Parks Blog

Category: Ecological Integrity

  • For the pollinators! Two pollinator gardens you can visit and learn about this year

    Gardens are not something you typically think of when it comes to Ontario Parks, considering we preserve many of Ontario’s natural landscapes. But there’s one type of garden we’re happy to build in our parks: pollinator gardens! Last summer, two southeastern parks worked hard to build and establish new pollinator gardens. Why? Because planting native…

  • Calling all citizen scientists: come to the Killarney Butterfly Count

    For its 25th year, Killarney Provincial Park is hosting its Annual Butterfly Count. And if you’re heading to Killarney on July 8, 2023, we’d like your help!

  • Loons are like campers — they love their park!

    `In today’s post, Kettle Lakes Provincial Park‘s senior park naturalist Sarah Wiebe shows us that loons and campers aren’t so different! Just like many families, Common Loons choose Kettle Lakes as the place to stay with their family in the summer. You could say that loon families love parks as much as we do! Like…

  • Just for the gull of it!

    In today’s post, Awenda’s Chief Park Naturalist Tim Tully defends what some may think is the undefendable: the gull.  If there was ever an animal that gets a raw deal, it’s the gull. It’s time to set the record straight and come to the defense of this unfairly maligned avian “underbird.” For starters, we can’t…

  • How to have a low-waste day trip

    So you’re heading into one of our parks for the day, and looking to reduce your ecological footprint? Here’s how to have a day of fun outside with a low-waste twist.

  • The scoop on dog poop: why all scat is not the same

    Part of being a good pet owner and park visitor is cleaning up after your dog. “Stoop and scoop” is a phrase all pet owners have heard for decades, yet park staff are often asked: “why do I need to pick up after my dog when wildlife poop does not need to be picked up?”…

  • Our 2022 Turtle Protection Project results: a reason to "shell"ebrate!

    We’ve got some “egg-citing” news! In 2022, we went on a mission to protect Ontario’s at-risk turtles. It was a huge success! In fact, at one park, we had our first Painted Turtle hatchling emerge from a nest in ten years! And it wouldn’t have been possible without our “turtley” awesome donors and the Turtle…

  • Turtles: the ultimate survivors

    In today’s post, Discovery Leader Olivia Bennett discusses turtles’ impact on Grundy Lake Provincial Park — and vice versa! When I first started working at Grundy Lake, I was talking turtles with our park superintendent when someone asked, “Why do you care so much about turtles here?” The answer is simple: while the park boasts a…

  • Guess how many types of bee call Ontario home?

    When we think of bees, we often picture honey bees. We imagine a swarm buzzing around a honeycomb hive. But honey bees are just one of 400 different types of bees in Ontario (and we’re discovering new bee species all the time!). And honey bees aren’t even a native species. In fact, honey bees are relatively…

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