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Expanding and Improving Habitat Along Bauman Creek: A cold-water Stream Restoration Story

March 2, 2017–Guest blogger

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Habitat

Bauman Creek © J. McDonald

With the support of the Loblaw Water Fund, rare undertook a restoration of Bauman Creek, a cold water stream located on rare property.

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How AWARE Simcoe won federal protection for the Nottawasaga River

February 28, 2017–Ontario Nature

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Greenbelt and Greenway

Montgomery rapids © Gary Christie c/o Nottawasaga Steelheaders

Kate Harries, AWARE SimcoeWe at AWARE Simcoe recently learned that a campaign we started in 2013 had borne fruit: the Navigation Protection Act (NPA) had been amended to include protection ...

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Top 4 Reasons Why Vernal Pools Merit Our Attention on World Wetlands Day

February 2, 2017–Jenna Siu

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Community Science•Wetlands

Vernal pool © Scott Gillingwater

In honour of World Wetlands Day on February 2, let’s pay tribute to vernal pools. Due to their small size and transient nature, vernal pools are a type of wetland ...

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Disconnecting From Technology

January 23, 2017–Guest blogger

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Recreation and Events•Youth

Muskoka © Brian Davidson CC_BY-NC-ND_2.0

As a Grade 11 student, I see the major impact that technology has on my generation. Technology has allowed communication to become easier, but I realize that at times, many ...

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Top 5 Reasons to End the Snapping Turtle Hunt

January 19, 2017–Tanya Pulfer

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Species at Risk

Snapping turtle

Well, here we are again, still talking about hunting snapping turtles, despite all the evidence. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is proposing a new policy to limit yet ...

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