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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesLake SuperiorLatest NewsNewsOntarioRecreation and TourismResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsThe lonely Lake Superior caribou and a lesson in limits
-Ontario’s southernmost herd illustrates how hard it is to bring a species back from the brink — and why we need to recognize tipping points before we reach them.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationFish, Birds and AnimalsLatest NewsNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeScience, Technology, ResearchThe ProvincesTorontoA tiny, endangered fish lies on the path of Highway 413. Canada has a plan, but no new power to protect it
-The new recovery strategy isn’t likely to tip the scales in the fish’s favor.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationEquity and Environmental JusticeHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeTribal Governments and First Nations‘These are not your lands to give away’: 6 First Nations take Ontario to court over mining law
-Indigenous communities in Ontario are flooded with mining claims that chip away at their territories. It’s a “racist, colonialist” system, the lawyer leading a new court case said.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake HuronLake OntarioLatest NewsNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeThe ProvincesTorontoU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsMissed calls, forgotten instructions: Inside an oil spill cleanup on Toronto waterways
-A provincial spill report details a list of issues that arose as crews responded to an oil spill in two Toronto creeks that eventually made its way to Lake Ontario.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake OntarioLatest NewsNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeTorontoU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration Efforts‘Containment breached’: How an oil spill in northwest Toronto made its way to Lake Ontario
-Last summer, contaminated sludge from a fire at a chemical plant reached Lake Ontario. The spill report raises questions about what the province told the public.
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Drugs, microplastics and forever chemicals: New contaminants emerge in the Great Lakes
-Scientists studying unregulated “emerging contaminants” say Ontario and the federal government need a coordinated plan to protect our water and health
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Bald eagles nearly died out. What can we learn from their return to the southern Great Lakes?
-The pesticide DDT nearly wiped out North America’s bald eagles. Communities, scientists and politicians worked hard to bring this symbolic bird back from the brink.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationFish, Birds and AnimalsLake OntarioLatest NewsNewsOntarioScience, Technology, ResearchWild fish spring to life in Lake Ontario, despite dams, pollution and hatchery competitors
-Non-native species of salmon and trout have become an important part of Lake Ontario’s ecosystem. Keeping them healthy is often at odds with stocking fish for anglers.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipLatest NewsNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration Efforts‘You start with us’: Conservation authority head has parting message for Ontario government
-Outgoing CEO of Conservation Halton reflects on government cuts and how to enable development while protecting nature and future generations.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipFeature HomepageLatest NewsNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeTorontoU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsOntario weakens watershed protections (again) as natural resources minister gets new powers
-New rules reduce buffer zones between development and wetlands and empower Doug Ford’s cabinet to issue permits without their say.
