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Advocate sends over 700 postcards to Doug Ford on behalf of endangered species—Bill 5 could spell their end
February 18, 2026
Speaking up for those without a voice: advocate sends over 700 postcards to Doug Ford on behalf of endangered species opposing Bill 5
February 16, 2026
Ontario’s Conservation Authorities: Past, Present and Future
February 14, 2026
Ontario Nature honours Orangeville councillor for advocacy efforts on World Wetlands Day
February 13, 2026
Proposed Sandhill crane hunt gets mixed reviews
February 11, 2026
Thunder Bay woman honoured for helping to preserve wetlands
February 4, 2026
Thunder Bay Woman Recognized for Wetlands Protection
February 3, 2026
Sue Bryan: Wetlands Community Champion
February 3, 2026
Conservancy to safeguard 91 hectares of rural Ottawa wetlands
February 2, 2026
A ‘highway to hell’ : Developer driven 413 will have devastating environmental impacts, internal report admits
January 24, 2026
Greenway Award goes to citizens group
January 17, 2026
Environmental educator honoured for work in Waterloo region
January 5, 2026
Ford government failed to disclose environmental and Greenbelt risks of Highway 413, says Auditor General
January 2, 2026
Surprise donation supports work to protect County’s south shore
December 28, 2025
Local bird lovers take flight for annual Christmas count Saturday
December 19, 2025
Citizens for Marshland Conservation wins provincial award
December 16, 2025
BEST OF EUC 2025
December 16, 2025
Indigenous Grassroots Intervention in Bill 5 Court Challenge Asserts Bill 5 Ignores Indigenous Law, Harms Rights and Culture
December 15, 2025
Attawapiskat First Nation youth taking Ford’s PCs to Ontario’s Highest court in landmark Bill 5 challenge
December 15, 2025
Young people will speak up in court after leaders stayed silent about Ontario development bill
December 15, 2025
2025 Ontario environment policies: the battle between competitiveness and accountability
December 13, 2025
Kate’s 5 fun things to do this weekend in and around Waterloo region : Dec. 12 to 14
December 12, 2025
Hamilton conservation groups push back against province’s plan to merge authorities
December 11, 2025
York Region nature lovers, Lake Simcoe supporters see danger in Ontario government’s conservation authority merger plan — here’s why they’re worried
December 11, 2025
Protéger les corridors écologiques d’Algoma, une priorité pour les communautés locales
December 11, 2025
Environment advocates in the Algoma district want more protection for lands used by at-risk species
December 11, 2025
Halton Hills gears up for annual Christmas Bird Count
December 10, 2025
Christmas Bird Count set to kick off next week
December 9, 2025
Bird lovers invited to join Christmas Bird Count
December 8, 2025
Vaughan’s festive Christmas Bird Count returns this December at Elder’s Mills Nature Reserve
December 7, 2025
Autumn leaves are dropping later every year due to climate change. Is Toronto’s yard waste collection falling behind?
November 25, 2025
Ontario water at risk as government rushes privatization and deregulation with Bill 60
November 25, 2025
Bill 60 becomes law: Ontario water at risk as government rushes privatization and deregulation
November 24, 2025
Ceinture de verdure : des militants et des élus réclament le lancement de l’examen du plan
November 24, 2025
Critics Demand Answers on Delayed Greenbelt Review in Ontario
November 24, 2025
Critics call on Ford government to begin mandatory Greenbelt review
November 24, 2025
Ottawa’s deprioritization of climate being heard loud and clear at Queen’s Park’ : Ontario abandons emissions targets
November 20, 2025
Partners Advance Ecological Corridors Planning in the Sault Ste. Marie/Garden River Region.
November 19, 2025
The SDF plot thickens
November 17, 2025
Keep Water Public Coalition: Conservative Government’s Bill 60 Turns Water Into a Business and Threatens Public Health
November 17, 2025
Threatening the threatened
November 14, 2025
Death knell for watersheds’ : Ford set to shrink conservation authorities, plunge Ontario into chaos
November 10, 2025
Ontario’s Bill 5 Could Change the Province Forever
November 4, 2025
Does Ontario’s Environmental Bill of Rights still have teeth?
