Carol Tomalty

Congratulations to Dawn Warkentin of Kingsville on winning $1900.00 in the PIBO 50/50 raffle on November 19.  Photo: Dawn Warkentin (left) and PIBO Treasurer, Patricia Leblanc-Jaeger (right).

Four months after repealing its Endangered Species Act, the Ontario provincial government has introduced legislation that will cease to recognize Ontario’s 106 endangered species, handing responsibility for their protection entirely to the federal government. There are 13 endangered bird species in Ontario, including the Acadian flycatcher, Kirtland’s warbler, Golden eagle, and Red-headed woodpecker. Also dumped

Highway 413 Update Construction of the controversial Highway 413, which will arch north of Highway 401 from Halton to York Region, is scheduled to start this year. The mega-project – a $6-billion, six-lane highway stretching 52 kilometres – will cut through 220 wetlands, 85 waterways, the Ontario Greenbelt, and the protected habitat of 11 at-risk

The second year of PIBO’s Graeme Gibson Prismaticos Project is underway. We gathered used binoculars, spotting scopes and bird books in Canada to distribute to forest rangers, nature guides, and school classrooms in Mexico. Over the winter, our Mexican partner, Rodrigo Lopez, sent out dozens of request forms, and from among those who applied he