Ontario Nature Blog

The Youth Summit has been filling a need for providing quality land-based learning, environmental education and genuine connections with like-minded peers outside of the classroom since the first Youth Summit for Biodiversity in 2010.Now more than ever, outdoor education is essential. As highlighted in ON Nature magazine‘s cover story, Making the Grade, education budget cuts, ...

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Ontario’s municipal elections are coming up on October 26, and the outcomes will set the tone for the next four years of decisions affecting nature in cities and towns across the province. Luckily, there are plenty of opportunities for everyone to get involved in securing a mayor and council that will prioritize the local ecosystems ...

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Each year, members of the Ontario Nature Youth Council attend the Wetlands Field Trip – a weekend-long retreat in the spring, packed with hands-on learning and wetlands education. This year, 18 Youth Council members ventured to Kilcoo Camp in Minden, Ontario from May 1-3, alongside program Alumni and Ontario Nature staff, for a weekend that ...

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Since 2018, Ontario’s nature protections have been repeatedly weakened. While a few stories such as the ongoing changes to Conservation Authorities or the Greenbelt scandal made headlines, dozens of major changes have flown under the radar, buried deep inside massive government bills. It has been a lot to track, even for us. Today, Ontario Nature ...

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Earlier this year, we visited the Saugeen Bruce Peninsula to conduct ecological land classification (ELC) at a property Ontario Nature is seeking to protect adjacent to our Sauble Dunes Nature Reserve. From the moment we stepped onto the site, it was clear this landscape held remarkable ecological richness. Upon entering the property, we were met ...

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