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Sappy Hour: Summarizing and Celebrating Year-2 of Atlas-3

February 17, 2023–Noah Cole

Spring is approaching quickly and we couldn’t be more excited about it! To start off a new year of Atlassing – we’re going to take a look back at what ...

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Carbon Assessment and Protected Places – A Community Science and Nature-Based Approach to Climate Change

October 6, 2022–Melissa Thomas

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Climate Change•Community Science•Environmental Education•Nature Reserves•Protected Places•Stewardship and restoration

Dundas Valley © Dieter Staudinger

Earlier this summer, community science volunteers joined us to assess carbon at select Ontario Nature properties. This year, we have been working towards assessing the value of protected areas and ...

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Insects: What Are They Good For?

June 10, 2022–Bipin Dhinsa

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Ecology•Pollinators•Wild Species

Io moth, Gananoque Lake Nature Reserve © Alice Dabrowski

Do you get this question a lot? I do, so let’s think about how to answer it. Insects don’t have to be of any human value in order for them ...

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Community Science: Connecting Through Curiosity and Shared Conservation Goals

July 23, 2021–Alice Dabrowski

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Community Science

Vertebrate bioblitz. Ontario Nature Youth Summit 2019 © Noah Cole

Where would science be without contributions from the public? While trained scientists are regarded as experts, every academic and professional scientist was, at some point, a novice themselves. In fact, ...

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Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas Vlog

April 26, 2021–Ontario Nature Staff

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Birds•Recreation and Events•Wild Species

The third Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas (Atlas-3) Launch Weekend video series provides volunteers with everything you need to know about atlassing and how you can get involved. Thanks for your ...

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