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Protecting Ontario’s Remaining Roadless Areas: the Black Bay Peninsula

March 23, 2023–Jenna Cardoso

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Campaigns•Habitat•Protected Places•Wild Species

Black Bay Peninsula © Superior Hiking CC BY 2.0

Northern Ontario is known for its rugged landscapes of dense black spruce forests, crystal clear lakes and rivers, and pristine wilderness areas. However, industrial development is increasingly fragmenting the northern ...

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Immediate Action Needed to Protect Ontario’s Old-growth Forests

November 18, 2021–Jenna Cardoso

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Climate Change•Ecology•Stewardship and restoration

Catchacoma Lake © David Allan Barker CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

On November 2nd at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (known as COP26), over 100 world leaders, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pledged to end and reverse deforestation by 2030. ...

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Matchedash Wildlands: Rare Plants and Much More – Blog

September 3, 2020–Adrienne Hung

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Protected Places

Matchedash Lake © David Hawke

There are some special areas in southern Ontario that undoubtedly merit protection but currently have none. The Matchedash Wildlands, which stretch from just east of the southern tip of Georgian ...

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ESA Regulation Legal Challenge

January 21, 2015–John Hassell

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Species at Risk

Woodland caribou

It is not easy to sit quietly in court while the opposing side takes a sledgehammer to your core values. For instance, as long as an endangered species doesn’t disappear ...

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