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Keeping Caribou in Ontario

June 27, 2017–Julee Boan

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Boreal Forest•Species at Risk

Woodland caribou © Bubba55 CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

“Eco terrorist.” “Environmental extremist.” “Latte-sucking, SUV-driving, Toronto tree-hugger.” My colleagues and I have been called many names for advocating for the conservation of caribou. When you live in part of Ontario’s ...

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Top 10 Reasons for Protected Areas

June 20, 2017–Anne Bell

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Protected Places

Pinery Provincial Park © Christopher Woo CC BY 2.0

In 2010, Canada and the parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity committed to protecting at least 17 per cent of the world’s lands and inland waters by 2020. With ...

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Under the Canopy: Bioblitzing at the Sydenham River Nature Reserve

June 16, 2017–David Coulson

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Nature Reserves•Wild Species

Sydenham River © David Coulson

The Sydenham River Nature Reserve is Ontario Nature’s first riverine reserve. Acquired in December 2016, the property is located within the Carolinian Life Zone that stretches from Windsor to Toronto. ...

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Land Protection and Indigenous Peoples

June 12, 2017–Ontario Nature Staff

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Indigenous Relations•ON Nature Magazine•Protected Places

Point Grondine Park coast © Todd Veldhuizen

Earlier this year, federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna that national parks must be respectful of traditional knowledge. She went on to say that Indigenous protected areas will be one way Canada ...

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Flitter, Flutter, Here Come the Butterflies of Spring and Summer!

June 6, 2017–Jenna Siu

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Wild Species

Mourning cloak © Jenna Siu

As I walked through the forest on a warm spring afternoon, I saw a dark creature flutter by. It was a mourning cloak butterfly! As I looked around, I saw ...

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