If you're a hiker, camper, bird-watcher, angler or hunter, Ontario's natural resources provide a wealth of opportunities for activities of all kinds.
Learn about the fascinating variety of lands, waters, forests, animals and plants found across Ontario's one million square kilometres, and how we manage this abundant natural wealth.
The Government of Canada, the Ontario government and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) are pleased to announce that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding concerning the Experimental Lakes Area (ELA). This Memorandum of Understanding demonstrates the three parties' commitment to ensure a smooth transition of the ELA to a new operator.
This agreement will allow the research facility to remain open while a long-term agreement is finalized.
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The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Fisheries and Oceans Canada, today confirmed a single live grass carp caught near Dunnville, Ontario in the Grand River, near Lake Erie on August 16, was sterile and therefore unable to reproduce. This specimen follows an earlier catch of a grass carp on April 27, 2013 in the same area.
MNR encourages citizens to report possible sightings of grass carp and other invasive species to the Ontario's Invading Species Hotline at 1-800-563-7711.
Read more (PDF, 266 kb).
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