HOUGHTON, MICH – During a narrow weather window between storms last week, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (OMNRF) successfully transferred four wolves to Isle Royale National Park. Earlier this winter, severe weather on both sides of the border hampered…
Province isn’t laying charges but is considering civil action to recover firefighting costs The province is saying very little about its investigation into the cause of the Parry Sound 33 forest fire, other than the fact it is not laying…
The transfer of up to six wolves from a northern Ontario island where they were starving to the U.S. is getting underway following a weeks-long delay caused by the federal government shutdown south of the border. The small pack, including…
Trappers in Eastern Ontario tried to change the law to prevent dogs being killed in traps in their part of the province, but were shot down by their own provincial federation and denied by the Ministry of Natural Resources and…
Federal government scientists are focusing on a perplexing problem in Hamilton Harbour that is bogging down efforts to restore populations of desired fish species, a major part of the overall restoration of the bay. They’ve found that through summer months…
The population of double-crested cormorants has grown exponentially in the province, but unleashing hunters on them is not the way to control their numbers, says a prominent McMaster University biologist. Jim Quinn, who has been studying cormorants and other water birds in Hamilton…
Fish will be tagged and sent back out into Lake St. Clair Nov. 1, 2018- On a cool, October morning on a lake as clear as glass, volunteers geared up at the Belle River marina to reel in the big…
October 3, 2018– Assessing Fish Population in Lake Nipissing Ontario, in partnership with Nipissing First Nation, will be conducting research and data collection on Lake Nipissing this fall. Nets will be placed in the water during the month of October.…
More forest fires have been discovered in northern Ontario, bringing the total number of fires burning in the province past 150 even as some existing fires were extinguished. Nine new fires were discovered in the province’s northwest and four others…
Conservationists are sounding the alarm about turtles in Ontario, warning all eight species in the province are now in trouble. The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC), a body of wildlife agents from governments, Indigenous and…