The long-term prosperity of Canada’s seafood sector depends on abundant fish stocks and healthy ecosystems. In Eastern Canada, pelagic forage fish, like herring and mackerel,…
Surrey, B.C. –Surrey’s Salmon Habitat Restoration Program (SHaRP) returns in 2022 for its 27th year, continuing to protect and enhance stream habitats as the City grows and develops. Surrey Council…
If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught executives anything about the keys to business resilience, it’s that risk management and listening to a broad group of…
Wyoming, ON – The County of Lambton, St. Clair Region Conservation Authority and Ontario Nature are pleased to announce that the Bowen’s Creek Habitat Management Area…
Toronto – In response to the growing awareness of microfibre pollution being discharged in our wastewater, a group of organizations focused on protecting our freshwater…
Farmers can now receive annual payments to protect and monitor nature on their lands through the new ALUS Peel Pilot. ALUS, the Region of Peel, Credit…
The Government of Canada recognizes that protecting and sustaining aquatic species at risk is critically important to ecosystem health and thriving fisheries. To that end,…
Alberta – The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is announcing a new conservation site in southwest Alberta. This 303-hectare property, dubbed Chapel Rock, boasts coniferous…
Nova Scotia – The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) has purchased 950 hectares of mature Acadian (Wabanaki) forest, over 25 kilometres of undisturbed lakefront shoreline…
This year, Nature Canada’s annual Nature on the Hill event is connecting over 70 nature groups with Members of Parliament to push for cross-party support…
Increased protection for diverse wildlife habitat, wetlands and bolstering the natural legacy of existing parks are all parts of strategic land additions to strengthen B.C.’s…
The University of Queensland-led international study mapped the impact of human-caused pressures on coastal regions to identify those that are already highly degraded, and those…
Québec City – Forty-two kilometres from Quebec City, in the heart of a peat bog located at the junction of three municipalities; Fossambault-sur-le-Lac, Shannon and…
Victoria–Climate change and extreme weather events are strengthening the call for protection and restoration of B.C.’s watersheds to ensure healthy ecosystems support communities with secure…
Environment and Climate Change Minister Tim Halman designated the French River watershed as a protected water area on Monday, January 24. This means that regulations…
The following is based on the remarks made by Conservation Ontario’s General Manager, Kim Gavine, to the Standing Committee on Finance on January 20, 2022.…
Protecting vulnerable marine mammals is a priority for the Government of Canada. Marine mammals, including the Southern Resident killer whale, are particularly vulnerable to the…
Simcoe, ON—The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is announcing the protection of 20 hectares of wetland and forest habitat in the Big Creek watershed in…
Two projects lead by researchers from the University of Saskatchewan’s Toxicology Centre have been awarded $300,000 each by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) to study…
Carried out at the IISD Experimental Lakes Area (IISD-ELA) in Ontario, Canada, one of the only facilities in the world where lakes and their watersheds can…
There has been a significant amount of focus on the plastic that ends up in our oceans. At the same time, we need to consider…
A new report reveals that Great Lakes and St. Lawrence communities will spend nearly $2 billion over next five years to combat coastal damages from…
The Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA) has appointed a new chair and vice chair. Chris White, mayor of Guelph-Eramosa Township and councillor in Wellington County,…
Councillor Karen Ras was acclaimed as chair of Credit Valley Conservation (CVC) at the inaugural 2021 Board of Directors meeting held on January 15, 2021.…