Call to Action – Stop the 413!

Calling on Nature Network groups – please invite your members to sign our Action Alert opposing the proposed Highway 413.

This six-lane, 52-kilometre highway would have devastating impacts on nature and farmland. We need the Government of Canada to swiftly ensure the proposed highway undergoes a federal environmental assessment and that it fulfills its obligations to protect waterways, at-risk species, migratory birds and fish.

Ontario Nature Annual General Meeting

Our members and member groups are the heart and soul of Ontario Nature. We’d like to invite you to join our virtual AGM, which will be a Zoom video conference on Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 6:30 p.m. You can learn more on our webpage at: http://ontarionature.org/agm.

Ontario Nature individual members and a representative of Nature Network member groups are entitled to vote at the AGM.

Waterloo Region Nature is Celebrating its 90th Anniversary!

In May of 1934, a small group of Waterloo County naturalists sent out letters with the intent of forming a Nature Club in Kitchener and Waterloo. Ten people attended that first meeting at the YMCA, and the Kitchener-Waterloo Field Naturalists was formed. Some 90 years later, the club, now known as Waterloo Region Nature (WRN), has grown into a vibrant and multi-faceted organization.

To mark this milestone, WRN is creating a set of embroidered badges to celebrate favourite natural spaces in Waterloo Region. Club members have been invited to nominate their top five locations, with the winning sites to be announced on Earth Day. Badges will be available for purchase in May 2024, the 90th anniversary of the first naturalists’ meeting in 1934!

For more information on WRN including its outings, presentations, and conservation projects, or to become a member, please visit the WRN website.

Subscribe to ON Nature Magazine

Get our award-winning magazine right to your inbox, for free. Subscribe to the digital version now if you’d like to receive a notification when we publish new issues online. You can read about other Nature Network groups like the Eden Mills Eramosa Conservation Association, which disbanded after achieving its mission.

Interesting Links and Opportunities 

• We’re hiring at Wetland Conservation Intern and an Indigenous Community Liaison for southern Ontario. You can learn more at ontarionature.org/jobs.
• Watch the Alliance for Liveable Ontario’s Webinar Heading the Wrong Way about the problems with Bill 185 and the Proposed Provincial Planning Statement.
• The Invasive Species Centre and Government of Ontario are inviting applications to the Invasive Phragmites Control Fund with grants available from $2,500 – $50,000.
• ChangeX is accepting applications to the ServiceNow Community Improvement Fund Canada until June 1st for decarbonization projects.
• Don’t forget to post your volunteer opportunities in our form by May 25th to be included in the early June volunteer posting newsletter.

Events 

See our events calendar for a complete listing of events organized by Ontario Nature and Nature Network groups.

To submit your public events to our online calendar, email 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.