© Lora Denis
Naturalists canoeing Wolf Lake © Kristen Setala
Near the northeast corner of the City of Greater Sudbury is a lake that, when seen from the air, is a perfect silhouette of a wolf howling. The lake is called Wolf Lake. What makes this lake so special is not its coastline but rather its tall old-growth red pines. Wolf Lake is home to ...
Black ash © Charlotte Cadow CC BY-NC 4.0
Ontario’s Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) is throwing precaution and good advice to the wind in its approach to protecting the endangered black ash. When the species was listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in January 2022, the ministry chose to delay legal protection for two years. Now that time is almost ...
October 12, 2023–Maya Davidson
Environmental Education•Indigenous Relations•Recreation and Events•Youth
Youth Summit for Mother Earth, 2023 © Gillian Johnson
This past September, the annual Youth Summit for Mother Earth returned for a fully in-person cross-cultural learning event held at Camp Wahanowin, on Chippewas of Rama First Nation territory. In partnership with Plenty Canada, the Indigenous Environmental Institute at Trent University, and Walpole Island Land Trust, over sixty youth participated in educational workshops and team-building ...
Holland Marsh boardwalk tour © Christine Ambre
This past May, the Ontario Nature Youth Council set out to explore the wonders of wetlands on a field trip to Holland Marsh and Scanlon Creek Conservation Area. Together, with Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority (LSRCA) and Cambium Professional Indigenous Services (CIPS), the Youth Council discovered the importance of protecting these at-risk habitats through three ...
Old growth red pine forest, Temagami area © Noah Cole
In 2021, the Government of Ontario appointed a Protected Areas Working Group to “identify opportunities to protect and conserve more natural areas” in the province, but the group’s final report and recommendations were never released. Two years later, Katie Krelove, Ontario Campaigner at the Wilderness Committee, obtained the report through a Freedom of Information request. ...
Laurel Creek Conservation Area © Carl Hiebert / Grand River Conservation Authority