DEPARTMENTS

5 | This Issue

The path forward.
By Caroline Schultz

7 | Earth Watch

Mushroom workshops, Fighting phragmites, A new breeding bird atlas, Protecting the Holland Marsh

And more…

Cape May warbler and beautiful spring blossoms

Feature

18 | A Tree Woven Through Culture

The steady decline of black ash is exacting a heavy price – not only on Ontario ecosystems but also on Indigenous traditions.

By Raechel Bonomo

Feature

24 | Woodland Wonders

Wildflower expert Brian Carson has made a specialty of finding (and cultivating) rare trillium varieties and mutations – before developers’ bulldozers can wipe out their woodland habitats.

By Brian Banks

Double trillium grandiflorium
Crying Wolf, canine scapegoats, feature article

On the cover

30 | Crying Wolf

A government proposal casts wolves and coyotes as scapegoats for declines in moose populations. But, as is so often the case, the offenders are probably closer to home.

By Brian Banks

38 | Last Word

Where is the political will to protect habitat?

By Julee Boan and Rachel Plotkin

Where is the political will to protect habitat?
A broad-winged hawk perches above the North Gwillimbury Forest

37 | Our Community  

Citizens save a wetland.

By Kirsten Dahl

36 |Our Member Groups 

New nodes in the nature network.

By Lisa Richardson

red oak and canopy

ON Nature Magazine Spring 2020 cover

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.

The cost of an annual subscription is $50. If you are a senior citizen (65+) or a student, you can subscribe for a discounted rate of $40.

For just $9.95, you can purchase any single issue of the award-winning magazine. We also have back issues going back to 1970!

For more information or to purchase a single issue, please contact Kate, your member relations coordinator, at 416-444-8419 ext. 233 or kated@ontarionature.org.

Photos © D. Fernandez and M. Peck/Alamy, Joe Crowley, Jeff Kirk, Robert Tymstra, Pete Ryan, Portia Mohlmann, Christine Trudeau and David Stringer