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You Need to Touch Grass: 3 Mental Health Benefits of Being in Nature

November 27, 2024–Alessi Remigio

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Conservation News

Youth Summit for Mother Earth 2023, Networking Session © David Pugh

For those familiar with Internet slang, “touching grass” has become a popular term to signal the (often critical) need for someone to get outside and detach themselves from the anxieties ...

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Restoring Habitats, Reviving Species

November 21, 2024–Hayley Raymond

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Campaigns and advocacy•Habitat•Nature Reserves•Species at Risk•Stewardship and restoration•Wild Species

Sydenham River Nature Reserve, Planting Event © Nhu le

This Giving Tuesday, Ontario Nature is raising funds to protect endangered species. There are about 270 species at risk in Ontario. But thanks to the dedication and hard work of ...

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Fighting Invasive Phragmites at Lost Bay Nature Reserve

November 15, 2024–Marcus Maddalena

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Invasive Species•Nature Reserves

Phragmites australis, Lost Bay Nature Reserve © Smera Sukumar

Nestled along the biodiverse Frontenac Axis of Eastern Ontario, the Lost Bay Nature Reserve protects both terrestrial and aquatic habitats, including forests, rock barrens, and wetlands. Many of the wetlands ...

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Canada’s Ecological Gifts Program – Celebrating 30 Years of Conservation

November 6, 2024–Natasha van Bentum

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How To•Nature Reserves•Stewardship and restoration

Kinghurst forest and maidenhair ferns © Noah Cole

In 2015, Ontario Nature supporter Dianne Fahselt made a gift of 16.5 hectares of upland forest in Grey County through Canada’s Ecological Gifts Program. The land had been logged extensively ...

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Ontario’s New Provincial Planning Statement: A Step Backward for Sustainable Growth

October 29, 2024–Jenna Kip

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Conservation News•Campaigns and advocacy•Land-use planning

Central Ontario sprawl

On October 20, 2024, Ontario’s new Provincial Planning Statement (PPS) officially came into effect. This overhaul of the province’s land use planning framework merges the former PPS (2020) with the ...

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