by Brian | Jun 22, 2018 | Conservation, ON Nature, Wildlife
Because, like many animals, its habitat is increasingly fragmented by highways – death traps for wildlife. An ambitious road ecology project is seeking changes that will stem the car-fuelled carnage THE MOMENT JOSHUA JONES SAW the two young snapping turtles crawling...
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...
by Brian | Apr 1, 2012 | ON Nature, Wildlife
Why, when so many waterfowl populations are shrinking, is this little tuxedo duck thriving? ON A FROSTY SATURDAY afternoon in December, a week before Christmas, when the stores and sidewalks of Toronto teem with shoppers, the Leslie Street Spit is deserted. With the...
