The MPP for Chatham-Kent-Leamington said Thursday there are “no plans at all” to move three fisheries conservation officers stationed in Wheatley on the Lake Erie shore inland to Chatham. “There has been nothing approved,” said Rick Nicholls. “The key wording…
Documents caution long hunting season could create ‘public safety issues,’ affect ecosystems The Doug Ford government risks endangering the public and damaging Ontario ecosystems with its proposed double-crested cormorant hunt, according to its own wildlife experts. Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources and…
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.…