I just read Victor Doyle’s opinion piece on “Restoring Nature’s Health Post-COVID” (page 38, ON Nature, Fall 2020) and found it important and revealing. I am former land use planner myself. Although a short piece, it’s clear that he has revealed what many of us either knew, or suspected – that the current COVID-19 crisis presents a “public distraction” […]
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Fall 2020
DEPARTMENTS 5 | This Issue The case for protected places.By Caroline Schultz 7 | Earth Watch Youth Summit goes virtual, Bog at risk, Land-use policy news, Photo contest winners, Mer Bleue bog, natural burials And more… 38 | Last Word Restoring Nature’s Health Post-COVID By Victor Doyle 37 | Our Community Awards Celebrate Nature Heroes […]
ON Nature Magazine Summer 2009
DEPARTMENTS 5 | This Issue Natural Connections: Our new program takes children outside. By Caroline Schultz 8 | Earth Watch Bat populations plummet as white nose syndrome spreads; scientists discover weird and wonderful ecosystems at the bottom of Lake Huron; the Greenbelt may be bigger. 40 | Bird Watch King Rail—Tucked into the marshlands of […]
ON Nature Magazine Autumn 2004
DEPARTMENTS 5 | This Issue A Fine Balance: Is there a meeting ground between environmentalists and the aggregate industry? By Victoria Foote 8 | Earth Watch Mining along Lake Superior’s shoreline; new chemical compounds found in gull eggs; an energy boost for Ontario. 15 | Profile Man With a Plan: Superintendent Robin Reilly wants Quetico […]
Seasons Magazine Spring 2003
DEPARTMENTS 5 | View from Locke House Wilderness with rules. By Nancy Clark 8 | Earth Watch That’s one cool rock; barrier-free wilderness; Ouellette’s miscue; natural garden pest controls; Marshfield Woods saved; court supports Grey County group on groundwater extraction; Ontario’s species championed by provincial auditor; outdoor education is endangered. 15 | The Seasoned Pro […]
Ontario Naturalist Magazine Winter 1978
DEPARTMENTS 32 | FON News Copies of various FON briefs and submissions are available. 34 | Queen’s Park/From Ottawa Critically endangered Kirkland’s warbler rediscovered in Ontario; Short Hills Provincial Park plan adopted; FON disappointed in strategic landuse plan. 35 | Around Ontario Population policy seminar; polar bear proposals commended by FON; Sandbacks planning; Elora Gorge: […]
Ontario Naturalist Magazine September 19...
4 | Ontario’s Northern Peatlands By John Sparling 10 | Presidential Address 1973 By John A. Livingston 13 | Ant Clouds By David Barr 20 | Impressions of The Arctic By Nan Wilkes 26 | Decision-Making: What Choices? By L.D. Almack 32 | Death of a Legislative Fossil: Ontario’s Wolf and Coyote Bounty By John […]