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Category: Wetlands

Doing Right by Wetlands

February 1, 2021–Anne Bell

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Water•Wetlands•Wild Species

© Viv Lynch CC BY-NC-ND

Gratitude. Relationship. Reciprocity. These are words that often emerge in conversations with Indigenous colleagues. They point to a far more just and caring way of living with each other and ...

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New 3-D watershed model for reducing plastic-waste and litter in urban waterways

July 2, 2020–Guest blogger

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Habitat•Nature Network•Wetlands•Wild Species

Junction Creek 3-D Watershed model © Junction Creek Stewardship Committee

Everyone lives in a watershed and has an impact on the health of local streams, rivers and lakes. The Junction Creek Stewardship Committee is helping students and citizens of Greater ...

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On World Wetlands Day, Help Protect Ontario’s Wetlands

February 18, 2018–Anne Bell

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Habitat•Water•Wetlands

Minesing Wetland © Richard Longley, Architectural Conservancy of Canada

On World Wetlands Day taking action to protect wetlands is literally at your fingertips. Wetlands are one of the building blocks of Ontario’s proposed Greenbelt expansion and public consultations are ...

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It’s Cool to be Cold: The Importance of Coldwater Streams

February 18, 2018–Joyce Chau

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Water•Wetlands

Coldwater stream © Steven Edwards

It’s not nice when someone gives you the cold shoulder or a cold stare, but when it comes to streams, it’s cool to be cold! The Government of Ontario has ...

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What Will the Future Hold for Ontario’s Wetlands?

August 3, 2017–Anne Bell

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Wetlands

Pickerel weed wetland © Rusty Clark; CC BY 2.0

On July 20th, the Government of Ontario released, A Wetland Conservation Strategy for Ontario, 2017 – 2030, setting the stage for an all-hands-on-deck approach to reversing the ongoing trend of ...

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