Bird Watching (activities)
Please see our Places to Visit page for up-to-date status of our conservation areas, trails, and properties. With more than 18,000 hectares of land under its care, Toronto and Region...
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Meet the Fascinating Species That Live in The Meadoway! (news)
Stretching from the Don River to Rouge National Urban Park, The Meadoway is a captivating greenspace connecting communities and natural areas by transforming 16 km of under-utilized hydro corridor. The...
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Crossings and Connectivity: How TRCA’s Road Ecology Work Helps Native Species (news)
Why did the turtle cross the road? Or the frog, the salamander or the snake? Or any wildlife for that matter? To get to the other side, of course! Many...
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Endangered Species in the GTA: Can We Ensure Their Survival? (news)
Pollution, pathogens, invasive species, and the loss of habitat due to urban sprawl: all of these pose a threat to wildlife, tree and plant species in big cities. The Greater Toronto...
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Species Spotlight: Coyotes in Urban Areas (news)
Reposted from the TRCA’s Shorelines newsletter. The coyote (Canis latrans) are not a new species in Ontario, having migrated here over a century ago; however, their sightings in urban areas...
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Ecological Interlopers – Understanding Invasive Species (news)
Second to habitat loss, invasive species pose the greatest threat to biodiversity. Invasives crowd out native plants and fish. They take over our woodlands, our wetlands and our waters. And...
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A Benchmark for Biodiversity Quality: The Indicator Species Score (news)
A new article in the journal Ecological Indicators highlights the Indicator Species Score (ISS), a new metric for tracking biodiversity quality. Biodiversity quality is high if a large number of...
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Species Spotlight: How TRCA Ranks Flora and Fauna (news)
Toronto and Region Conservation’s (TRCA) Environmental Monitoring team has a unique approach to the protection of natural heritage within its regional watersheds. All flora and fauna species, as well as vegetation...
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Baseline beginnings: Surveying species and spaces for the Scarborough Waterfront Project (news)
The popular saying “You don’t know where you’re going until you know where you’ve been” is a guiding principle for Toronto and Region Conservation’s (TRCA) Environmental Monitoring and Data Management section....
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