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Even though you may be staying close to home this summer, the library can keep you busy and active.
Once again, Quinte Conservation has provided parking passes for you to borrow. These passes allow you to park at no charge at Conservation Areas including Massassauga Point, Vanderwater, and more. We have included these passes in Adventure Kits, which come with resources to use while you’re out adventuring. Kits include a metal detector, scavenger hunt game and more.
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The provincial government is making good on an election promise to help safeguard our natural resources.
Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry John Yakabuski says they are hiring more conservation officers.
“Ontario has a tremendous group of dedicated, passionate conservation officers who protect our natural resources and enforce the rules,” states Yakabuski. “I’m happy to announce that we are adding more officers to the force. Ontario is beginning the process of hiring 25 new conservation officers.”
Successful applicants will be responsible for such things as promoting hunting safety, preventing illegal hunting, preventing illegal and commercialization of Ontario’s animal and plant species, as well as prevent the introduction and spread of aquatic invasive species.
Ontario calls wild pigs ecological trainwreck. Now it wants a plan to keep them out
Wildlife officials in Ontario are looking to create a wild pig strategy to deal with a potential porcine invasion before it s too late.
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Sask. expert gives credit to Ontario aim to add wild pigs, 12 other invasive species to special watch list
Posted: Apr 21, 2021 1:42 PM ET | Last Updated: April 21
A wild pig is defined as any pig that is not contained or under the physical control of any person or is otherwise roaming freely. It includes Eurasian wild boar, domestic pigs, and hybrids that have escaped or been released from captivity, as well as their offspring.(John Flesher/The Associated Press)
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Escalating tragic and lethal shooting incidents worldwide have highlighted the need for action on assault-style rifles, the âweapons of choiceâ for killers and wackos. As a long-time hunter and former firearms and hunter safety instructor, I would like to share my perspective on this important subject.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Public Safety Minister Bill Blair are moving forward with Bill C-21, which passed first reading in February. The proposed legislation is complex; it addresses not only these military-style, assault-type rifles but aims a variety of stronger measures at illegal handguns â including the apparent downloading of regulatory powers to provincial and municipal authorities. In addition, the legislation includes a variety of measures impacting gun storage and legally owned firearms replicas and air guns. The new regulations provide for a âbuy backâ of banned assault rifles, which will prove costly, but also make strict
Posted: Apr 09, 2021 5:00 AM ET | Last Updated: April 9
Feral swine are capable of spreading disease to other animals as well as humans and cause hundreds of millions of dollars in property damage annually in the United States.(The Associated Press)
Ontario government and conservation officials hope to marshal the help of hunters, anglers and naturalists this spring in the hunt for an elusive and tenacious invasive species that s as much of a threat to farms as it is to the province s wild ecosystems.
Wild pigs are often big, wily and bad-tempered. With no natural predators in Ontario, officials are hoping to stop the species from establishing a breeding population before the province literally goes to the hogs.