WIN a Free Class Trip to the ZOO! Help celebrate the magnificent world of turtles with the Toronto Zoo’s Adopt-A-Pond Wetland Conservation Programme! Have your class create and decorate sculptural turtles using any… Continue reading
Join Adopt-A-Pond at the Cottage Life Show April 5th to the 7th! You can get up close and personal with Ontario’s only venomous snake the Eastern Massasauga rattlesnake (Sistrurus catenatus)! Ontario, being the… Continue reading
On March 2nd Adopt-A-Pond’s Wetland Biologist, Shannon, and Stewardship Coordinator, Crystal, attended the Federation of Ontario Cottagers’ Associations (FOCA) AGM and spring seminar. FOCA is the pre-eminent Ontario-wide organization representing cottagers and permanent… Continue reading
World Wetlands Day Saturday, February 2nd, 2013 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, Americas Pavilion Celebrate the wonderful and wacky world of wetland creatures and join in some conservation fun with the Adopt-A-Pond Programme… Continue reading
On November 3rd, 2012, Turtle Talliers and FrogWatchers from across the province gathered for a fun-filled day of presentations from frog and turtle stewards, opportunities to share photos and meet fellow conservationists, and an opportunity to tour the Zoo’s reptile and amphibian… Continue reading
Adopt-A-Pond took part in the 11th annual Youth Outdoors Day at Luther Marsh Conservation Area outside of Guelph on September 15th. Youth Outdoors Day is an annual event organized by a team of… Continue reading
by BHAVNA SAMTANI, Visual Communications Intern || Every September, Canadians from across the country head to their local shorelines to help in making it more habitable for wildlife. On September 21st, 2012, staff… Continue reading
by SHANNON RITCHIE, Lakeside Project Lead || On August 10th, Adopt-A-Pond took part in the 17th annual Verona Cattail Festival. This locally unique festival honours the versatile nature of cattails. Cattails are famous for… Continue reading
by SAACHI SADCHATHEESWAREN, Assistant to the Curator of Reptiles and Amphibians || On June 21st, Adopt-A-Pond joined various caterers and Toronto Zoo staff in a gourmet festival to bring attention to marine species at… Continue reading
