Doug Ford

Jenna Tranter thought she had finally found rural tranquillity a decade ago when she bought a lush 25-acre farm where she could teach horseback riding, removed from the traffic and noise of a major city.

Awash with tall trees and rolling hills, the Duffins Rouge Agricultural Preserve is one of the most ecologically sensitive areas in Ontario. A sprawling 4,700-acre piece of land east of Toronto, it’s home to more than 1,700 species, including 42 that are considered at risk.