© Lora Denis
May 1, 2026–Grace McGrenere
Conservation News•Reptiles and Amphibians•Species at Risk•Water
Opinicon Lake © Carolyn Appotive CC BY 2.0
In 2022, Carleton University biologist, Grégory Bulté arrived at Opinicon Lake for his first day of field work for the season. Bulté has been studying and tracking northern map turtles since 2003, returning every spring to the lake. As he went to retrieve his camera from the hibernation site, he spotted a dead turtle. He ...
February 19, 2026–Macey Whiteside
Birds•Campaigns and advocacy•Habitat•Land-use planning•Species at Risk•Water
Wasaga Beach Provincial Park is one of Ontario’s most beloved natural places and provides habitat for endangered piping plovers. Stretching 14 kilometres along the Georgian Bay shoreline, it attracts more than one million visitors annually. Wasaga Beach is the most visited provincial park in the province. Beyond the crowds, the park protects dune ecosystems and ...
Volunteers surveying aquatic invertebrates, Cawthra Mulock Nature Reserve © Lisa Richardson
Imagine yourself near a body of water. Where would you look to find fascinating species that you have never seen before? You might check the vegetation, the bank, the water itself or maybe the surface. But what if I told you there is an entire world waiting to be explored at the bottom of the ...
March 28, 2025–Shane Moffatt
Campaigns and advocacy•Habitat•Reduce Your Footprint•Water•Wild Species
Redside dace © rkluzco, iNaturalist CC BY-NC 4.0
The federal government has just announced a crucial habitat protection order for the redside dace, a mighty minnow fighting for survival in and around the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Under Section 58 of the Species at Risk Act this order now prohibits any destruction of the dace’s critical habitat in number of important watersheds, including ...
Plastic waste including pharmaceutical containers, Lake Ontario © Duncan Rawlinson CC BY-NC 2.0
It is hard to look away from the tragedy the opioid crisis has wreaked on human lives in Canada. The Government of Canada estimates that 21 people will die every day from opioid overdoses in Canada. The rage and hurt that the opioid epidemic has caused can be wholly consuming, but this goes beyond human ...
Laurel Creek Conservation Area © Carl Hiebert / Grand River Conservation Authority