On Friday, October 30, the provincial Ministry of Housing and Municipal Affairs announced a Minister’s Zoning Order (MZO) fast-tracking a warehouse development proposal that would essentially pave over part of Read More
TFN held our 2020 Annual General Meeting over Zoom on Oct 22, 2020. It was so wonderful to see so many smiling faces again as we wrapped up another amazing Read More
This morning, CJRU 1280AM broadcast our 100th episode of Toronto Nature Now, TFN’s weekly nature show on Ryerson Radio! TFN Members Bruce Thompson, Paul Overy, Joan Lewis, Nancy Dengler, Richard Read More
TFN’s is thrilled to have successfully hosted our second virtual lecture, Invading the Urban Ecosystem: Mechanisms, Impact and Management of Dog-strangling Vine presented to us by Stuart Livingstone, Lecturer, Department Read More
TFN Members are invited to review our most recent Financial Statements (June 30, 2020), prepared by Peter W. Hogg, Chartered Professional Accountant. These include our statements of financial position, fund Read More
September 13, 2020, saw TFN’s first ever virtual lecture, “The Endangered Redside Dace: Can we recover it before it disappears?” presented to us by Erling Holm, Assistant Curator of Fishes Read More
Back in January we posted that the City had agreed to help protect what may well be the oldest and most historically-important tree in Toronto by purchasing a residential property Read More
Lydia Wong, a PhD student from the University of Ottawa is hoping to launch a project to explore the impacts of a warming and drying climate on pollinator populations, specifically bees. If you Read More
The Ontario government plans to open habitat of endangered and threatened species to destructive aggregate extractions in the Greater Golden Horseshoe (GCH). Ontario Nature has uncovered this change (hidden in Read More
“Rebel botanists” are loose in our cities, wandering laneways and back alleys armed with pockets full of sidewalk chalk and keen identification skills. Their goal? To open people’s eyes to Read More
Toronto Field Naturalists wishes to acknowledge this Land through which we walk. For thousands of years, the Land has been shared by the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee, and the Anishinaabe. Toronto is situated on the Land within the Toronto Purchase, Treaty 13, the traditional and treaty Lands of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. This territory is also part of the Dish with One Spoon Wampum, a covenant agreement between Anishinaabeg, Haudenosaunee, Wendat peoples and allied nations to peaceably share the land and all its resources. Today, the Land is home to peoples of numerous nations. We are all grateful to have the opportunity to continue to care for and share the beauty of this Land.