McMaster University has installed bird-friendly windows on two main campus buildings to keep birds safe. You can easily add them to your home too!

As part of the Cootes to Escarpment EcoPark System’s Ecological Corridors Pilot Program, Halton Region has undertaken habitat restoration efforts in the Falcon Creek area of the City of Burlington.

McMaster University has created five new seasonal ponds (vernal pools) along Cootes Drive for important wildlife to grow and thrive.

The Bruce Trail Conservancy is taking action against invasive species and wants you to know why this is vital for nature's well-being!

The City of Burlington’s Animal Services Department has some advice for being a good neighbour to your local wildlife.

ApexRMS developed an innovative new tool to explore the potential pathways that habitat restoration efforts could create for plants and animals trying to move between protected areas.

The RBG Botany Team is helping EcoPark System partners understand the unique plant populations that make local ecological corridor habitats function.

The RBG Botany Team knows all about the invasive plant species you can find in the EcoPark System and how we can all work together to remove them.

The Ecological Corridors Pilot Program has allowed the City of Burlington to enhance the ecological restoration work at City View Park that originally began in 2010.

The Hamilton Environmentalists of the Year (EOY) Awards Committee is excited to announce that the 2023 EOY Awards ceremony will be held on October 27, 2023, at the LR Wilson Hall on the McMaster University campus from 6 to 9. This year's event is particularly special as it introduces three new youth awards, the legacy award, and the EcoPark System Landowner Stewardship Award.

Royal Botanical Gardens is on a mission to protect young Blanding’s turtles and keep them away from dangerous roads.

Royal Botanical Gardens is working with a dedicated team of invasive field technicians to remove invasive species and install wildlife barrier fencing.

Congratulations to the 2023 Watershed Steward Award winners! This year the EcoPark System recognized two landowners for maintaining ecological corridors in their own backyards.

The Hamilton Naturalists’ Club installed deer exclusion fencing at the Sheelah Dunn Dooley Nature Sanctuary.

The Hamilton Naturalists' Clubr reached out to their neighbors to share their work and highlight actions they can take on their own properties to be good neighbours to nature sanctuaries. 

Conservation Halton has been connecting with residents of the Hidden Valley neighbourhood to discuss how they can work together to better protect and enhance this critical ecological corridor. 

The 5 June Open House Event was a great success! Thank you to all of those who came out to learn more about  the Cootes to Escarpment EcoPark System and the Ecological Corridors Pilot Program.

Conservation Halton has been working hard to remove invasive species from their properties and have planted over 16,000 native trees and shrubs! 

A team of students from McMaster University and Niagara College have been herding ‘eco-goats’ through the Hamilton Naturalists’ Club’s (HNC) Sheelah Dunn Dooley Nature Sanctuary, removing common buckthorn, dog strangling vine, multiflora rose, and other introduced plant species along the way.

Over 50 speakers from all walks of life across many geographies to share moving and inspirational stories on protecting lands and waters in Ontario, including 12 Indigenous Nations who shared their stories.