Restoring Waterways at Black Bay
Black Bay, Lake Superior, ON (Photo by Costal Productions)
Growing up in Ontario, I have seen many diverse natural areas, but the North Shore of Lake Superior boasts the most beautiful landscapes and habitats I have ever experienced. And I am grateful to have helped protect and rehabilitate some of these...
Scaling-up restoration
Hazel Bird Nature Reserve, ON (Photo Chelsea Marcantonio/NCC Staff)
“We can do something big here.” That was my thought in spring 2011 when I looked across the rolling, sandy hills of what would become the Hazel Bird Nature Reserve in Ontario. At that time, I had been with the Nature Conservancy of...
Meet NCC’s 2024 summer interns: Jeslyn Chantler
Jesyln Chantler, NCC Intern 2024 (Photo by NCC)
The adrenaline rush from running fuels marathon runner Jeslyn Chantler — who is also the Nature Conservancy of Canada’s (NCC) conservation intern for the Happy Valley Forest region, which is 50 minutes north of Toronto — to do...
Meet NCC’s 2024 summer interns: Rishona Vemulapalli
Rishona Vemulapalli, NCC Intern 2024 (Photo by NCC)
If I could summarize what I learned about Rishona from my conversations with her in three words, it would be that she is outdoorsy, self-driven and curious. Especially when it comes to her work at the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC). It was a...
Meet NCC’s 2024 summer interns: Aidan Curran
Aidan Curan NCC intern 2024 (Photo by NCC)
As the Nature Conservancy of Canada’s (NCC’s) internal communications and culture intern for two summers in a row, I am glad to be back to continue the summer intern profile series for 2024. I am excited to showcase the amazing work of...
Working in wetlands: A complex ecosystem
Wetland creation site: staff and volunteer group with newly created woody berm structure in 2022 (Photo Carolyn Davies/NCC)
The Minesing Wetlands is an incredible complex. Designated as a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance, a Provincially Significant Wetland and a Life Sciences Area of Natural and Scientific Interest, it is a critical area for conservation....
Birders of a feather: Ethical wildlife photography
Common Yellowthroat,ON (Photo by Gen Pintel)
Over the past six years, birding and bird photography have become outlets for me to connect with nature. These pursuits also connect me with others, especially those who get just as excited as me when they come across a blackburnian warbler,...
Toppling hurdles for turtles
Painted turtle nesting (Photo by Rod Steinacher)
I have always loved turtles. So, when my first task as an intern with the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) in midwestern Ontario was to conduct turtle surveys across the Saugeen Bruce Peninsula on Lake Huron, I got excited. One of the things I...
A Labour of Love: National Volunteer Week
Seeding at Brighton Wetland, ON (Photo by Chelsea Marcantonio/NCC Staff)
A thank you to volunteers in Central Ontario East for their hard work sowing native plant species on NCC's Brighton Wetland property on February 14, 2024.
High notes in the bur oaks: Songs of the Manitoulin savanna
Manitoulin Island, ON (Photo by Steve Maxwell)
A bouncing ping-pong ball, buzzes, bugles and booms: these are the sounds of the savanna. For someone unaware, the symphony of bur oak savanna on Ontario’s Manitoulin Island may seem unfamiliar. For many species of grassland birds, however,...
