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Category: Species at Risk

Betrayed (Yet Again) Ontario Unravels Greenbelt Protection for Species at Risk

October 20, 2016–Anne Bell

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Greenbelt and Greenway•Species at Risk

Monarch butterfly, Malcolm Bluff Shores Nature Reserve © Noah Cole

Part 3 of a 3 part blog series about the Province’s failure to uphold strong protections for our most vulnerable plants and animals. When we celebrated the passing of Ontario’s ...

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Betrayed! (Again) Ontario Unravels Protections for Species at Risk

October 11, 2016–Anne Bell

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Reptiles and Amphibians•Species at Risk

Spiny softshell turtle © Scott Gillingwater

Part 2 of a 3 part blog series about the Province’s failure to uphold strong protections for our most vulnerable plants and animals. What moves more slowly than a turtle? ...

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The Science in Saving the Massasauga Rattlesnake

September 26, 2016–Ontario Nature Staff

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Reptiles and Amphibians•Species at Risk

Massasauga rattlesnake © Joe Crowley

This exclusive screening was produced by Ryan Mariotti and Mariotti Visuals, for more great videos visit Ontario Nature’s YouTube channel.

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Betrayed! Ontario unravels protections for species at risk

September 13, 2016–Anne Bell

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Species at Risk

American badger © Bethany Weeks CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Part 1 of a 3 part blog series about the Province’s failure to uphold strong protections for our most vulnerable plants and animals. I came back from vacation in mid-August ...

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Time to Ban the Snapping Turtle Hunt

May 27, 2016–Ontario Nature

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Reptiles and Amphibians•Species at Risk

Snapping turtle © James Paterson

Snapping turtles are easy to recognize. They have a spiky tail like a little stegosaurus, and always fascinated me as a child. So I was troubled to learn that anyone ...

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