Best Practice: Active Design
Learn how designing your corporate landscape with active design in mind can increase employee presenteeism, attract new talent, and improve mental health and well-being.
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Best Practice: Bird-safe Windows
Discover effective and easy steps you can take to make your workplace bird safe.
Best Practice: Corporate Green Teams
Learn how to set your corporate green team up for success.
Best Practice: Long-term Planning
Learn how to build long-term climate resilience into your corporate property with long-term visioning.
Best Practice: Low Impact Development
Low impact development technologies can help you reduce flood risk and pollution.
Best Practice: Low-maintenance Lawn
It’s time to get your company off grass. Switch to low-mow lawns to support biodiversity and reduce conventional maintenance costs.
Best Practice: Seeding Meadows and Grasslands for Corporate Properties
Create one of the most diverse ecosystems on your corporate property by seeding a meadow or grassland in spring or fall.
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Best Practice: Smart Road Salt Use
Road salt has harmful effects on the environment, infrastructure, and our clothes and cars. Learn how to reduce your use and keep people safe.
Bird-Friendly Certified Hay Program Guidelines and Terms and Conditions
Use this resource to determine if the Bird-Friendly Certified Hay Program is right for you, your property or your farm business. Program eligibility and registration details included.
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Factsheet: Bird Gardens
Learn how to plant to create bird habitat
Factsheet: Butterfly Gardens
Learn how to plant to create butterfly habitat
Factsheet: Naturescaping
Learn how to add beauty and diversity to your yard using native plants
Factsheet: Rain Gardens
Learn what a rain garden is and the benefits they have for your yard and the environment.
Factsheet: Rainwater Harvesting
Learn how to reduce water use by installing a rain barrel.
Forestry Talk: A Glossary of Forestry Terms
Learn key forestry terms to help you communicate with foresters planting trees or managing forests on your property.
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How-to: Caring for Your New Tree or Shrub
A guide on how to care for your newly planted tree or shrub.
Invasive Aquatic Plant Species
Identification, collection and reporting
of aquatic invasive species in Ontario waters
Invasive Plant Quick Reference Guide
Your quick reference guide to identifying invasive plants.
Landowner’s Guide to Removing Small Dams in Ontario
Factsheet about what a dam is, why someone would want to remove it, and how to do so safetly.
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List of Invasive Species Removal Service Providers
Use this list to find a company or contractor to help you remove invasive species on your property.
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Managed Forest Tax Incentive Program
Your guide to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) Managed Forest Tax Incentive Program