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Count Birds, Not Gifts, This Holiday Season!

December 5, 2019

Ontario Nature seeks to permanently protect treasured local habitat

November 25, 2019

Ontario must reverse course on Pesticides Regulation changes to protect pollinators

November 14, 2019

Ontario Government bows to the aggregate industry, moves to block municipal efforts to protect groundwater

November 12, 2019

Fall is for the birds

September 17, 2019

Watch for Baby Turtles on the Road

September 5, 2019

Endangered species to make way for sprawl development

June 6, 2019

Opposition MPPs call on PCs to vote against Bill 108

June 4, 2019

We must celebrate nature now more than ever

June 3, 2019

Leading scientists call for immediate action on biodiversity loss

May 31, 2019

Municipalities push back against Ontario’s Bill 108

May 27, 2019

Old storybook tells tale of children’s concern for caribou

May 15, 2019

Ontario Nature: Statement on Bill 108

May 3, 2019

Statement on the Ontario government’s proposal to gut the Endangered Species Act

April 18, 2019

Nature groups across Canada take to Parliament Hill for lobby day

April 8, 2019

Shared responsibility to care for natural world more important than ever

March 21, 2019

Media statement about the review of Ontario’s Far North Act

February 28, 2019

Species at risk habitat shouldn’t be open for business

February 14, 2019

Media statement about Schedule 10

January 23, 2019

Join a local Christmas Bird Count this holiday season!

December 6, 2018

Canada’s approval of pollinator-killing pesticide violates federal law

November 19, 2018

Environmental groups call for federal protection of Ontario’s boreal caribou

November 14, 2018

New Report From Greenbelt Foundation and Ontario Nature Shows How Climate Change Impacts Birding

October 30, 2018

Environmental groups intervene to protect piping plover habitat on Sauble Beach

October 24, 2018

Fall is for the birds

October 4, 2018

Pre-historic and Historic Aboriginal Artifacts Discovered in Northwestern Ontario

September 18, 2018

CNL and Ontario Nature Co-Host Fun Day at Reilly Bird Nature Reserve

July 12, 2018

Local Conservation Heroes Awarded for their Inspirational Efforts

June 4, 2018

Wheelchair Accessible Boardwalk Unveiled Overlooks Garden of Wildflowers at Petrel Point Nature Reserve

May 28, 2018

Expert Naturalists and Nature Lovers Flock to Prince Edward County

May 24, 2018

All Ontario Turtles Now at Risk

May 22, 2018

Wheelchair Accessible Boardwalk Unveiled Overlooks Garden of Wildflowers at Petrel Point Nature Reserve

May 22, 2018

Joint Statement On Caribou

May 1, 2018

Federal Court Rules Bee-killing Pesticide Lawsuit will go to Full Hearing

April 12, 2018

MNRF Issues Order to Halt Beach-raking on Protected Piping Plover Habitat, Enviro Groups React

April 9, 2018

Councillor Neeson Wants a Halt to Developer Plans For Paradise Beach – Island Grove Provincially Significant Wetland

March 27, 2018

Conservationists Urge Federal Government to Protect American Eel

March 19, 2018

The Government of Canada hits a home run for biodiversity conservation

February 27, 2018

Ontario’s Endangered Species Act failing to protect at-risk species after 10 years of implementation: report

December 12, 2017

Join a local Christmas Bird Count this holiday season!

December 7, 2017

Environmental groups back in court as government, industry make second attempt to kill pesticide case

November 15, 2017

New maps highlight ongoing habitat destruction in threatened caribou ranges

October 31, 2017

A willful blindness: The Government of Ontario is failing our endangered species

October 24, 2017

Media Statement: Rouge National Urban Park Land Transfer

October 20, 2017

New citizen science project asks Canadians to track milkweed as part of monarch butterfly habitat

October 12, 2017

Canadian provinces, territories miss crucial deadline for caribou protection

October 6, 2017

Joint statement on the plight of boreal caribou in Canada

October 6, 2017

Ontario Trillium Foundation Supports Youth Action for Pollinators

September 22, 2017

Celebrating Simcoe County’s Natural Heritage An evening with environmental trailblazers

