Ontario Nature Blog

Community involvement defines Ontario Nature’s character and approach. With our member groups and individual members, we are the voice for nature in Ontario. Together, we are building a natural legacy for future generations. Ontario Nature proudly honoured nine outstanding recipients at its 2025 Conservation Awards ceremony held on December 10, 2025 at Miller Lash House. ...

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While the federal government has made bold promises to protect nature, their Canada Strong 2025 Budget tells a different story, prioritizing harmful subsidies over conservation funding, and ignoring the overwhelming majority of Canadians who see nature as essential to our national identity. Conservation Promises Broken In the throne speech, the government recognized the importance of ...

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On the first day Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) were back in fall session after an extended 137-day break, Ontario Nature hosted its inaugural Nature at Queen’s Park. This event was an opportunity for Ontario Nature, its Nature Network and partners to raise the profile of nature conservation amongst provincial decision-makers at the Legislation Assembly ...

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Since 1932, Ontario Nature has produced an award-winning magazine to inspire people to advocate for and on behalf of nature. Today, 27,500 readers enjoy a quarterly edition of ON Nature magazine, and recently an effort has been made to digitize the collection, with over 280 issues now available online dating back to 1951. The digitized ...

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You can help safeguard habitat for crawlers, fliers, climbers and future generations by donating or selling land to be part of Ontario Nature’s Nature Reserves system. Land protection from development and degradation is key to maintaining habitat integrity, ecological corridors, enhancing climate resiliency, and creating opportunities for people to connect with nature. Our Nature Reserves ...

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