The Huron Fringe Field Naturalists (HFFN) is worried that the provincial government thinks the public has either forgotten or doesn’t care that Bill 23 opens up thousands of acres of the Greenbelt to development, removes protections for environmentally sensitive lands and overrides local municipal control over land usage.HFFN invites concerned citizens to show Premier Ford the error of his ways and demonstrate their support for protecting farms, forests and wetlands by attending a rally in Kincardine from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 15th. Participants will park at the Davidson Centre, 601 Durham Street, Kincardine, and gather near the Lions Splash Pad. Marchers will spread out along Durham Street east to Highway 21. At noon everyone will reconvene at the starting point to meet, mingle and hear remarks from local municipal and community leaders.Inquiries may be made through the Huron Fringe Field Naturalists Facebook page or webpage.(Article submitted by the Huron Fringe Field Naturalists)
Ontario Nature has created a guide for community groups and organizations with recommendations for measuring carbon stocks. As part of our research, we conducted field sampling in the summer of 2022 to obtain carbon storage estimates at some of our nature reserves and some candidate protected areas.We found that carbon stored aboveground in trees was higher than model estimates, and carbon stored in soils was lower than expected. Read our report to learn about our findings, some issues we ran into, and our recommendations for future carbon storage assessments! This work would not have been possible without the support of several volunteers who helped us collect data at three of Ontario Nature’s properties – thank you so much for your assistance!
See our events calendar for a complete listing of events organized by Ontario Nature and Nature Network groups. To submit your public events for the online calendar, send them to noahc@ontarionature.org and allow up to a week for posting. Please send only events that are open to the public and no more than three per month.
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