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2025 Ontario Biodiversity Summit

January 17, 2025–Noah Cole

Welcome to the 2025 Ontario Biodiversity Summit! When: May 21-22nd, 2025 Where: Trent University, Peterborough-Nogojiwanong, Ontario. Standard registration is $425. Student registration is $200. All applicable taxes are included. This ...

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Canada’s Ecological Gifts Program – Celebrating 30 Years of Conservation

November 6, 2024–Natasha van Bentum

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How To•Nature Reserves•Stewardship and restoration

Kinghurst forest and maidenhair ferns © Noah Cole

In 2015, Ontario Nature supporter Dianne Fahselt made a gift of 16.5 hectares of upland forest in Grey County through Canada’s Ecological Gifts Program. The land had been logged extensively ...

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Restoring Ontario’s Endangered Species Act

August 7, 2024–Ontario Nature Staff

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Campaigns and advocacy•Habitat•Species at Risk•Wild Species

Jefferson salamander © Scott Gillingwater

Ontario Nature has previously documented and advocated against the extensive changes to the Endangered Species Act (the Act) and its impact on Ontario’s most vulnerable species, and has asked members ...

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Decolonizing Mapmaking: Rethinking Your Relationship with the Land

June 5, 2024–Graeme Smith

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Indigenous Relations

Wye Marsh © Christine Ambre

June is National Indigenous History Month, which offers a reminder to learn about the diverse cultures and experiences of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples. Ontario Nature honours and celebrates ...

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Ontario’s 2024 Budget is a Chance to Get in on Federal Funding for Nature Protection

January 29, 2024–Guest blogger

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Conservation News•Campaigns and advocacy

Lake Nipissing shoreline wetlands © Vanessa Denov

As the Government of Ontario seeks input on its next budget, will it consider a golden egg from the federal government? A year has passed since COP15 – the United ...

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