Ontario Nature Blog

This week’s blog was submitted by Ontario Nature Youth Council alumna, Jackie Ho. Jackie recounts her experience at this year’s 10th annual Youth Summit for Biodiversity and Environmental Leadership. On the afternoon of Friday, September 20, I was greeted by several familiar faces and many more unfamiliar ones. I was back at the Ontario Nature ...

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Here we go again. Relentless in the pursuit of its “open for business” agenda the Government of Ontario wants to weaken protections for nature in order to fast-track development across the province. This time it is targeting the Provincial Policy Statement (PPS), Ontario’s primary land use policy, with the goal of “reducing barriers and costs ...

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By day and by night, Fatal Light Awareness Program (FLAP) Canada volunteers diligently patrol the streets of downtown Toronto and other cities, equipped with butterfly nets and rescue supplies. They are on an urgent search and rescue mission. Migrating birds have been drawn into the city by the promise of a safe place to eat ...

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Earlier this year, three of Ontario Nature's reserves received upgrades or grew in size thanks to donations and efforts of local supporters.

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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 is an old nature reserve established in 1962 and owned by Ontario Nature. I had heard they had built a wheelchair accessible boardwalk here and was anxious ...

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