by Brian | Oct 1, 2017 | Conservation, Nature Conservancy of Canada
This year marks the 10-year anniversary of the Natural Areas Conservation Program — a unique public-private partnership that has spurred private land conservation in Canada to new heights THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR, renowned for its rugged beauty, needs little...
by Brian | Mar 27, 2017 | Canadian Wildlife, Conservation, Wildlife
A recent Canadian report has declared the extraordinary and iconic monarch butterfly at high risk of disappearing forever. Now a scientist at Guelph University in Ontario has proven that Canada will have to play a central role if there’s to be any hope of...
by Brian | Mar 27, 2017 | Conservation, Environment, Listed
K+S Potash Canada just built Saskatchewan’s first greenfield potash mine in more than 40 years. To ensure no net loss of rare native habitat, it’s also financing the province’s first-ever grassland biodiversity offset A TWO-SQUARE KILOMETRE (200-hectare) mine site...
by Brian | Jul 1, 2012 | Conservation, ON Nature, People
Battle scarred, but most definitely not battle weary, meet four of Ontario Nature’s eco-heroes THE TRAILBLAZER Bruce Falls, Toronto President, Ontario Nature, 1962-64 Ontario Nature director, 1946-74 Fifty years ago, Rachel Carson’s seminal book, Silent...