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William Bog: Conserving a Significant Wetland Within the City of Thunder Bay

August 21, 2025–Keith Wade

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Nature Network•Protected Places•Wetlands

Stewardship class, William Bog, Thunder Bay

William Bog, a Provincially Significant Wetland in Thunder Bay, ranks as the second largest wetland located entirely within an Ontario city. The bog is well known by naturalists for the ...

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Local Contributions of Protected Areas Support National 30×30 Target

June 26, 2025–Kellsie Bonnyman

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Conservation News

Fielding Memorial Park fieldtrip, Sudbury © Noah Cole

Ontario Nature is excited to officially announce an additional 13,000 hectares of protected and conserved areas now contributing towards Canada’s target to protect 30 percent of all lands and waters ...

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The Impact of Bill 5 on Threatened and Endangered Species

May 24, 2025–Guest blogger

Categories

Conservation News•Species at Risk•Wild Species

Kirtland's warbler © Robert McCaw

The Government of Ontario has proposed to replace Ontario’s Endangered Species Act (ESA), which serves to protect species at risk and habitats they require to survive, with Bill 5 entitled ...

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Stand Up for Nature on Ontario’s Environmental Registry

May 16, 2025–Kellsie Bonnyman

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Campaigns and advocacy•Environmental Education•How To

Paper mill emissions, Ontario © Billy Wilson CC BY-NC 2.0

In Ontario, everyone has an interest in, and indeed, the right to speak up for matters impacting the fundamentals of life: air, soil, water and wildlife. These rights are protected ...

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Ecuador’s Highlands with Ontario Nature

April 25, 2025–Noah Cole

Ecuador’s highlands are well-situated to deliver a high-impact tropical experience! The superposition of the Andes overtop the Equator has allowed for a massive proliferation of biodiversity as different life forms ...

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