ON Nature magazine, Spring 2025, https://catalog.ontarionature.org/spring-2025/page/1, green darner dragonfly feature story promoted on cover

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.


5 | This Issue

A Time of Change.

By Caroline Schultz

Jefferson salamander, endangered species, Niagara escarpment, Cootes to Escarpment Corridor
As the Dragon Flies, ON Nature, Spring 2025, https://catalog.ontarionature.org/spring-2025/page/18-19, green darner dragonfly, green darner dragonflies, wildlife tracking, migration tracking

18 | As the Dragon Flies

The annual migration of common green darner dragonflies is less understood than that of monarch butterflies, but scientists are starting to discover just how epic these insects’ journeys are.

By Brian Banks

24 | Adapt or Perish

With threats to forests multiplying, Ontario researchers are seeking ways to keep the woods resilient. Can forests adapt in time to stay ahead of climate change?

By Jade Prévost-Manuel

Adapt or Perish, Adaptive Silviculture, white pine, forests, climate change, ON Nature magazine, Spring 2025
Ribbons of Green, https://catalog.ontarionature.org/spring-2025/page/28-29, Hamilton, Burling, corridor, eco passageway, connected natural systems, conservation partnerships, biodiversity, watersheds, integrity, ecotourism, fresh air, healthier environments

28 | Ribbons of Green

A natural corridor from Hamilton’s Cootes Paradise to the Niagara Escarpment shows the biodiversity benefits of connected habitat—and of conservation partnerships.

By Conor Mihell

35 | Nature Network

A Conservation Project With Legs

By Lesley Rudy

A Conservation Project With Legs, goats, regenerative browsing, environmentally-friendly, low-impact, invasive plant control, ON Nature magazine, Spring 2025, https://catalog.ontarionature.org/spring-2025/page/1
Waterloo Region Nature, Naturalists Celebrate 90 Years, ON Nature magazine, Spring 2025, https://catalog.ontarionature.org/spring-2025/page/1

36 | In House  

Naturalists celebrate 90 Years

By Kirsten Dahl

37 | From the Blog

The Road to Unsustainable Growth

By Jenna Kip

sprawl, watershed disturbance, human impacts, unsustainable growth, ON Nature magazine, Spring 2025, https://catalog.ontarionature.org/spring-2025/page/1
Electoral Reform is Needed for Climate Action, Last Word, ON Nature magazine, Spring 2025, https://catalog.ontarionature.org/spring-2025/page/1

38 | Last Word

Electoral Reform is Needed for Climate Action

By Sharon Sommerville


ON Nature magazine, Spring 2025, https://catalog.ontarionature.org/spring-2025/page/1, green darner dragonfly feature story promoted on cover

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Photos © Robert McCaw, Erin Carroll – Upper Thames River Conservation Authority, Ron Erwin, Ron Erwin, Ron Erwin, Mark Zelinski, Matt Forsythe – City of Toronto, Jenna Quinn, Noah Cole, Pete Ryan