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Category: Habitat

Our Special Spaces 2018

May 1, 2018–Krystal Lakeman

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Habitat•Recreation and Events•Youth

Guelph tree planting © Kevin Konnyu

After what seemed like a never-ending winter, spring is finally here! Before their school year wraps up in June, Ontario Nature’s Youth Council will host a suite of planting events ...

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Sauble Beach Bulldozing

March 27, 2018–Kathy Strachan

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Birds•Habitat•Species at Risk

Piping plover and chick © Brendan Toews

What has Mayor Jackson done to our beach? In one fell swoop, she has undone all of the work that Friends of Sauble Beach (FSB) and many volunteers have done ...

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Confessions of a ‘Morainiac’: Protecting water Resources Across the Greater Golden Horseshoe

March 1, 2018–Debbe Crandall

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Greenbelt and Greenway•Habitat•Water

Oak Ridges Moraine © Isabel Veldhuis care of EcoSpark

I confess to being a morainiac, so I am thrilled that moraines are one of the “building blocks” for the Government of Ontario’s proposed Greenbelt expansion. This is very good ...

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On World Wetlands Day, Help Protect Ontario’s Wetlands

February 18, 2018–Anne Bell

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Habitat•Water•Wetlands

Minesing Wetland © Richard Longley, Architectural Conservancy of Canada

On World Wetlands Day taking action to protect wetlands is literally at your fingertips. Wetlands are one of the building blocks of Ontario’s proposed Greenbelt expansion and public consultations are ...

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Protect Whitebelt Headwaters

February 18, 2018–Anne Bell

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Greenbelt and Greenway•Habitat•Water

Whitebelt headwaters © EcoSpark

The Ontario government is proposing to expand the Greenbelt to protect water for future generations. Why then has it excluded the headwaters of rivers and streams in the Whitebelt from ...

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