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Category: Stewardship and restoration

Protecting the Future of Hanlan’s Point

May 26, 2022–Guest blogger

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Climate Change•Stewardship and restoration•Wild Species

It’s a humid summer day in the city and there’s only one activity on your mind: visiting the Toronto Islands. You pack a picnic lunch and your friends meet you ...

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Taking Action to Protect Redside Dace

March 3, 2022–Kat Lucas

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Conservation Authorities•Stewardship and restoration•Water•Wild Species

Redside dace © Jon Clayton

* We made a few corrections to this blog on September 26, 2024.  What’s black and white and red all over? OK, maybe just red on its sides?The redside dace ...

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Vote for Nature

February 24, 2022–Anne Bell

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Campaigns and advocacy•Protected Places•Species at Risk•Stewardship and restoration

Adult and juvenile bald eagles © Doug Greenberg CC BY SA 2.0

On June 2, 2022, Ontarians will head to the polls to elect our next provincial government. As citizens, we have a responsibility to ensure that nature conservation is a major ...

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World Wetlands Day Call to Action 

February 1, 2022–Anne Bell

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Stewardship and restoration•Wetlands

Point Pelee National Park, Marsh boardwalk © Daveynin CC BY 2.0

February 2, 2022 marks the fiftieth anniversary of World Wetlands Day. This annual event is intended to raise awareness about wetlands to reverse their ongoing decline. Alarmingly, almost 90 percent ...

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What We Learned Starting a By-youth, For-youth Free Urban Nature Program in Sudbury

January 20, 2022–Guest blogger

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Environmental Education•Nature Network•Stewardship and restoration•Youth

Cleanup, July 2021 © Junction Creek Stewardship Committee

In July 2021, Junction Creek Stewardship Committee (JCSC), a grassroots environmental organization in N’Swakamok/ Sudbury, spearheaded a free month-long program for youth aged 13 to 17 to provide accessible nature-based ...

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