Ontario Nature Explained

Ontario Nature
Type:Non-profit
Predecessor:Federation of Ontario Naturalists
Location:Ontario
Formation:1931
Leader Title:Executive Director
Leader Name:Caroline Schultz

Ontario Nature is a non-profit organization based in Toronto that promotes the preservation and conservation of wild species and spaces in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was established in 1931 as the Federation of Ontario Naturalists and changed its name to Ontario Nature in 2004.

Ontario Nature maintains its own system of 24 nature reserves, totaling 2,788 hectares.[1] It creates parks and nature reserves.[2] [3] [4] It also provides public education about nature.[5] Ontario Nature publishes a quarterly magazine called ON Nature,[6] [7] formerly called Seasons.

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  1. Web site: Nature Reserves | Habitat | Protect . Ontario Nature . 2015-04-28.
  2. Web site: Groups ask Ontario turtle hunters to snap out of it. Postmedia News. 21 February 2012. National Post.
  3. Web site: Ontario snapping turtle endangered yet hunted. 18 February 2012. thestar.com.
  4. Web site: Suit seeks to protect birds from office buildings. Toronto Sun.
  5. Web site: Ontario Nature Youth Summit – Newmarket – Rogers TV. rogerstv.com.
  6. Web site: ON Nature magazine. onnaturemagazine.com.
  7. Web site: Past Winners Archive. magazine-awards.com.