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Making Nature Accessible for Everyone

September 12, 2019–Guest blogger

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Nature Reserves

Accessible boardwalk, Petrel Point Nature Reserve © Kirsten Dahl

Thank you to this week’s guest blogger, Stewart Hilts, for letting us share his story. This blog was originally published on his personal blog, Seasons in the Valley. Petrel Point ...

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Wrongly accused: Ontario’s wolves and coyotes are in the crosshairs

September 5, 2019–Anne Bell

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Conservation News

Grey wolf cubs © John Pitcher

Without a shred of supporting scientific evidence, the Government of Ontario is proposing to open up hunting of wolves and coyotes across the north. Under the guise of moose conservation, ...

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A Golden Opportunity: Make Provincial Wildlife Areas Count

August 29, 2019–Anne Bell

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Conservation News•Protected Places

Oak Ridges Moraine © Jason Kalmbach c/o Ecospark

As a party to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, Canada has an international obligation to protect at least 17 percent of its lands and inland waters by 2020.   ...

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Questions to Ask Your Candidates

August 15, 2019–Anne Bell

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Campaigns and advocacy

Beaver © Missy Mandel

With a federal election on the horizon in October, it’s time to make the conservation of wild species and wild spaces an election issue. If a party candidate comes knocking ...

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Windsor to Permanently Protect Ojibway Shores

August 8, 2019–Lisa Richardson

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ON Nature Magazine•Protected Places•Species at Risk

© David Coulson

An ecological hot spot in Windsor is one step closer to permanent protection. Last summer, the City of Windsor announced the plan to take ownership of Ojibway Shores, a 13-hectare ...

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