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Meeting 30 x 30 – an Ambitious Target

February 9, 2023–Corina Brdar

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Campaigns•Protected Places

Nabish Lake © Kristen Setala

The phrase “30 x 30” dominated the headlines from COP15 in Montreal last December. It’s the international commitment to protect at least 30 percent of the world’s lands and waters ...

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Discover the Wonders of Wetlands in Winter

February 2, 2023–Maya Davidson

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Campaigns•Water•Wetlands•Wild Species and Habitat•Youth

Without the chorus of birdsong and frog calls heard in warmer months, it’s easy to picture wetlands as vacant in the winter. But appearances can be deceiving. Snow-blanketed ice transforms ...

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Ontarians Won’t Be Ignored

January 25, 2023–Corina Brdar

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Advocacy•Campaigns

Global Climate Strike - Toronto, 9-27-2019 © Noah Cole

Snip, snip, snip. That’s how my supervisor, Anne Bell, described the recent tangle of legislation and policy proposals dumped on Ontarians in October and November of 2022. It was my ...

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Places Worth Protecting – The Nabish Wetland Complex

January 20, 2023–Kristen Setala

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Indigenous Relations•Protected Places•Wetlands•Wild Species and Habitat

Trumpeter swans, Nabish Lake © Darlene Salter

By now you’ve probably noticed our provincial government has been taking a thorough, bit-by-bit approach to dismantling our environmental laws and policies. This makes the environmental challenges we are facing ...

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Rattlesnakes and Loss

January 13, 2023–Gideon Forman

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Reptiles and Amphibians•Species at Risk

Massasauga rattlesnake © Joe Crowley

I’ve been thinking about Samuel Beckett and Ontario rattlesnakes. There used to be two species in the province, the Massasauga and the timber. But for decades there’s only been one. ...

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