38 | Last Word Ode to Toronto’s Secret Slitherer. By Gideon Forman 34 | Our Member Groups Northern Sanctuaries. By Lisa Richardson 36 | Our Community Conservation Award Winners. By Ron Corkum ON Nature magazine is an award-winning quarterly that brings readers closer to nature by exploring Ontario’s natural species and spaces, and providing insight […]
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ON Nature Magazine Spring 2017
DEPARTMENTS 5 | This IssueA time of rejuvenation.By Caroline Schultz 6 | Earth WatchA guide to spiders, counting reptile roadkill, reducing bird strikes, partnership for pollinators, Indigenous perspectives on conservation offsets. 35 | Our Member GroupsA golden jubilee.By Lisa Richardson 36 | Our CommunitySydenham River joins Ontario Nature’s nature reserve system.By Portia Mohlmann 38 | […]
A Guide to Some of Ontario’s Spiders
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Spider Guide
Spiders live among us in almost every conceivable habitat. More than 800 species of spiders in Ontario, very few of which are dangerous to people. Yet almost a third of Canadians are afraid of spiders. Learning about these creatures helps mitigate that fear. Spiders play a key role in the food web and are an important food source for other animals including songbirds, fish and salamanders.
ON Nature Magazine Fall 2007
DEPARTMENTS 5 | This Issue Sneak Preview: The state of Ontario’s birds. By Victoria Foote 8 | Earth Watch Spectacular coastline to be protected; driving through the forest; peregrine falcons face new threat; house cats threaten birds; Ontario Nature’s Eco-Tour. 16 | Profile Environmental crusader Kaid Benfield marries green buildings to smart design and an […]
Seasons Magazine Winter 1994
DEPARTMENTS 2 | President’s Page Land trusts taking off in Ontario. By Adam Thomson 7 | Earth Watch Municipal power shift weakens natural heritage policy; call for changes to Ontario’s weed act; anarchy over wetlands policy implementation; MNR takes further steps to protect old growth; unhappy trails: snowmobiles changing face of rural Ontario; Wabakimi’s fate […]
Seasons Magazine Spring 1986
DEPARTMENTS 2 | President’s Page By Robert B. Stewart 4 | Earth Watch Highway 89: Keswick Marsh to be degraded to save 13 minutes’ travel time; Niagara Escarpment Commission decision flouts approved Escarpment Plan; no new parks of policies for parks centennial; Environmental Defense Fund launched. 10 | Notes Updates on environmental, wetlands and education […]
Ontario Naturalist Magazine September 19...
5 | In Appreciation…By Doug Sadler 9 | A Successful, Engaging Immigrant—The StarlingBy Anker Odum 13 | Pokeweed in OntarioBy J.E. Cruise & Leila Gad 18 | Along Came a SpiderBy Pandora Buckley 26 | Wilderness in Ontario: Part IIIBy W.D. Addison & J.D. Bates ON Nature magazine is an award-winning quarterly that brings readers […]