fbpx
Skip to main content

Ontario Nature Blog

Receive email alerts about breaking conservation
and environmental news.

© Lora Denis

Tag: special concern

Failure: Ontario’s Record on Protecting Species at Risk

December 2, 2021–Anne Bell

Categories

Habitat•Land-use planning•Species at Risk•Stewardship and restoration

Blanding's turtle, threatened © David Allen CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

The Auditor General of Ontario’s report, Protecting and Recovering Species at Risk, is not reading for the faint of heart. Released on November 22, 2021 the audit sets out in ...

Read More

Time to Ban the Snapping Turtle Hunt

May 27, 2016–Ontario Nature

Categories

Reptiles and Amphibians•Species at Risk

Snapping turtle © James Paterson

Snapping turtles are easy to recognize. They have a spiky tail like a little stegosaurus, and always fascinated me as a child. So I was troubled to learn that anyone ...

Read More

The Eagle Rises Again

August 28, 2009–Conor Mihell

Categories

Birds•ON Nature Magazine•Wild Species

Bald eagle, Petrel Point Nature Reserve © Terry Alexander

After more than 35 years of endangered species status, bald eagles living south of the French and Mattawa rivers were downgraded to a species of special concern by the Ontario ...

Read More

Stay Connected

Interests