October 29, 2025
Discover Nature with the Peterborough Field Naturalists
October 24, 2025
Eagles, Ancestors, and Allies Join Frontline and Indigenous Community Protection Efforts for the Farabout Peninsula
October 22, 2025
Broad Coalition of Civil Society Organizations Presents Legislative Petition to Repeal Bill 5
October 20, 2025
Officials spark backlash with new law impacting polar bears: ‘There’s a real lack of transparency’
October 20, 2025
Petition to repeal of projects bill presented at Queen’s Park
October 20, 2025
Ontario polar bears could ‘be extinct in 45 years’ as Ford’s Bill 5 strips remaining protections
October 18, 2025
Ontario government announces streamlined mining permit process
October 17, 2025
David Hawke explores ethics, decision-making at Wye Marsh event
October 16, 2025
Advocates worry Bill 5 strips vital protection from polar bears
October 14, 2025
‘You must not become Donald Trump, to protect against Donald Trump’: Ford’s Bill 5 will give PCs unchecked power, Ontarians say
October 13, 2025
‘No…full stop…You must not become Donald Trump, to protect against Donald Trump’: Ford’s Bill 5 will give PCs unchecked power
October 9, 2025
Bill 5 Threatens the Survival of Polar Bears in Ontario
October 7, 2025
After secretly working to destroy it, Ford government silent on long overdue review of Ontario’s Greenbelt
October 5, 2025
Huron Bruce Nature learns about Lake Huron fish communities
September 26, 2025
September rain showers
September 25, 2025
Climate activists collect signatures for Bill 5 petition
September 24, 2025
Remembering the remarkable research of Prof. Sheila Colla
September 21, 2025
It’s not an early fall, trees are stressed after a summer of heatwaves
September 20, 2025
Why early colour changes are a bad sign for trees
September 19, 2025
Are leaves changing colour in Toronto earlier than usual? Experts explain what’s happening and how it can be prevented
September 19, 2025
Why early colour changes are a bad sign for Toronto’s trees
September 18, 2025
Rare blue green frog found at Walkabout Farm in Minden
September 18, 2025
Ontario made a protected area smaller. Neighbours have questions
September 17, 2025
Quinte Woodland Conference returns Oct 2. in Belleville
September 16, 2025
Toronto’s trees are changing colour earlier than usual — here’s why
September 14, 2025
Tending our woodlands: The rewards of action
September 12, 2025
Engajamento e Conservação: Descubra como Voluntariar na Proteção da Natureza em Ontário
September 10, 2025
Cambridge’s rare, UW get funding to help tackle invasive species
September 9, 2025
Invasive Species Action Fund Empowers Local Groups
September 9, 2025
THE GREAT READ: Greenbelt report offers toolkit for municipalities
September 9, 2025
Greenbelt report offers toolkit for municipalities; Protecting nature is Ontario’s smartest investment
September 7, 2025
Blue Rodeo’s Greg Keelor ‘raised a little shell’ for Ontario’s at-risk native turtle species
September 7, 2025
O Chamado da Natureza: Como Voluntários em Ontário Estão Protegendo o Meio Ambiente
September 6, 2025
On The Wild Side: Some fascinating facts about spiders
August 28, 2025
Indigenous leaders, lawyers and environmentalists in Ontario rally against new controversial policy
August 27, 2025
THE BIG READ: Canada’s 2025 wildfire season a wake-up call
August 25, 2025
Working to protect Waterloo Region’s turtle hatchlings
August 25, 2025
Canada’s 2025 wildfire season a wake-up
August 22, 2025
Join the Local Heroes: How Ontario’s Wildlife Conservation Groups Are Bringing Nature Back
August 20, 2025
Orangeville to consider municipal invasive species management of Phragmites australis
August 14, 2025
Mayor, ministers have ‘pivotal’ meeting on park
August 13, 2025
Sudbury transformed: ‘From a moonscape to a greenscape’
August 7, 2025
Le Grand Sudbury contribue avec 3000 hectares pour protéger les terres et les eaux du Canada
July 25, 2025
First Nations take Mark Carney, Doug Ford to court over ‘dishonourable and unconstitutional’ Bills C-5 and 5
July 18, 2025
Mayor Lefebvre Announces 3,000+ Hectare Contribution to Canada’s 30×30 Conservation Goal
