© Lora Denis
Lakbay Kalikasan, G. Ross Lord Park © Rome Lim
Growing up in the Philippines, the first thing that stood out to me in Canada was how intertwined life and nature is here. I noticed how camping, hiking, fishing, and any activities out in nature are quite common with Canadians. By doing these activities with my family every summer, it made me fall in love ...
July 2, 2026–Kellsie Bonnyman
Campaigns and advocacy•Conservation Authorities•Habitat•Protected Places
Mohawk Park, Brantford © Stefaniia Kunilova CC 0.0
As of March 2026, an additional 588 hectares of locally protected lands in Ontario officially count towards Canada’s target to protect and conserve 30% of land and water by 2030, a goal established under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and commonly known as the 30×30 target. The 30×30 target is premised upon halting and reversing ...
Scanlon Creek Conservation Area © Ryan CC BY 2.0
Ontario’s 2026 Budget, A Plan to Protect Ontario, arrives with familiar promises of economic resilience and infrastructure growth. But beneath the surface, a persistent gap remains: meaningful investments in nature. Similar to last year’s budget, the province continues to ignore the importance of biodiversity and nature to economic resilience, community well-being and Ontario’s long-term prosperity. ...
October 23, 2025–Aleisha Pannozzo
Habitat•Protected Places•Stewardship and restoration•Wild Species
Moose in Algonquin Provincial Park. © Follow Me North Photography
Humans have built crosswalks and traffic lights to help us move safely through our world. But what happens when a moose needs to cross a four-lane highway where cars zoom by every few seconds? In the Algonquin to Adirondacks corridor, an ecologically rich region vital for wildlife movement, more than 20,000 animals are killed on ...
Stewardship class, William Bog, Thunder Bay
William Bog, a Provincially Significant Wetland in Thunder Bay, ranks as the second largest wetland located entirely within an Ontario city. The bog is well known by naturalists for the presence of fourteen orchid species, other regionally rare species, and a recently described species at risk, the headwater Chilostigman caddisfly. The bog is surpassed in ...
Laurel Creek Conservation Area © Carl Hiebert / Grand River Conservation Authority