Ontario Nature Blog

I confess to being a morainiac, so I am thrilled that moraines are one of the “building blocks” for the Government of Ontario’s proposed Greenbelt expansion. This is very good news. If we hope to protect water resources across the Greater Golden Horseshoe (GGH) we cannot ignore the significant role played by moraines and other ...

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Wartyback, snuffbox, round pigtoe, pocketbook … no, we haven’t gone crazy. These are just a few of the 41 wild and weird freshwater mussel species found in Ontario.

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It seems like wetlands still can’t get any respect from many municipal politicians in Southern Ontario. A case in point: The Town of Georgina in York Region is bending over backward to ensure 30-year-old development approvals for a mobile home park that would destroy a provincially significant wetland are not extinguished.

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