5 | This Issue
Stronger together.
By Caroline Schultz
7 | Earth Watch
- Beach Grooming threatens Piping Plovers
- Conservationists Concerned about Fall Cormorant Hunt
- Prescribed burn at Stone Road Alvar Nature Reserve
- Fewer Surviving Chicks Spell Trouble for Loons
- Victory for the Farabout Peninsula
- American marten
- Diversifying Birding
- Protecting the Minesing Wetlands Corridor
On the cover
Feature
18 | The Ghost of the North
The lynx is an animal shrouded in myth and mystery. As its range in Ontario shifts northward, sightings of the stealthy feline may become even more rare.
By Patricia Hluchy
Feature
24 | The Fish that Once Fed a Continent
Lake sturgeon are sacred to Indigenous peoples, leading some First Nations to initiate recovery efforts. In the Lake of the Woods area, the cross-cultural conservation campaign is paying off.
By Barry Corbett
Feature
30 | The Big Thaw
The permafrost ecosystem in Ontario’s far north is at a tipping point, threatening not only wildlife habitat but local communities and global climate. What can be done to slow the melting?
By Conor Mihell
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