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Category: Wetlands

Discover the Wonders of Wetlands in Winter

February 2, 2023–Maya Davidson

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Campaigns•Water•Wetlands•Wild Species and Habitat•Youth

Without the chorus of birdsong and frog calls heard in warmer months, it’s easy to picture wetlands as vacant in the winter. But appearances can be deceiving. Snow-blanketed ice transforms ...

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Places Worth Protecting – The Nabish Wetland Complex

January 20, 2023–Kristen Setala

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Indigenous Relations•Protected Places•Wetlands•Wild Species and Habitat

Trumpeter swans, Nabish Lake © Darlene Salter

By now you’ve probably noticed our provincial government has been taking a thorough, bit-by-bit approach to dismantling our environmental laws and policies. This makes the environmental challenges we are facing ...

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Bad News for Wetlands: Proposed Gutting of the Ontario Wetland Evaluation System

November 24, 2022–Anne Bell

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Advocacy•Campaigns•Wetlands

Lynde Shores Conservation Area © Paul Howard CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

On October 25, 2022, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) posted a proposal to overhaul the Ontario Wetland Evaluation System (OWES). The deadline for public comment is November ...

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Giving Tuesday 2022 – An Opportunity to Give Back to Ontario’s Wetlands

November 17, 2022–Sarah Hasenack

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Campaigns•Giving Tuesday•Wetlands

Mitchell's Bay wetland, Chatham-Kent © Sue Thompson CC BY-ND 2.0

In a society where many people draw significant value from consumerism and the never-ending need to buy and own more things, perhaps the most radical decision we can make is ...

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Bill 23 – What You Need to Know

November 10, 2022–Anne Bell

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Advocacy•Greenbelt and Greenway•Habitat•Land-use planning•Water•Wetlands

Green heron and midland painted turtle, Mud Lake, Britannia Conservation Area © Adam Mooz CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

On October 25th, the Government of Ontario tabled Bill 23, the More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022, an omnibus bill proposing sweeping changes to the province’s natural heritage and land ...

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