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Why Ontario’s 2026 Budget Fails Nature and What It Means for Us

April 9, 2026–Jenna Kip

Campaigns and advocacy•Climate Change•Protected Places

Scanlon Creek Conservation Area © Ryan CC BY 2.0

Ontario’s 2026 Budget, A Plan to Protect Ontario, arrives with familiar promises of economic resilience and infrastructure growth. But beneath the surface, a persistent gap remains: meaningful investments in nature. ...

Rabbits and Hares: The Unsung Heroes of Ontario’s Ecosystem

April 2, 2026–Erin Kobayashi

How To•Stewardship and restoration•Wild Species

Cottontail rabbit © Peter Ferguson

Rabbits and hares are often overlooked, even though they are a crucial part of our ecosystems serving as a key food source for many species and even an indicator of ...

Canada’s First Tuscarora Emerald Moth Recorded at Sydenham River Nature Reserve

March 5, 2026–Allanah Vokes

Community Science•Habitat•Nature Reserves•Pollinators•Wild Species

Volunteer team at moth sheet, Sydenham River Nature Reserve © Allanah Vokes

“How about doing a moth survey at Sydenham?” “A moss survey?” Asked Roberta Buchanan, local property steward for Sydenham River Nature Reserve, who didn’t quite hear me while we were ...

Radiation across the Riverbed: Macroevolutionary Patterns and Population-level Processes in a Hyperdiverse Neotropical Catfish Clade

January 30, 2026–Noah Cole

Dr. Nathan K. Lugan, of the Royal Ontario Museum and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, U of T, will be speaking on Radiation across the Riverbed: Macroevolutionary Patterns and ...

Over 100 Species at Risk Lose Protection Under the Species Conservation Act

January 28, 2026–Tony Morris

Conservation News•Campaigns and advocacy•Habitat•Land-use planning•Species at Risk

Believe it or not, Ontario’s Endangered Species Act (ESA) was passed with all-party support back in 2007. Subsequently, of course, it was undermined through numerous exemptions and approvals for harmful ...

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Over 100 Species at Risk Lose Protection Under the Species Conservation Act

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