Ontario Nature Blog

Joel Cooper can’t say enough about the big lake that looms just outside the patio doors of his modest year-round home near Wawa, Ontario. “Lake Superior has captured my imagination and dominates my life,” says Cooper, a retired Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources employee who lives on Michipicoten Bay and dedicates countless volunteer hours to ...

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After more than 35 years of endangered species status, bald eagles living south of the French and Mattawa rivers were downgraded to a species of special concern by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources in mid-August. Jody Allair, a biologist with Bird Studies Canada (BSC) who oversees field studies of a southern Ontario-wide bald eagle ...

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Ontario Nature Conservation Award winners: (from left to right) Stewart Nutt, Stan Caveney on behalf of the Thames Talbot Land Trust, Drew Monkman, Ron Reid, Kim Gavine on behalf of the Oak Ridges Moraine Foundation, Normand Dumont on behalf of RONA and Robin Emms (in front). The Ontario Nature Conservation Awards recognize excellence by honouring ...

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AGM Conference And Awards Ceremony 2007 Conservation Award Winners: (from left to right) Brigitte Angster-Beckett, Mayor Ron Stevens, Lou Probst, Cameron Gray, Bob Curry, Grace Thornton, Chris Gosselin, Audrey Wilson, Jacob Rodenburg and William Gardiner (in the front). The Ontario Nature Conservation Awards recognize excellence by honouring individuals, groups, government agencies and corporations who have ...

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AGM Conference And Awards Ceremony 2006 Conservation Award Winners: (from left to right) Eric Card, representing Windsor Regional Hospital, Dr. Myra McCormick accepting on behalf of Dr. Nicholas Escott, Bob Bowles and Terry Carr. The Ontario Nature Conservation Awards recognize excellence by honouring individuals, groups, government agencies and corporations who have worked to protect nature ...

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