Ontario Nature is the voice for wild species and wild spaces in Ontario. Its award-winning quarterly magazine, ON Nature, is an authoritative source of engaging environmental content that inspires and informs. Contributors include award-winning journalists, photographers, and leading conservation experts.
The magazine brings readers closer to nature. Experience the great outdoors, even when you’re indoors.
12 | Earth Watch
18 | Fen Favourite
The endangered bogbean buckmoth can
be found today in only two places in Canada: two isolated fens in eastern Ontario. If those habitats disappear, so will
this beautiful moth.
By Celia Milne
22 | Keeping Ottawa Wet and Wild
The community of Stittsville is fighting to preserve a collection of wetlands that new provincial regulations have stripped of protection. Leading the community is a former politician weathered by conservation wins and losses.
By Conor Mihell
28 | Raptor Rapture
During migrations, teams of seasoned counters track raptors’ passage through Ontario skies. Identifying individual birds takes detective work and resisting the temptation to rush to judgment.
By Julia Zarankin
36 | In House
Conservation Award Recipients Honoured
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 on pressing conservation issues.
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Photos © Chris Schmidt, Scott Fairbairn, Terry Parker, Devon Crowell, Chris Schmidt, Brian Beattie, John Reaume, Birds Canada, Jenna Quinn, Ron Erwin, Pete Ryan