Ministry Of Natural Resources (Ontario)
The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) is a government ministry of the Canadian province of Ontario that 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. Its offices are divided into Northwestern, Northeastern and Southern Ontario regions with the main headquarters in Peterborough, Ontario.
The current Ontario Minister of Natural Resources is Michael Gravelle.
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