Tag: ecology
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Your purchase helps parks: revitalizing Killarney’s aquatic ecosystems
Did you buy something from our online holiday store last year? In today’s post, Ontario Parks staff talk about some of the vital protection work your purchase helped fund! Ontario Parks — as part of a bigger provincial effort — has been working hard to assess and repair ecological integrity in many of our inland…
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How will I know ecological integrity when I see it?
Preserving ecological integrity is a priority for all of us here at Ontario Parks. But just what does ecological integrity look like? Algonquin Provincial Park Naturalist David LeGros explains… When I start many of my evening programs at Algonquin, I often ask the audience if they like nature. Usually I get a lot of hands…
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So you want to be an Ontario Parks ecologist
Exploring remote forests, searching for rare species. Trekking through fields in hot, heavy gear to eradicate invasive ones. Using technology to monitor the ecosystems in parks and conservation reserves, and communicating conservation science to Ontario’s decision-makers. Working as a biologist for Ontario Parks is sometimes action-packed and always rewarding. Are you dreaming of spending your days…
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Why we should all aspire to be naturalists
In today’s post, Algonquin Provincial Park‘s David LeGros wishes everyone a happy Darwin Day! Today, it seems that we know so much about the world around us: how it works, what lives here, and what threatens it. Truthfully, it would be arrogant to think that we know it all — we don’t. Discovering and explaining…