Ontario Nature Blog

This summer, Josh Feltham worked with Ontario Nature on our Snake Monitoring project and helped us test our Long-Term Monitoring Protocol (LTMP) we developed for snakes in Ontario. The LTMP aims to develop methodology and acquire data to support habitat protection, species-at-risk management plans, and educational programming in order to protect snake diversity. Here, Josh ...

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Earlier this year, three of Ontario Nature's reserves received upgrades or grew in size thanks to donations and efforts of local supporters.

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As a party to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, Canada has an international obligation to protect at least 17 percent of its lands and inland waters by 2020.   To count towards the 17 percent target a protected area must:  Ontario Falling Short In Ontario, we’re falling far short of that goal, with only ...

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The Government of Ontario announced plans on November 15, 2018 to eliminate the office of the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario (ECO) and transfer much of its responsibility to the jurisdiction of the Auditor General. This misguided decision undercuts the power and independence of Ontario’s environmental watchdog. In response, Ontario Nature has rallied our community resulting ...

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The three-day gathering was hosted by Ontario Nature, Plenty Canada, Walpole Island Land Trust and the Indigenous Environmental Studies and Sciences program at Trent University from May 28 to 30 2018. Transforming Conservation: Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas in Ontario, is a report that reflects stories, insights and knowledge shared about Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas ...

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