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Category: Wild Species

Put Nature First in Rondeau Provincial Park

December 6, 2019–Anne Bell

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Habitat•Protected Places•Species at Risk•Wild Species

Nodding pogonias © David McAdoo CC BY 2.0

Patience may be a virtue, but in the case of Rondeau Provincial Park, we’ve waited long enough. For over 60 years, the Government of Ontario has acknowledged the need to ...

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Plants at Risk

December 3, 2019–Smera Sukumar

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Species at Risk•Wild Species

Oftentimes when we talk about species at risk, we think about mammals, birds or reptiles and we forget about the many plants that are at risk in our province. That’s ...

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Not All Fires Are Bad

October 31, 2019–Stephanie Muckle

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Nature Reserves•Wild Species

Stone Road Alvar after the burn © Smera Sukumar

As we watch the devastating wildfires in California rage on, it’s hard to believe that I’m writing a blog about how we started a fire on purpose. But that’s exactly ...

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Demystifying Poison Ivy

June 12, 2019–Guest blogger

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Recreation and Events•Wild Species

© Colleen Cirillo

Gardeners beware! Poison ivy was listed among the top 8 most toxic plants in Canadian gardens by The Weather Network. Scientifically known as the Rhus radicans L, this toxic climbing ...

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It’s Up To Us Now

May 17, 2019–Kirsten Dahl

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Conservation News•Wild Species•Youth

I spent my summers catching frogs with my sister on a small lake in Seguin, Ontario. We did other things too – like swim to the jumping rock and canoe ...

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