Winter 2008

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Departments

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declineofbio1
Conservation efforts should be proactive for a change by Caroline Schultz

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Birds versus planes: preventing collisions at Pearson airport; round two: saving Second Marsh … again; trash talk: using the Great Lakes as giant waste bins; poor planning: why dig a dump on top of pristine groundwater?

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The country’s namesake warbler is one of the nation’s fastest dwindling migratory songbirds by Tim Tiner

inhouse
Kids for Turtles: tomorrow’s conservation leaders

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Farming communities are fanning the flames of a new environmental movement that protects both farmers and habitat by Bryan Gilvesy
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We are witnessing the disappearance of the grey ghosts of the boreal forest. If industry and logging continue to carve into caribou habitat, Ontario’s most elusive of big animals may be gone by the end of the century by Ray Ford

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The University of Guelph Arboretum provides a safe haven for our rarest trees by Allan Britnell

first10
A list of high-priority species fast-tracked for protection under the new Endangered Species Act by Tim Tiner

waylizard
And the massasauga and the wood turtle, along with most of our reptile populations, now in decline due to habitat fragmentation and loss, roads, poaching (turtles) and senseless killing (snakes). Is it too late to bring these cold-blooded creatures back from the brink? by Douglas Hunter

musselcrisis
A small band of committed researchers is determined to save Ontario’s freshwater mussels – critical to the health of aquatic ecosystems – from local extinction by Moira Farr

Fall 2008

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Departments
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thisiss
great_beginnings
Promises of protection for the Boreal by Caroline Schultz
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Talk of the town: pelicans make a surprise appearance; junior scientist: high school kid makes amazing discovery; spirit tree: lumber mill makes for stand-off over eastern white cedar
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This mysterious little raptor contends with multiple threats to its survival, including the absence of a recovery plan by Tim Tiner
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inhouse
Conservation winners at AGM; land trust serves many functions
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Don’t be afraid of the T-word: a carbon tax could be the best approach to cutting emissions by Edward Keenan
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Ontario’s Mining Act gives carte blanche to the industry to stake claims almost anywhere and operate pits and quarries without full environmental assessments. Will the Province keep its promise to overhaul an outdated piece of legislation? by Conor Mihell
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nature_of_my_pond
These small, self-sufficient ecosystems contain an abundance of wildlife. A naturalist patiently watches the life of a pond unfold before her by Cecily Ross
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for_the_defence
To mark cone’s 30-year anniversary, Ontario Nature salutes this grassroots coalition, which safeguards the Niagara Escarpment from developers and industry by D’Arcy Jenish
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How is climate change affecting you and your community? Three winning essays give us some answers