September 21, 2017

Celebrating Ontario’s Youth Voice for Pollinators

September 20, 2017

Ontario Trillium Foundation makes significant investment in environmental conservation on farms and ranches

September 19, 2017

Celebrating Simcoe County’s Natural Heritage – An evening with environmental trailblazers

September 14, 2017

Fall is for the birds

September 12, 2017

Judge orders a hearing of environmental groups’ pesticide case

July 17, 2017

Large gaps in Simcoe County’s new natural and agricultural system protection

July 11, 2017

Province maps out new nature and farm protection for the Greater Golden Horseshoe

July 6, 2017

Environmental groups back in court over pollinator-killing pesticides

July 5, 2017

Protecting Rouge National Park requires a new Management Plan

June 16, 2017

Ontario Nature awards conservation heroes

June 5, 2017

The Province’s coordinated land use review is on the right track, but questions remain

May 18, 2017

Celebrating 15 years of protection with the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan anniversary

April 24, 2017

Stratford becomes Ontario’s second Bee City

April 11, 2017

Snapping turtle hunt ban

April 3, 2017

Growth Plan Loopholes Allow Sprawl in Rural Communities

March 9, 2017

Federal Rouge Park Act Could Be Great

February 22, 2017

Canadian environment ministers must protect caribou habitat

February 20, 2017

Ontario Government proposes continued hunt of at-risk snapping turtles

January 24, 2017

Environmental groups seek leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada in endangered species case

December 19, 2016

Join a local Christmas Bird Count!

December 7, 2016

Federal government’s National Rouge Park promises hang in the balance

November 24, 2016

Conservation organizations call for end to delays in implementing recovery actions for endangered American Eel

August 22, 2016

Environmental groups head to court over pollinator-killing pesticides

July 6, 2016

Statement on the amended Rouge National Urban Park Act

June 9, 2016

Ontario Nature awarded conservation heroes

June 6, 2016

Ontario Nature celebrates 85 years of protecting wild species and spaces

June 2, 2016

Province announces strong intentions for Greater Golden Horseshoe: Strong follow-through now needed

May 10, 2016

Fate of Ontario’s endangered plants and animals hangs in balance

April 18, 2016

Slither and hop into spring

April 11, 2016

Province heeds science in commendable wolf and coyote hunt decision

April 5, 2016

To Sprawl or Not to Sprawl? Saving Ontario’s Greenbelt

March 16, 2016

Take the challenge

February 29, 2016

Cornerstone Standards Council Presents the World’s First Responsible Quarry Certificate

February 23, 2016

Crombie report hits the mark: Protect Ontario’s most vulnerable water resources

December 7, 2015

Groups demand Minister of Environment halt proposal to remove protection for migratory birds

December 1, 2015

Join a local Christmas Bird Count!

November 26, 2015

Groups Call on Province to Grow the Greenbelt, Protect Water Supplies

November 5, 2015

Feds urged to protect wild bees

September 17, 2015

Environmental groups win right to appeal endangered species decision

September 14, 2015

White Pines Wind Project Decision Harmful to Birds and Bats

July 22, 2015

ROM leads massive citizen-science campaign to document all plants, animals and fungi on June 13-14 in the Don River Watershed

June 11, 2015

Historic day for pollinators in Ontario

June 9, 2015

Statement on Divisional Court ruling on Ontario’s Endangered Species Act

May 29, 2015

Conservation heroes win Ontario Nature awards

May 25, 2015

A Day on the Grand River

May 22, 2015

Discover the great diversity of life in Kinghurst’s ancient forest

May 9, 2015

Doctors, Nurses Ramp-Up Campaign to Ban Neonic Pesticides

March 10, 2015

97 per cent support Ontario’s plan to restrict bee-killing pesticides

March 5, 2015

Groups urge public involvement in review of Oak Ridges Moraine and Greenbelt plans

February 27, 2015

New Lakehead – Ontario Nature program to recognize Master Naturalists

February 9, 2015

Lakehead to launch Canada’s first Master Naturalist program

February 3, 2015

A park in name only: New legislation to establish Canada’s first urban national park misses the mark

January 27, 2015

Advisory: Ontario Divisional Court to hear court challenge over weakened Endangered Species Act on Jan. 14 & 15

January 13, 2015

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