Ontario Nature Blog

The much-awaited State of Ontario’s Biodiversity 2025 report provides a glimpse into the last five years of progress on the targets and actions of Ontario’s Biodiversity Strategy. Created in 2005, the Biodiversity Strategy was developed by the Ontario Biodiversity Council, which includes Indigenous communities, environmental organizations, government, academia, industry and other partners. It acts as ...

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Spanning 3,000 acres of wetlands and forest, Wye Marsh is a Provincially Significant Wetland (PSW) located on the south shore of Georgian Bay that provides habitat for many of Ontario’s most vulnerable species. This includes 11 of Ontario’s 15 snake species many of which are declining due to habitat loss, road mortality, and persecution. The ...

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Ontario Nature is excited to officially announce an additional 13,000 hectares of protected and conserved areas now contributing towards Canada’s target to protect 30 percent of all lands and waters by 2030, known as the 30×30 target. The 30×30 target represents a national and international movement to halt and reverse biodiversity loss through well-connected, equitably ...

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During a global climate and biodiversity crisis, Ontario’s 2025 budget, introduced as Bill 24, Plan to Protect Ontario Act, fails to deliver critical investments in nature protection and conservation. Instead, it slashes funding for essential services like emergency preparedness and forest firefighting while passing environmental conservation costs from proponents to taxpayers. Here’s what you need ...

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The Government of Ontario has proposed to replace Ontario’s Endangered Species Act (ESA), which serves to protect species at risk and habitats they require to survive, with Bill 5 entitled “Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025”. This bill proposes to first make significant amendments to the ESA and then replace it altogether with ...

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