Amphibians•Wetlands

Fen at H.N. Crossley Nature Reserve © Smera Sukumar

The perk of being in conservation is the amount of time I spend outdoors. I had the pleasure of visiting 15 of Ontario Nature’s 26 nature reserves this summer. These ...

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