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Category: Species at Risk

A Former Indication of Success Now a Worrying Sign in Ontario

August 3, 2023–Ontario Nature Staff

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Conservation News•Species at Risk•Wild Species

American ginseng © Grant Fessler CC BY-NC 4.0

News on the biodiversity front is mostly discouraging. So, when good news appears, we want to savour it and feel confident that it’s real. Unfortunately, under the Government of Ontario’s ...

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New and Updated Guides to Nature in Northern Ontario

May 24, 2023–Ontario Nature Staff

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Boreal Forest•Environmental Education•Habitat•How To•Recreation and Events•Species at Risk•Wild Species

American white pelicans © Rick Derevan CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Just in time for summer, Ontario Nature is pleased to present our new and updated guides to Northern Ontario. For hiking, canoeing, and other adventures, our Nature of the North ...

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Wildlife-vehicle Collisions – a Threat to Both People and Nature

May 5, 2023–Renee Suzanne Lemieux

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Advocacy•Reduce Your Footprint•Reptiles and Amphibians•Species at Risk

Snapping turtle © David Seburn

Our planet’s natural environment is under unprecedented stress. The good news is that you can help restore a healthy planet by reducing your environmental footprint, and we’re here to help ...

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Rattlesnakes and Loss

January 13, 2023–Gideon Forman

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Reptiles and Amphibians•Species at Risk

Massasauga rattlesnake © Joe Crowley

I’ve been thinking about Samuel Beckett and Ontario rattlesnakes. There used to be two species in the province, the Massasauga and the timber. But for decades there’s only been one. ...

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Canada’s Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development: Canada is failing to protect Species at Risk

December 21, 2022–Lesley Rudy

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Species at Risk•Wild Species

Boreal caribou © peupleloup CC BY-SA 2.0

The Government of Canada makes promises about protecting nature, but do you ever wonder how well they follow through? The Auditor General of Canada has a Commissioner of the Environment ...

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