This legal action comes in response to disturbing evidence that suggests the Town of Wasaga Beach has begun damaging parts of Ontario’s most important Piping Plover breeding ground.
More here: ontarionature.org/news-release...
#onpoli #pipingplover #wasagabeach
Deadline has been extended to April 24!
Ontario Nature and leading environmental & agricultural organizations are calling on the federal government to protect 9,300 acres of irreplaceable Class 1 farmland & home to species at risk.
These lands belong in Rouge National Urban Park, not up for development.
🔗 ontarionature.org/news-release...
Join us at Thickson’s Woods in Whitby on Sunday May 3 in celebration of National Dawn Chorus Day! No birding experience required!
6 a.m. - Enjoy the Dawn Chorus or,
9 a.m. - A relaxing hike
Register here:
www.tickettailor.com/events/ontar...
This event was made possible thanks to funding from TDFEF.
"We need economic solutions that work in harmony with nature, not in conflict," - @ontarionature.bsky.social's Tony Morris. @anushkayadav.bsky.social reports that Ontario's 2026 budget doubles down on highways while sidelining climate and biodiversity.
🔗: thepointer.com/article/2026...
#onpoli
Ontario has officially scrapped its Endangered Species Act replacing it with weaker protections.
LAND Lawyer Kerrie Blaise points out that applications for work that could potentially harm wildlife no longer have to be posted for public review and comment. "How are people supposed to weigh in?"
🚨 The Ontario government has repealed the Endangered Species Act, leaving at-risk birds & fish unprotected and creating a dangerous gap in protection.
🔗: ontarionature.org/news-release...
Ontario Nature has tracked every piece of legislation that has weakened environmental protections in Ontario since 2018.
“Because you can't fight to protect nature without knowing which protections have been taken away.”
@ontarionature.bsky.social
catalog.ontarionature.org/tracked-chan...
I’ve got a feature story in the works on some of these species protection cuts, but here’s a post from @ontarionature.bsky.social with details on Ford’s gutting of Ontario’s Endangered Species Act and pending delisting of endangered/threatened/of-concern species. ontarionature.org/over-100-spe...
@thenarwhal.ca @theglobeandmail.com @thestar.com @anushkayadav.bsky.social
Attention media! Tomorrow, Ontario Nature's Tony Morris is heading to Queen's Park with a broad coalition calling for the halt to the consolidation of our conservation authorities — from 36 to 9.
When: Wed, March 25 / 1:00 – 1:30 PM
Where: Queen’s Park Media Studio
ontarionature.org/news-release...
When major media outlets highlight a coyote killing a dog in Toronto, this is exactly the kind of representation coyotes need today, on #NationalCoyoteDay. Well done @thenarwhal.ca 👏
Thank you for sharing! We need to re-empower our conservation authorities to protect our land and water!
The province is asking conservation authorities to identify lands for development. These places protect us from flooding and support biodiversity. We need stronger protections, not sell-offs!
Sign our action alert here: ontarionature.good.do/conservation...
📺: toronto.citynews.ca/video/2026/0...
Last fall, we asked Ontario's Environment Ministry what would happen to the draft recovery strategy for the endangered eastern wolf, with Bill 5 having passed, dropping the requirement for those plans. The ministry didn't respond, so I filed an FOI. Here's our answer: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-enda...
At a friend's cottage, Gideon Forman came across a copy of The Reptiles of Ontario, a publication from 1939 that highlights species now extirpated or endangered. Here's what he learned:
ontarionature.org/a-1939-plea-...
#ontarionature #endangeredspecies #massasaugasnake
“AI doesn’t electrofish,” Ontario Nature's ED Andrés Jiménez Monge told @theglobeandmail.com.
Monge is pointing to the workers who are "the silent safeguards our daily lives". They monitor ecosystems, protect drinking water, prevent environmental risks and electrofish.
🔗: tinyurl.com/33abyzr9
Road closure for salamanders in #Burlington 🦎
King Road is closed from Mar 11 - Apr 8 to protect endangered Jefferson salamanders during their migration.
"[E]very action taken to protect individuals and habitats makes an impact." - Teagan Netten/Ontario Nature
🔗: www.insidehalton.com/news/burling...
Now that's a legacy.
The family of farm owner Doug Smith donated 91 ha of Ottawa’s Marlborough Wetland for conservation.
Ontario Nature's Sarah Hasenack says, “community efforts can really provide a bit of an antidote” to weakening wetland protections.
🔗: www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/don...
Ontario Nature has exciting news to share! We are thrilled to announce the acquisition of 66 acres of vulnerable habitat, expanding our Sauble Dunes Nature Reserve on the Saugeen Bruce Peninsula.
Read more about Sauble Dunes North expansion here: ontarionature.org/news-release...
#OntarioNature
Happy #WorldWildlifeDay. This year's theme is Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Conserving Health, Heritage and Livelihoods.
Reconnect with Ontario's edible plants and check out our free Northern Forest Foraging Guide here:
onnaturemagazine.com/northern-for...
#forage #guide #ontarionature
1,300 bags of garbage collected by Lynn Tremain show the toll of pollution on wildlife and Lake Huron. Ontario Nature is pushing to re-empower conservation authorities to keep local knowledge in decisions and protect communities from flooding and environmental harm.
🔗 thepointer.com/article/2026...
💧 Conservation authorities prevent over $150M in flood damage each year!
Don’t let the province consolidate 36 into 7 — local knowledge matters.
✍️ Sign the petition to re-empower conservation authorities:
ontarionature.good.do/conservation...
#conservationauthorities #ontarionature
Take action to tell Premier Doug Ford and the Ontario government to re-empower Ontario's conservation authorities! They are an important tool for local conservation governance and watershed management!
Sign the petition by @ontarionature.bsky.social here: ontarionature.good.do/conservation...
That sounds like a fantastic day of learning! We’re so glad you had the opportunity to connect with Tharanya!
It’s inspiring to see OLTA staff building their skills to identify, monitor and protect American ginseng. Strengthening this knowledge on the ground makes a real difference. 💚🌿
We had a fantastic day of learning last week with Tharanya
Ravikumaran, Nature Reserves Stewardship Coordinator at @ontarionature.bsky.social and Shaun
Thompson!
Land trust staff sharpened their skills in identifying, monitoring and protecting #AmericanGinseng.
#OntarioPlants
#protectSAR
🌍🦞 Wow, just wow. A Grade 10 student in Mississauga discovered a prohibited invasive species, the red swamp crayfish, at Lake Aquitaine in Ontario, prompting a rapid response effort from conservation teams.
More by @anushkayadav.bsky.social here:
thepointer.com/article/2026...
#ontarionature
Climate change and biodiversity loss aren't always easy to talk about. We asked communications experts from @davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social, @greenpeaceca.bsky.social, @sierraclubcanada.bsky.social and @ontarionature.bsky.social how to navigate these conversations.
🔗: ontarionature.org/how-to-talk-...
@ontarionature.bsky.social posted on Instagram Sunday about Ontario's "Bad Bunnies" (literally different species of rabbits that live here), top tier posting.
All he had to do was say "Canada" and the whole country got swept off our feet lol
Wasaga Beach’s Piping Plovers have lost most provincial habitat protection, though they remain federally protected.
But Ontario Nature's Tony Morris notes "the federal government has often been reluctant to implement the Species at Risk Act effectively."
🔗 www.fieldandshutterpress.ca/p/federal-re...