DEPARTMENTS
5 | This Issue
To protect and serve.
By Caroline Schultz
7 | Earth Watch
Christmas Bird Counts, A new cross-cultural collaboration, Nature reserve system grows,
And more…


Feature
18 | Small is Bountiful
A tiny reserve just outside Toronto is home to stunning biodiversity – including more than 1,000 moth species – debunking the notion that only large natural expanses merit protection.
By Patricia Hluchy
Feature
24 | Burning Need
Fires can be ecological blessings, regenerating habitats of rare species. A “prescribed burn” at an alvar reserve shows how experts tame fire’s wild force.
By Conor Mihell


On the cover
30 | The Great White Northerner
Most Ontarians know belugas only from nature documentaries, but a hardy population of this marine species persists in the province’s northern reaches. Can it resist the impacts of climate change?
By Brian Banks



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