July 17, 2025
Lambton lands part of 30×30 project
July 11, 2025
Richmond Hill contributes 550 hectares of natural lands to Canada’s 30×30 conservation goal
July 3, 2025
Toronto and Region Conservation Authority contributes over 7,200 hectares to Canada’s protected areas target
July 3, 2025
As this tiny frog disappears from Canada, conservationist warn fast-tracking bills put more species at risk
June 30, 2025
Ontario ‘unleashes’ climate catastrophe as scientists warn Paris Agreement ‘no longer attainable’
June 27, 2025
Cormorants – so controversial
June 19, 2025
Environmental groups and Indigenous communities vow to overturn Ontario’s controversial Bill 5
June 15, 2025
Environmentalists pan passing of Bill 5
June 12, 2025
‘Unchecked powers’
June 12, 2025
Caledon residents rally at Osprey Valley during Canadian Open to protest mega quarry linked to golf course owner
June 10, 2025
Ontario Nature Issues Statement On Ford’s Bill 5
June 9, 2025
Ontario government’s Bill 5 receives royal assent amid criticism from environmental and First Nations groups
June 8, 2025
Legal experts gear up to challenge Bill 5 as First Nations pledge to ‘close Ontario’s economy’
June 7, 2025
Media Statement – Bill 5 Must Be Withdrawn
June 3, 2025
Indigenous rights are not red tape’: Ontario’s controversial Bill 5 could spark a new Idle No More Movement
June 3, 2025
Windsor high school student leads Bill 5 protest
June 2, 2025
First Nations want feds to block landfill
May 22, 2025
Ligzdošanas kraukšķis redz patieso stāstu par “putnu māsas sievām”, kas izvēršas Sv. Tomasā, Ont., Porch
May 21, 2025
‘The worst piece of legislation in a generation’: 100 organizations oppose Ford’s Bill 5
May 21, 2025
A nesting crunch sees the true story of ‘Avian Sister Wives’ unfold on St. Thomas, Ont., porch
May 20, 2025
Northern Ontario First Nations fear uphill battle to preserve rights as Bill 5 speeds through legislature
May 16, 2025
Rural communities hit hardest by proposed Bill 5
May 15, 2025
Bill 5 threatens consequential changes
May 15, 2025
Say No To Bill 5’s Dangerous Overreach
May 13, 2025
How will the next federal government balance new housing with the protection of natural spaces?
April 22, 2025
Trail Talk: Jeepers creepers, I can hear spring peepers
April 17, 2025
A strong Ontario protects nature
April 12, 2025
OSFN: April Newsletter
April 10, 2025
Conservation: l’Ontario obtient un F
April 2, 2025
Making Sense of Cut Dollars
April 2, 2025
Nature group calls on political parties to commit to the environment after Parks Canada budget cuts
March 29, 2025
Friends of Stittsville Wetlands receives two-year funding from Ottawa Stewardship Council
March 24, 2025
LETTER: Federal government must do more for nature
March 21, 2025
World Frog Day marks a leap backwards in Ontario
March 20, 2025
It’s World Frog Day. Here’s how Ontario residents can help save frogs and other endangered species
March 20, 2025
Wandering and learning about Canada’s wild spaces
March 17, 2025
THE GREAT READ: PCs have stripped conservation authorities of the power to protect us from the worst impacts of climate change
March 12, 2025
Sharing a passion for service and style
March 6, 2025
PCs have stripped conservation authorities of the power to protect us from the worst impacts of climate change
February 24, 2025
Twenty-six local charities splitting $102K ‘gift from the heart’
February 10, 2025
Opinion | Why nature should be an Ontario election priority
January 30, 2025
Ontario’s growing environmental crisis: How two major projects are harming the Great Lakes
January 28, 2025
Get Concerned Perth County finds strong ally
January 20, 2025
New expert advisory board takes action at intersection of climate, nature, and technology
January 14, 2025
RTOERO awards $4,000 to Brant for Nature
January 9, 2025
Parallel crises: Ontario losing biodiversity as new federal climate targets disappoint
December 31, 2024
Ontario Needs To Get Serious About Protecting And Restoring Nature
December 24, 2024
Community Spotlight: Local bird lovers invited to join Canada’s longest-running wildlife survey
December 23, 2024
