Ontario Nature Blog

Caribou can’t vote. Nor can they take part in the consultations the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) is holding this week to solicit feedback concerning the animal’s survival. As it turns out, a lot of us won’t be participating. MNR issued invitations to some stakeholders asking that they attend a session considering a proposal, ...

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Question: How is it that the Ontario government can include snapping turtles on the provincial endangered species list while at the same time allowing, and even encouraging, the hunting of these long-lived reptiles? Staff ecologist John Urquhart wondered this too, and put the issue to the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) last December. The response, ...

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Even though I work at a conservation organization, I don’t get out much during the work week. It is not for a lack of desire, I’ve always loved nature. But mine is predominantly a desk job and I am more apt to be spreading news about the adventures of our conservation staff, than going on ...

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One of the things I like most about my job at Ontario Nature is the opportunity to interact with people who have a very deep interest in natural places. Not only an interest in the plants and animals that live in a particular place, although that’s certainly part of it, but also an interest in ...

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That the majority of Ontarians don’t have a clue where their garbage ends up after its left at the curb has as much to do with society’s general lack of environmental consciousness as it does the province’s lacklustre waste management regulations. Almost six million tonnes of Ontario waste ends up in 32 major landfills and ...

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