Skip to main content

Ontario Nature Blog

Receive email alerts about breaking conservation
and environmental news.

© Lora Denis

Tomorrow’s Environmental Leaders

May 2, 2016–Ontario Nature

Categories

Youth

Youth Summit 2017 © Brendan Toews

When I was in high school, I had a teacher who was very environmentally conscious and encouraged my green side. I went to high school in the early 1970’s when ...

Read More

Sleuthing for Salamanders

April 21, 2016–Smera Sukumar (On maternity leave)

Categories

Community Science•Nature Reserves•Reptiles and Amphibians•Wetlands

Red-backed salamander © Joe Crowley

After a warm winter and chilly start to spring, I joined my Ontario Nature co-workers at Altberg Wildlife Sanctuary Nature Reserve for a good old-fashioned salamander sleuthing event, our first ...

Read More

Free, Prior and Informed Consent – Where Conservation Can Support Human Rights

April 8, 2016–Julee Boan

Categories

Boreal Forest•Indigenous Relations

© Simon Brothers Powerline Films

I woke up this morning to a story on the local news that a family of nine had died in another northern First Nation reserve house fire. Among the dead ...

Read More

Conservation Conversation

April 7, 2016–Ontario Nature

Categories

Conservation News

In celebration of our 85th anniversary, we are starting a Conservation Conversation! To get the conversation going, we’re asking you to share the actions you will take for nature today, ...

Read More

Whatever You Do, Don’t Call Vernal Pools Puddles!

March 21, 2016–Ontario Nature

Categories

Reptiles and Amphibians•Wetlands

Vernal pool, Altberg Nature Reserve © Noah Cole

What better day to celebrate vernal pools than March 21st – the International Day of Forests. Vernal pools are those temporary spring flooded areas in your forests. They are known ...

Read More

Stay Connected

Interests