Federal government rejects calls for review of Highway 413, jeopardizing Ontario’s Greenbelt and at-risk species
December 23, 2024
Local conservation award helps future environmental champs
December 20, 2024
Jefferson Salamander and Unisexual Ambystoma (Jefferson Salamander dependent population)
December 20, 2024
Civil society organizations applaud Canada’s natural resources committee’s call to bring owner of Domtar, (formerly Paper Excellence) to testify
December 16, 2024
Annual Christmas Bird Count is back
December 16, 2024
Join the Christmas Bird Count
December 13, 2024
This Christmas tradition has been going on for 125 years. Here’s how you can help inform bird conservation across Ontario and North America
December 12, 2024
Ontario Nature Groups Host Christmas Bird Counts Across the Province
December 12, 2024
Nature Groups Organize Bird Counts This Holiday Season – Community scientists wanted for Christmas Bird Counts across Ontario
December 10, 2024
2024 Holiday Home & Pets Gift Guide
December 9, 2024
Support for student projects drives change in monitoring ecosystem restoration efforts
December 6, 2024
Constantly Cooking’s 2024 holiday gift guide
December 5, 2024
Protected Areas in Waiting: A Legacy Conservation Opportunity to Contribute to Canada’s Biodiversity Commitment
November 28, 2024
Ontario Nature Asks: Will Bill 212 Destroy More Ontario Farmland?
November 25, 2024
Parks Canada and partners work to restore ecological connectivity in northern Ontario
November 22, 2024
Peace Committee honours South Grey’s green groups
November 18, 2024
City Council Wrap-Up: November 12, 2024 – 30 x 30 Progress Update
November 12, 2024
Ontario Nature Expands the Gananoque Lake Nature Reserve
November 5, 2024
Has buying beer and wine at the corner store changed lives in Ontario? Probably not.
November 4, 2024
OPP report an increase in wildlife collisions on Ontario roads over the past three years
October 30, 2024
Botulism feared as dead and dying birds found on area beaches
October 29, 2024
Botulism feared as dead and dying birds found on Tiny’s beaches
October 25, 2024
Ontario’s Endangered Species Threatened, Again
October 24, 2024
Ottawa wetlands cut from ‘provincially significant’ list
October 22, 2024
Not so Fast: The Impacts of Microtrends and Fast Fashion
October 10, 2024
‘Ecological breakdown’: Environmental devastation from Highway 413 becoming clearer; Brampton & Mississauga at significant risk
October 5, 2024
West Lake Community Association Environmental Symposium Saturday
September 26, 2024
Fall planting event at Clifford Sonny Belch Park
September 25, 2024
Bird walk offers chance to spot fall migrants with expert guide
September 17, 2024
Indigenous Perspectives on Protected Areas, October 2017
September 15, 2024
Nature League celebrates 40 years of advocacy, education
September 13, 2024
Letter to the Editor: A costless solution for new power
September 12, 2024
Who Was Harry Williams?
September 7, 2024
Will a tiny fish stop Ford’s Highway 413?
September 6, 2024
Presenting the RBC 21 Under 21 Award Recipients
September 6, 2024
Controlled burn to take place on Pelee Island Wednesday
September 5, 2024
Controlled burn taking place on Pelee Island
September 3, 2024
Un pececillo podría frenar la construcción de la autopista 413
September 1, 2024
Ce petit poisson pourrait contrecarrer la construction d’une grande autoroute en Ontario
August 30, 2024
Environmentalists pin hopes on tiny fish to stop Highway 413
August 30, 2024
City of Brampton and TRCA contribute over 1900 hectares of natural heritage lands towards Canada’s 30×30 conservation target
August 20, 2024
Des noyers cendrés, une espèce en voie de disparition, prospèrent dans la forêt de l’ouest du Québec, selon un groupe
August 14, 2024
Government issues hefty fine to individual found guilty of disturbing habitat of at-risk species — here’s why it matters
August 12, 2024
Academy engages high school students in science
August 9, 2024
Prescribed burn coming to Pelee Island in late August
August 6, 2024
Experience at Mac has Biology undergrad aspiring to be a rural Batman – “plant scientist by day, farmer by night”.
