A Corridor of Wild
A stretch of forest and wetland overlooking the Pine River Valley has become the latest slice of a growing conservation corridor in the southern Georgian Bay region of Ontario.
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Dinosaurs and Bighorns: Hooking into the Jurassic Classic
You can debate the ethics of hunting and angling with your granola-munching vegan friends all you want, but the truth is when it comes to actually getting out there and fighting for the conservation of animals and habitat, the “rod ‘n gun” communities are doing far more than most people know, and probably more than anyone else does.
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What’s a Conservation Land Trust, and Why Do We Need It?
With farmland and natural areas under mounting pressure, a movement is working to preserve Ontario's ecological heritage for future generations.
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The Old Ones: Tracking Alberta’s Ancient Limber Pines
Millennium-old outliers on otherwise barren and exposed mountain terrain, limber pines are in rapid decline in Alberta.
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Apple TV+ Drops New Wildlife Docuseries The Wild Ones
Apple TV+ has released The Wild Ones, a six-part doco that drops viewers into some of the planet’s most remote, rugged ecosystems alongside a team of elite wildlife experts. The immersive…
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What is a Conservation Economy?
The Conservation Economy is a new way to approach growth and our place in the biosphere.
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Trail Rx: Treating a Chronic Disease on Canada’s Longest Footpath
If you think you feel good after spending time on a trail, you may not know the half of it.
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Crowdfunding Campaign to Protect Rare Coastal Rainforest on Denman Island, BC
The Nature Trust of BC rallies to raise $1M to conserve rare coastal rainforest and at-risk species.
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Whither the Greenbelt?
Opening up Ontario’s protected farmland, forests and wetlands to development would be a multi-generational disaster.
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The Pollination Bomb
Insect decline is a big—and mostly overlooked—piece of the biodiversity loss puzzle. Les Anthony investigates.
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Hear the Whales
Just as the COVID pandemic arrived, I followed my curiosity after a few decades of landlocked living and moved to the ocean. I’d heard the whales had begun chatting with each other in an unprecedented way. Why?
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Elements Outfitters Partners with SALTS to Protect Alberta’s Incredible Landscapes
Built upon a shared desire to enjoy, respect, and advocate for Alberta’s incredible landscapes, it was a natural fit for Elements Outfitters to work with a local conservation organization to highlight the province’s rugged beauty and outdoor apparel to match.
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A Forest Journey: The Role of Trees in the Fate of Civilization
Trees have been the principal fuel and building material of every society over the millennia, from the time hunters and gatherers first settled until the middle of the nineteenth century. Without vast supplies of wood from forests, the great civilizations of the world would have never emerged.
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Connecting the River to the Mountains
Éco-corridors laurentiens, a non-profit nature-conservation organization working to create a network of protected areas between Oka and Mont-Tremblant...
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Good News for a Change: The Conservation Alliance Expands Membership
When governments fumble, The Conservation Alliance picks up the ball.
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Darkwoods Conservation Area: Why We Need It More Than Ever
An update on B.C.’s Darkwoods, Canada’s largest privately-owned wilderness tract. words :: Ned Morgan // photo :: David Moskowitz. As the global population expands, humans need nature as a respite…
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Yellowstone to Yukon: A New Model of Mountain Conservation
Words :: Ned Morgan. As human populations continue to grow, urban development fans in haphazard fashion ever outward from city and town centres, heedless of the habitat swallowed up and…
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On the Frontlines: Indigenous Women Protecting Sacred Places
Widely known as the Broughton Archipelago, the traditional territory of the Musgamagw Dzawada'enuxw, ‘Namgis, and Mamalilikala First Nations is a pristine stretch of ocean and islands off the northeastern coast of Vancouver Island.
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