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Explore Wabakimi Provincial Park

February 17, 2022–Noah Cole

Wabakimi is the second largest park in the Ontario Parks system at just under 900,000 hectares, larger even than the province of Prince Edward Island. This huge sweep of Canadian ...

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What We Learned Starting a By-youth, For-youth Free Urban Nature Program in Sudbury

January 20, 2022–Guest blogger

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Environmental Education•Nature Network•Stewardship and restoration•Youth

Cleanup, July 2021 © Junction Creek Stewardship Committee

In July 2021, Junction Creek Stewardship Committee (JCSC), a grassroots environmental organization in N’Swakamok/ Sudbury, spearheaded a free month-long program for youth aged 13 to 17 to provide accessible nature-based ...

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Imminent Extirpation of the Lake Superior Caribou – Blog

October 5, 2020–Mirabai Alexander

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Boreal Forest•Species at Risk

Boreal caribou © Peupleloup CC BY-SA 2.0

I grew up in Rossport on the north shore of Lake Superior in Ontario. The summers brought tourists from all over, and many visited my dad’s pottery shop. Many tourists ...

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Black bears back in the crosshairs

February 11, 2020–Anne Bell

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Conservation News

Lack of evidence The government presents no strong arguments or evidence of any kind to support its proposal. It states that the economic consequences are “expected to be neutral to ...

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A Taste of Nature

September 20, 2016–Mallory Vanier

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Boreal Forest•Recreation and Events

Youth Summit, Alex Boulets © Noah Cole

Most of us have experienced forest foods, whether we’ve collected fiddleheads or picked wild raspberries as a trailside snack. Ontario Nature’s recent “Foraging Week” events in Thunder Bay expanded on ...

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