Ontario Nature Blog

Lost Bay Nature Reserve contains an incredible concentration of biodiversity found within the unique landscape of the Frontenac Arch, one of the most biodiverse regions in Ontario. This year, Ontario Nature is looking to expand protected areas within the Adirondack to Algonquin corridor, a natural wildlife corridor between Adirondack State Park in New York and ...

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Growing up in the Philippines, the first thing that stood out to me in Canada was how intertwined life and nature is here. I noticed how camping, hiking, fishing, and any activities out in nature are quite common with Canadians. By doing these activities with my family every summer, it made me fall in love ...

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Each year, members of the Ontario Nature Youth Council attend the Wetlands Field Trip – a weekend-long retreat in the spring, packed with hands-on learning and wetlands education. This year, 18 Youth Council members ventured to Kilcoo Camp in Minden, Ontario from May 1-3, alongside program Alumni and Ontario Nature staff, for a weekend that ...

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Following the successful ten-year run of the Ontario Reptile and Amphibian Atlas, Ontario Nature developed a Long-Term Monitoring Protocol (LTMP) to fill important knowledge gaps about Ontario’s common and at-risk snakes. Since 2019, we’ve expanded the LTMP from nine monitoring locations to over 60 sites across the province! We recently published a Story Map where ...

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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. Similar to last year’s budget, the province continues to ignore the importance of biodiversity and nature to economic resilience, community well-being and Ontario’s long-term prosperity. ...

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