Parks Blog

Tag: ecosystems

  • Forever protected

    We all know Ontario’s provincial parks aim to protect our natural landscapes and species. But did you know that each individual park is protected for its own (often very specific) reasons? Our parks work together as a network of biodiversity and protection. Whether an immense wilderness or a small urban nature reserve, every park plays…

  • The fascinating world of dragonflies and their importance to ecosystems

    Today’s blog comes to us from Algonquin Provincial Park Naturalist Sarah Lamond. Picture it: a warm July day at Algonquin. You’re basking in the day’s rays and exploring an interpretive trail. It’s all picture perfect until you hear that telltale buzz and feel an all-too-familiar pain on your scalp. The Deer Flies have arrived. Swatting at…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Forever protected: why MacGregor Point belongs

    Our “Forever Protected” series shares why each and every park belongs in Ontario Parks. In today’s post, Kathleen Houlahan Chayer tells us MacGregor Point’s story.  I worked as the Discovery Leader at MacGregor Point Provincial Park for four years, but it wasn’t really until I started working at Pinery (another park that I’m glad is…

  • My 50 trees challenge

    Today’s post comes from Sheila Wiebe, a Marketing and Development Specialist at Bronte Creek Provincial Park. I recently celebrated the halfway point in my life. The milestone of 50 years on this Earth, half a century. As I usually do around my birthday I reflected on the past year: the accomplishments, the challenges, and everything…

  • Dynamic dunes at Pinery

    Today’s post comes from Alistair MacKenzie, our Supervisor of Natural Heritage Education and Resource Management at Pinery Provincial Park. In a province dominated by the rock of the Canadian Shield, sand is rare. If we combined all of Ontario’s coastal sand dunes together, they would only make up less than 0.5% of our province’s land. We can…

  • Ecosystems and music

    Not sure exactly what “ecological integrity” means? Today’s post from Park Biologist Shannon McGaffey explains how ecological integrity is like music. Synergy: the creation of a whole that is bigger than the sum of the individual parts If you are listening to a symphony, you are not listening to two violins, one piano, three flutes, etc.…

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