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David Jeffery, Reforming Gravel Mining in Ontario

September 1, 2023–Noah Cole

Free for MPFN members, non-members $5; Guest Speaker – David Jeffery, Reforming Gravel Mining in Ontario.  David is a member of the Reform Gravel Mining Steering Committee (RGMC) for the ...

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Setting a High Bar for Offsetting Policy

December 8, 2022–Sarah Hasenack

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Environmental Education•Habitat•Land-use planning

Highway 400 expansion site © Noah Cole

Despite widespread recognition of the vital benefits provided by Ontario’s diverse natural areas, they continue to be threatened by development pressures. These threats will be exacerbated with the recent passing ...

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Protecting Peatlands Protects our Planet

December 15, 2021–Jenna Cardoso

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Climate Change•Ecology•Indigenous Relations•Protected Places•Stewardship and restoration•Wetlands

James Bay peatlands © Ray Ford

Ontario’s peatlands store the most carbon in the country – more than all the other natural ecosystems in Ontario combined – making these terrestrial wetland ecosystems an essential nature-based climate ...

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Long Live the King

October 27, 2009–Conor Mihell

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Habitat•ON Nature Magazine

Agawa canyon, Algoma Region © Joe Ross

A unique land use partnership north of Sault Ste. Marie has resulted in the long-term protection of one of Ontario’s highest points of land. With its twin peaks rising some ...

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Blasting Lake Superior

September 22, 2009–Conor Mihell

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ON Nature Magazine

Lake Superior © David P. Lewis/Shutterstock

Joel Cooper can’t say enough about the big lake that looms just outside the patio doors of his modest year-round home near Wawa, Ontario. “Lake Superior has captured my imagination ...

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