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What influences Fish Mercury Levels?
MNRF researchers and partners collected samples from seven fish species across 141 Ontario lakes. They found that variation in mercury concentration among individual fish depended mostly on their age or size. For most species, age was a better predictor of Continue reading What influences Fish Mercury Levels?
MNRF Monitoring Black Bear population in Ontario
MNRF staff have been setting baited hair traps in wildlife management units (WMUs) across the province. They set 81 lines of 40 barbed wire hair traps across black bear range. Hair traps lure bears across a line of barbed wire Continue reading MNRF Monitoring Black Bear population in Ontario
Ask a CO: Does a minnow trap need to be marked with the licence holder’s name?
https://oodmag.com/ask-a-co-does-a-minnow-trap-need-to-be-marked-with-the-licence-holders-name/
Fixing new bait rules
https://oodmag.com/fixing-new-bait-rules/\ In case you haven’t heard, the Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry implemented a new Bait Management Strategy (BMS) at the start of the year. The regulations divide the province into four Bait Management Zones (BMZs) and restrict how anglers and commercial Continue reading Fixing new bait rules
Town of Grimsby – Discharge of Firearms and Bows By-Law
https://www.ofah.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Jordan-Town-Council-OFAH-Delta-mar9-23.pdf Town of Grimsby – Discharge of Firearms and Bows By-Law
Stopping the latest invasive bug
https://oodmag.com/stopping-the-latest-invasive-bug/
Ontario athlete wins three biathlon medals
https://oodmag.com/ontario-athlete-wins-three-biathlon-medals/
New catch-and-release rules considered
https://oodmag.com/new-catch-and-release-rules-considered/
Smoky goose pepperettes
https://oodmag.com/goose-pepperettes/
First Nations cut out of caribou management
https://oodmag.com/first-nations-cut-out-of-caribou-management/
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Help sought to stop latest invasive bug
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The NHCP-LTCF Large Grants Program is accepting applications!
In December 2022, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced the extension of the Natural Heritage Conservation Program (NHCP). WHC is pleased and honoured to partner with Canadian land trusts, the Nature Conservancy of Canada and Ducks Unlimited Canada through an extended NHCP. These partners Continue reading The NHCP-LTCF Large Grants Program is accepting applications!
Bill C-21 Update
Following the news Friday morning that the federal government had withdrawn amendments G4 and G46 in firearms Bill C-21, OFAH Manager of Policy Mark Ryckman spoke with Ontario OUT of DOORS Magazine. “We’re pleased that the Liberal government has recognized Continue reading Bill C-21 Update
Moose Aerial Inventories – WATCH our OFAH Inside Access webinar
Did you happen to miss our OFAH Inside Access webinar on Moose Aerial Inventories last week? Don’t worry, we’ve got you. CLICK HERE to watch the seminar, hosted by OFAH wildlife biologist Kirsten Snoek alongside guests Phil DeWitt (MNRF Wildlife Continue reading Moose Aerial Inventories – WATCH our OFAH Inside Access webinar
Microplastics’ effects on perch studied
https://oodmag.com/microplastics-effects-on-perch-being-studied/