Ontario Nature Blog

While the federal government has made bold promises to protect nature, their Canada Strong 2025 Budget tells a different story, prioritizing harmful subsidies over conservation funding, and ignoring the overwhelming majority of Canadians who see nature as essential to our national identity. Conservation Promises Broken In the throne speech, the government recognized the importance of ...

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On the first day Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) were back in fall session after an extended 137-day break, Ontario Nature hosted its inaugural Nature at Queen’s Park. This event was an opportunity for Ontario Nature, its Nature Network and partners to raise the profile of nature conservation amongst provincial decision-makers at the Legislation Assembly ...

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Humans have built crosswalks and traffic lights to help us move safely through our world. But what happens when a moose needs to cross a four-lane highway where cars zoom by every few seconds? In the Algonquin to Adirondacks corridor, an ecologically rich region vital for wildlife movement, more than 20,000 animals are killed on ...

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Polar bears are icons of the north – powerful, resilient and increasingly at risk. Some of Canada’s polar bear population live in Ontario, and how we protect them matters not only provincially, but globally. In response to the federal government’s draft Management Plan for the Polar Bear in Canada, Ontario Nature is raising serious concerns ...

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After retiring from teaching, Jeanne McRight found herself back in the classroom to earn a horticulture diploma from the University of Guelph. Among her assignments? Create an urban sustainability project connected to her own garden. But what started as a school project would soon grow far beyond the classroom. McRight was already an avid gardener. ...

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