Ontario Nature Blog

This report, Transforming Conservation: Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas in Ontario, reflects the presentations, stories, insights and knowledge shared at a three-day gathering in London, Ontario, hosted by Ontario Nature, Plenty Canada, Walpole Island Land Trust and the Indigenous Environmental Studies and Sciences program at Trent University from May 28 to 30 2018, on Indigenous Protected ...

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The things we buy on Black Friday and Cyber Monday come and go, but nature is forever. That’s why this year we are devoting our Giving Tuesday cause to protecting Ontario’s wild spaces. Similar to how stores and consumers participate in the chaos that is Black Friday, charities and the giving community come together for ...

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Since 2015, Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has partnered with Ontario Nature for Giving Tuesday. Thanks to their support, we have been able to restore vulnerable habitats, protect wild pollinators, defend endangered species and so much more. This year, OPG is sponsoring our Giving Tuesday campaign to help protect the places we love. If you would ...

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Our blog this week was submitted by Quinten Wiegersma. Quinten is a high school student, a young environmentalist and an active member of Ontario Nature’s Youth Council. I have been extremely lucky to have had the opportunity to see so much of Ontario, from Pelee Island on Lake Erie, to the shores of the Arctic ...

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Veteran environmentalist John Bacher is appealing a decision by the Niagara Falls city council approving a $1.5 billion development that threatens provincially significant wetlands and wildlife habitat in the Thundering Waters Forest. We asked John about the appeal and what’s at stake for Thundering Waters. Q: John, why have you decided to appeal the council’s ...

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