“There’s no watchdog, nobody’s really tracking what’s happening,” one expert told me. “It’s pretty easy now to take a bite out of a provincially significant wetland.”

Read the full story accompanied by some of my photos, too: thenarwhal.ca/severn-ontar...

Having my own photos accompany a feature I wrote was also exciting first for me. Check out the full story about what is planned to be the second largest nickel mine in the world here: thenarwhal.ca/critical-min...

Thank you so much to my amazing editor @elaineanselmi.bsky.social for the trust!!!

Thanks for reading!!

Seriously, this was a highlight of my summer!! Thank you for the opportunity to get obsessed with bats!!!

Thanks so much, Shawn!! Agreed, Jarett did an AMAZING job!