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  • Is that lichen killing those trees?

    Today’s post comes from Cara Freitag, a past Park Naturalist at Neys Provincial Park. There are many misconceptions about nature: climb a tree to escape bears,  moose are friendly, coolers are strong enough to prevent bears getting your food. Before I became a naturalist, I thought that all insects were bugs, not just the Hemiptera…

  • Community science with the Georgian Bay Mnidoo Gamii Biosphere

    Today’s blog was written by Discovery Program Project Coordinator Jessica Stillman. This summer, Grundy Lake Provincial Park, Killbear Provincial Park, and The Massasauga Provincial Park collaborated with the Georgian Bay Mnidoo Gamii Biosphere (GBB) to host bioblitzes within the world’s largest freshwater archipelago. What is a bioblitz? In short, it is a community science event…

  • What goes into closing a park for the winter?

    While 32 provincial parks remain open for the winter, the rest hibernate until spring. But closing a park isn’t as simple as just locking the gates. Our staff put a lot of elbow grease into prepping each park for the winter. Here are just a few of the tasks we do each fall:

  • Keeping tabs on turtles in Southeastern Ontario

    Over the years, Ontario Parks staff have created many blogs about turtles, their significance to the Ontario landscape, and why it’s important that we protect and support them. You may even be familiar with our Turtle Protection Project! With seven of the eight turtle species found in Ontario being species-at-risk under the Ontario Endangered Species Act,…

  • Shining a light on the historic Presqu’ile lighthouse

    If you’ve visited Presqu’ile Provincial Park, it is almost certain you have spent some time admiring their iconic Presqu’ile Point Lighthouse. For over 180 years this lighthouse has remained a landmark in times of great change. Although the Presqu’ile Point Lighthouse has remained a beacon along the north shore of Lake Ontario, it has had…

  • There and back again: a Quetico tale

    Today’s blog comes from Quetico Provincial Park Canoe Route Technician Gavin Morito-Karn. In 2019, I spent my summer paddling across a large chunk of the vastness of one of Canada’s waterways. Brigitte Champaigne-Klassen (also a past member of Quetico’s staff) and I travelled from Cochrane, Alberta (just west of Calgary) to Nym Lake on the border…

  • Fourth graders become species-at-risk superheroes!

    Parks alone are not enough to save species at risk. As we’ve continued our species-at-risk blog series this summer, we’ve been able to share stories of the amazing species that call parks home and the work being done to protect them. Now we want to introduce you to the newest team of superheroes taking up…

  • (Don’t fear) The Eastern Hog-nosed Snake

    Today’s post comes from Nicholas Ypelaar, former assistant Discovery coordinator at Awenda Provincial Park.  “EW! SNAKES!” and/or accompanying fearful shrieks are phrases I’m all too familiar with. In defense of all those who have zero affinity to the limbless scaled reptiles of the world, I can understand it. My grandmother grew up in Goa, India, where…

  • A ghost in the attic

    Today’s blog comes to us from Sam Alison, former Ontario Parks Gray Ratsnake researcher at Murphys Point Provincial Park.  I must admit, as a seven year old, I was a little nervous about spending the night at my great grandmother’s cottage. At the family reunion, I had heard all about the seemingly mythical creature that…

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