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The Endangered Species Act Review: Ten Things You Need to Know

February 27, 2019–Ontario Nature Staff

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Species at Risk

Red-headed woodpecker © Dan Rockafellow

Citizens groups across Ontario are sounding the alarm about the provincial government’s plans to amend the Endangered Species Act, 2007 (ESA). Here’s what you need to know:  1. The overall ...

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Top Ten ON Nature Magazine Articles

February 22, 2019–Noah Cole

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ON Nature Magazine

Common yellowthroat warbler © Noah Cole

Here are our top ten favourite articles from our award-winning magazine, ON Nature. You can read them on your desktop, tablet or phone. Let us know which one is your ...

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Youth Council Open Letter – RE: Schedule 10 of Bill 66 to Minister of the Environment

February 19, 2019–Ontario Nature Staff

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Conservation News

Credit River © David Coulson

Dear Minister Phillips, On behalf of the Ontario Nature Youth Council, we would like to thank you for not proceeding with Schedule 10 of Bill 66. The Ontario Nature Youth ...

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Straight From the Heart

February 14, 2019–Anne Bell

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Species at Risk

© John Pitcher

It is interesting how readily nature advocates can be dismissed as tree huggers or bleeding hearts – as if caring about our fellow creatures were somehow improper. Rachel Carson herself ...

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SOS: Save Ontario Species

February 7, 2019–Anne Bell

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Species at Risk

Mountain lion © Jitze Couperus

In its rush to cut “red tape” and ensure Ontario is “open-for-business,” the Government of Ontario is taking a sledge hammer to our environment laws and policies. First it cancelled ...

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