July 29, 2024
‘We can all be proud’: Richmond Hill gains five per cent more tree cover and an Ontario Nature award
June 24, 2024
☀ Summer of Action Challenge
June 19, 2024
Ontario Nature Announces Environmental Champions
June 13, 2024
Chimney Swifts S.O.S.! free event includes tour of homes and tips to help protect – June 17
June 10, 2024
Save Georgian Bay Receives Award From Ontario Nature
June 10, 2024
Partnership to continue snake habitat on Pelee Island
April 25, 2024
Rare snake habitat on Pelee Island to be restored
April 25, 2024
LETTER: Stand up to plans for this ‘unnecessary’ roadway
April 19, 2024
Highway 413 cannot proceed if federal government ‘does its job’, says environmental group
April 16, 2024
Guelph to designate portion of city-owned land as protected for biodiversity initiative
April 4, 2024
Guelph contribue à l’objectif de zones protégées du Canada de 274 hectares de terres protégées
April 4, 2024
Guelph contributes 274 hectares of conservation land to Canada’s protected areas target
April 3, 2024
Guelph Contributes 274 Hectares of Conservation Land to Canada’s Protected Areas Target
April 3, 2024
Guelph contribuisce con 274 ettari di terreno protetto all’obiettivo delle aree protette del Canada
April 3, 2024
Canadian cities could get an influx of wild climate refugees — and also lose a few familiar animal faces
March 27, 2024
Nature Canada’s Municipal Protected Areas Program
March 27, 2024
‘Quinte is a leader in Ontario and beyond’: Quinte Conservation contributes 10,357 hectares to Canada’s protected areas target
March 25, 2024
Quinte Conservation delivers on forest conservation
March 21, 2024
Ontario groups alarmed by changes to Endangered Species Act
February 26, 2024
Proposed changes may hurt endangered species
February 20, 2024
Ontario to cut protections for tiny endangered fish found along route of Highway 413
February 16, 2024
More of ‘rare’ area protected east of Thunder Bay
February 4, 2024
Toronto conservation agency buys chunk of Ontario peninsula to protect against development
February 3, 2024
The Eastern White Pine: A Historic Legacy at Risk
January 23, 2024
Ontario Nature Launches Reptile, Amphibian Atlas
January 15, 2024
Spotting salamanders in your own backyard.
January 15, 2024
2023 Order of Parry Sound awarded to Glenda Clayton
January 9, 2024
Ontario Nature Publishes Ontario Reptile and Amphibian Atlas
January 9, 2024
Forest industry and environmentalists disagree as province moves to protect black ash trees
January 2, 2024
Nature groups organize bird counts this holiday season
December 29, 2023
This census is for the birds …and they need your help
December 27, 2023
Partners working with municipalities across Canada to contribute to national conservation network, supporting nature and halting biodiversity loss
December 18, 2023
Des municipalités de l’Ontario appuient les objectifs nationaux
December 18, 2023
Municipalities in Ontario supporting national targets
December 18, 2023
Christmas Bird Count on now through Jan. 5
December 16, 2023
Annual Christmas Bird Count about to take flight
December 14, 2023
All eyes on the birds
December 14, 2023
Wolf Lake lovers resume campaign to preserve ancient forest
December 14, 2023
Christmas Bird Count set to take flight in Halton Hills
December 13, 2023
Count the birds this Christmas!
December 13, 2023
Community Spotlight: Local Nature Group to host annual Christmas Bird Count, taking place in a sky near you
December 12, 2023
Huron Fringe Field Naturalists enjoy birding presentation
December 12, 2023
Participants welcome to join Christmas Bird Counts in the County
December 11, 2023
Citizens encouraged to take part in 124th Christmas Bird Count
December 10, 2023
Birds will have eyes on them
December 9, 2023
Mississauga, Hamilton and Oakville bird lovers can soon take part in a 124-year-old tradition
December 8, 2023
Huntsville’s Christmas Bird Count takes place December 14
December 8, 2023
Join the Nature Network for the 124th Christmas Bird Counts
December 8, 2023
Forest therapy in Lost Bay Nature Reserve
October 7, 2020