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09.16.2025

Forest Bathing: How Seasonal Shifts Amplify Nature’s Healing Power

Looking for a way to slow down, breathe deep, and reconnect with nature? As summer melts into fall, now is the perfect time to explore the restorative practice of forest bathing.

08.27.2025

Five Hidden-Gem Picnic Spots Across NPCA Conservation Areas

Looking for a peaceful patch of green to roll out a blanket, relax under the trees, and enjoy lunch with a view?

08.11.2025

Take a Hike: The Best Niagara Peninsula Trails, Rated Beginner to Advanced

Summer is in full swing, and there’s no better time to explore the beauty of Niagara’s hiking trails.

07.31.2025

Song to the Waters — A Global Indigenous Call to Celebrate and Protect Sacred Waters

A new Australian, Canadian, New Zealand collaboration featuring First Nations musicians tours Canada and New York in August-September 2025.

NPCA restoration staff planting bareroot trees

07.30.2025

Growing Strong – NPCA’s Tree Planting Efforts Continue

From planting thousands of trees to hosting community planting events, NPCA has been hard at work improving local ecosystems and expanding green spaces.

06.11.2025

2024 ANNUAL REPORT: ROOTED IN RESILIENCE

ROOTED IN RESILIENCE: GROWING STRONGER TOGETHER

05.07.2025

Taking Action – NPCA’s Journey Towards Climate Resilience

At NPCA, climate change isn’t just a buzzword — it’s a critical priority that’s deeply embedded in the work completed.

A flooded road, with trees on both sides.

03.13.2025

Spring is Coming

What you need to know about flood risks in the Niagara Peninsula watershed

Group of 5 NPCA employees standing with Dr. Marilyne Carrey (center)

03.10.2025

NPCA Hosts Invasive Species Workshop with Community Partners

On February 24, the NPCA hosted an Invasive Species Workshop to begin coordinating an integrated, landscape-scale approach to the successful management of invasive species in the Niagara Peninsula watershed.

A group of four girls showing diverse reactions, including surprise and intrigue, to something happening out of view.

12.04.2024

Great Lakes Student Conference Inspires Environmental Stewardship

On September 25, over 100 high school students gathered at Old Fort Erie, where Lake Erie meets the Niagara River, to participate in the 2024 Great Lakes Student Conference.

Photo of 5 of the volunteers who contributed more than 100 hours

11.06.2024

NPCA HONOURS DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS AT ANNUAL APPRECIATION NIGHT

An annual celebration of NPCA volunteers and their unwavering commitment to conservation in the Niagara Peninsula watershed

A pathway leads into an orange circle, with a narwhal, eagle, and flower (in orange) over top.

09.30.2024

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2024

07.28.2024

The Unsung Environmental Heroes: Bogs, their ecological significance and vital role in conservation

Beneath our feet lies a hidden world, often overlooked but crucial to the health and sustainability of our ecosystems: bogs.

Aerial photo of Balls Falls Conservation Area

07.23.2024

A Journey with UNESCO Evaluators

Embracing the Wonders of the Niagara Geopark

07.19.2024

Nature: The Ultimate Answer to Climate Change

Natural Asset Analysis and Valuation Project redefines nature-based solutions

06.10.2024

NPCA Celebrates 60 Years of the Provincial Water Quality Monitoring Network

Photo of Balls Falls Conservation Area, Thanksgiving Festival

09.26.2023

PICK A PERFECT AUTUMN DAY EQUATION

The many events, festivals and unique seasonal offerings in the Niagara Benchlands this fall

07.25.2023

WISHING ROB KURET A JOYFUL RETIREMENT

Celebrating Rob Kuret's Remarkable Career and Wishing Him a Joyful Retirement!

Group of volunteers and partners gather at 40 Mile Creek in Grimsby

06.08.2023

COMING FULL CIRCLE: SHREDDING PAPER HELPS TO PLANT TREES

Local data and records management company raises funds to support tree planting.

01.30.2023

Intercultural Competence for Career Readiness and Development

Charlotte Berube reflects on her placement with the NPCA

11.09.2022

What will be the story of ecological restoration in the Niagara Peninsula Watershed?

05.09.2022

STEP INTO NATURE HEALTHY HIKES CAMPAIGN 2022

A poster presentation at Ball’s Falls Conservation Area on April 8 was a refreshing end to the Winter Term for students researching accessibility to outdoor learning and the nurturing of environmental stewardship

04.25.2022

Future educators share ideas for nature learning with community

A class of Brock students recently took in the fresh air at Ball’s Falls Conservation Area — all while sharing ideas that will help local children to do the same.