Media Release Archives
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Media Statement: South Shore Protection
September 10, 2020
Legal Action Launched Against Ontario’s Omnibus Bill 197
August 31, 2020
Statement of Solidarity with Black Lives Matter
June 26, 2020
Ontario Nature Reopens its Nature Reserves
May 12, 2020
Ontario Nature Reserves are Closed
April 3, 2020
Our response to COVID-19
March 18, 2020
Keep up with Ontario’s Environmental News
March 6, 2020
Statement in Support of Wet’suwet’en Nation
February 24, 2020
Media Statement: Spring Bear Hunt
February 14, 2020
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
We must celebrate nature now more than ever
June 3, 2019
Ontario Nature: Statement on Bill 108
May 3, 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
New Report From Greenbelt Foundation and Ontario Nature Shows How Climate Change Impacts Birding
October 30, 2018
Fall is for the birds
October 4, 2018
Wheelchair Accessible Boardwalk Unveiled Overlooks Garden of Wildflowers at Petrel Point Nature Reserve
May 28, 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
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
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
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
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
Ontario Nature awards conservation heroes
June 5, 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
Federal Rouge Park Act Could Be Great
February 22, 2017
Canadian environment ministers must protect caribou habitat
February 20, 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
Conservation organizations call for end to delays in implementing recovery actions for endangered American Eel
August 22, 2016
Ontario Nature awarded conservation heroes
June 6, 2016
Province announces strong intentions for Greater Golden Horseshoe: Strong follow-through now needed
May 10, 2016
Slither and hop into spring
April 11, 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
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
Feds urged to protect wild bees
September 17, 2015
Environmental groups win right to appeal endangered species decision
September 14, 2015
Historic day for pollinators in Ontario
June 9, 2015
Conservation heroes win Ontario Nature awards
May 25, 2015
A Day on the Grand River
May 22, 2015
Lakehead to launch Canada’s first Master Naturalist program
February 3, 2015