© Lora Denis
The provincial government’s proposed omnibus bill makes Ontario a very worrisome place to be. Funding for flood mitigation across the province is disappearing and a critical tree-planting program will soon end. The Government of Ontario is proposing a drastic overhaul of Ontario’s Endangered Species Act, 2007 (ESA) through changes put forward in Schedule 5 of ...
Common yellowthroat warbler © Noah Cole
Here are our top ten favourite articles from our award-winning magazine, ON Nature. You can read them on your desktop, tablet or phone. Let us know which one is your favourite! Looking for more environmental news? You can read current and back issues of ON Nature online. Get closer to nature by exploring Ontario’s natural ...
Clean drinking water © Artform Canada
Ontario Nature is thrilled to hear the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing’s announcement today that the provincial government will be removing Schedule 10 from Bill 66. The government has indeed listened to the people. The public outcry demonstrated loud and clear that ensuring that we have clean water and sustainable development are at the core of Ontarian’s values and not ...
January 8, 2019–Caroline Schultz
Conservation News•Greenbelt and Oak Ridges Moraine•Ontario Nature
Oak Ridges Moraine © Jason Kalmbach
Citizens groups across Ontario are up in arms about Bill 66, introduced in the Legislature on December 6th. Here’s what you need to know about this controversial bill: 1. It affects every municipality in Ontario. Bill 66 allows municipalities across the province to create “open-for-business by-laws” that would trump critical legal requirements to protect water, ...
Our blog this week was written by Mike Badyk, a retired geography and natural history professor and longtime Ontario Nature member. Thock, thock, thock. Thock, thock, thock. It is hard to accurately convey the sound of acorns falling on our roof. You see a giant white oak lets us live with it. It is an ...
Gray wolves © Pierre Cardon