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Finding Balance As a Burned-Out Activist

June 5, 2020–Aidan Brushett

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Youth

Ontario Nature Youth Summit, 2019 © Ryan Wolfe

Caring about the Earth is hard. There are some very rewarding and fulfilling experiences, but there is also serious despair. It seems that every time we check the news there’s ...

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Back to School, Back to Nature Blog

May 29, 2020–Jeff Shields

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Recreation and Events•Youth

© Table Rocks Environmental Education

I have a distinct memory of being in Grade 10 English class and staring out the window, waiting for the bell to ring so I could go to track practice ...

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Local Support Overflows for Jack Lake

May 22, 2020–Jackie Ho

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Conservation News•Indigenous Relations•Protected Places•Wild Species

Jack Lake © Denyse Martial

Some areas undoubtedly merit protection. In Peterborough County (Treaty 20), the lands and waters surrounding Jack Lake (also known locally as Jack’s Lake) are highly valued by First Nations and ...

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Zoonotic Diseases on the Rise

May 12, 2020–Ron Corkum

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Climate Change•Invasive Species•Wild Species

Cootes Paradise © girlguyed CC BY-NC 2.0

Although we are uncertain as to the origin of COVID-19, it is conceivable that transmission of a virus from a single bat may have resulted in a series of events ...

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High-rise Loon Watching

April 27, 2020–Mark Stabb

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Birds

Common loon © Seth Carlson

Making the most of the COVID-19 lockdown has meant finally doing some of those “If I only had the time” tasks. Photo sorting and scanning is one of those things ...

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