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The Ministry of Natural Resources is a government ministry of the Canadian province of Ontario that is responsible for Ontario's provincial parks, forests, fisheries, wildlife, mineral aggregates and the Crown lands and waters that make up 87 per cent of the province.
Ontario Conservation Officers are the enforcement arm of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry in Ontario, Canada. Conservation officers enforce provincial and federal laws related to natural resources, including fishing and hunting, and preventing forest fires.
The Ministry of Natural Resources headquarters at Robinson Place on Water Street in Peterborough. The Office of the Mining and Lands Commissioner is an agency of the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) in the Canadian province of Ontario. [1] The current Commissioner is Linda M. Kamerman.
Ontario Forest Research Institute (OFRI) is a division of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) located in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada.This institute is composed of research scientists, specialists, statisticians, technicians, management, and administrative staff.
Ontario Parks is a branch of the Ministry of Environment, Conservation, and Parks (MECP). Until recently, Ontario Parks as a whole was under the mandate of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF). The history of Ontario's provincial parks stretches for over 100 years. Here are some of the milestones from the past century plus: [3]
An Area of Natural and Scientific Interest (or ANSI) is an official designation by the provincial Government of Ontario in Canada applied to contiguous geographical regions within the province that have geological or ecological features which are significantly representative provincially, regionally, or locally.
Smith was formerly the mayor of Bracebridge, Ontario. On June 24, 2022, Smith was appointed Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry by Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell. [2] On June 6, 2024, it was announced that Smith remained the Minister of Natural Resources but no longer had responsibility for forestry. [3]
The ministry was merged with the Ministry of Energy to form the Ministry of Environment and Energy from 1993 to 1997, and briefly again in 2002, before being split back up again. Following the 2014 Ontario election , the addition of climate change to the ministry's portfolio was announced on June 24, 2014, and its name changed from the Ministry ...