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Category: Boreal Forest

New and Updated Guides to Nature in Northern Ontario

May 24, 2023–Ontario Nature Staff

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Boreal Forest•Environmental Education•Habitat•How To•Recreation and Events•Species at Risk•Wild Species

American white pelicans © Rick Derevan CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Just in time for summer, Ontario Nature is pleased to present our new and updated guides to Northern Ontario. For hiking, canoeing, and other adventures, our Nature of the North ...

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Birding to Protect the Places We Love: Wabakimi Provincial Park

June 23, 2022–Kristen Setala

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Birds•Boreal Forest•Protected Places

Wakimi Lake, Wabakimi Provincial Park © Kristen Setala

It’s late spring in northern Ontario. I am sitting on a beautiful peninsula, listening to the ethereal song of the Swainson’s thrush, and watching the sunrise over a quiet, peaceful ...

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Evaluating Carbon Storage in Forest Stewardship Council Designated Conservation Lands 

April 22, 2022–Graeme Smith

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Boreal Forest•Climate Change•Wild Species

White River wetlands © What-A-Ride CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

There is an urgent need for solutions to climate change, as temperatures and greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase. The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report warns that ...

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Loopholes for the Forestry Industry Could Threaten Canada’s Climate Action

December 9, 2021–Graeme Smith

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Boreal Forest•Climate Change•Habitat•Land-use planning•Wild Species

Clearcut © Ontario Nature

On the heels of the recent 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) and Canada’s commitments to natural climate solutions and ending deforestation, it is imperative to take a critical ...

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Where Industrial Logging Protects Wildlife, Workers and Indigenous Rights

January 27, 2021–Julee Boan

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Boreal Forest•Campaigns and advocacy•Habitat•Indigenous Relations•Protected Places•Stewardship and restoration•Wild Species

Canoes in Wolf Lake © Ryan Mariotti

It’s October 2017. I’m in Vancouver, British Colombia for Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) International’s General Assembly (GA). One forester colleague had warned me to get lots of sleep, drink water ...

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