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Sydenham River Nature Reserve Restoration – Blog
November 25, 2020–Gabriella Zagorski
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Restored habitat, Sydenham River Nature Reserve © Gabriella Zagorski
In 2016, Ontario Nature acquired the Sydenham River Nature Reserve (SRNR) with the help Ontario Nature members and supporters. The Sydenham River is home to 23 species at risk, 34 species of mussel, and many rare birds and plants. This Giving Tuesday, Ontario Nature is raising funds to protect and restore the Sydenham River Watershed, ...
As a GIS Analyst, I spend a lot of my time making maps and exploring the Ontario landscape from behind a computer screen. That’s why I jumped at the opportunity to visit the Frontenac Arch and the Eastern Ontario region of the Canadian Shield with our Conservation Technician, Ryan Wolfe, this past fall. We went ...
Fen at H.N. Crossley Nature Reserve © Smera Sukumar
The perk of being in conservation is the amount of time I spend outdoors. I had the pleasure of visiting 15 of Ontario Nature’s 26 nature reserves this summer. These pockets of wilderness across Ontario are special habitats that we manage and protect. Conservation staff hosted 12 events on our nature reserves, reaching over 300 ...
What better day to celebrate vernal pools than March 21st – the International Day of Forests. Vernal pools are those temporary spring flooded areas in your forests. They are known by many names – ephemeral pools, intermittent wetlands, spring wetlands – but whatever you do, don’t call them a puddle!