Ontario Nature Blog

Harold Mitchell Nature Reserve, located in the Niagara Region, is a stunning mature forest containing red maple-hemlock swamp. Eastern hemlock on the property shades the forest floor and the nature reserve’s many vernal pools, providing temperature regulating services, shelter and habitat important to many plants and animals. The hemlock trees here are one of the ...

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As the year ends, we’re reflecting on our conservation successes in 2023. We could not have done it without you – our members, partners, supporters, Nature Network groups and volunteers. Thank you for making it possible for us to do the work that we are so proud of – protecting Ontario’s wild species and wild ...

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Giving Tuesday gives us an annual chance to step back from the consumerism of the holidays and contribute to the causes that are important to us. This year, Ontario Nature is making nature reserves our cause as we celebrate the benefits they bring to plants, animals, individuals and communities alike. Read on to learn about ...

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Ontario’s expansive landscape has four forest regions: the Hudson Bay Lowlands of the far north, the boreal forest in northern Ontario, the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence forest in central and southern Ontario, and the deciduous forest in southwestern Ontario. The province has more than 70 million hectares of forest, yet a recent environmental report from the ...

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At Ontario Nature, we have amazing opportunities to connect with youth on our nature reserves. One of these annual opportunities happens with a school near Gananoque, eastern Ontario. Bringing the classroom outdoors is so invigorating – especially seeing the students find their own inspiration and curiosity. According to their teacher, Lisa Chitty, “It’s direct and ...

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