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Hinterland Who's Who Fact Sheets

2026-06-26

Check out the facts for amphibians and reptiles, birds, fish, mollusks, insects, pollinators and mammals! We’ve even got information specific to species at risk, the boreal forest species, and species affected by climate change! So why not learn a little bit more about these Canadian creatures

How to get started with CWF's Gardening for Wildlife iNaturalist project

2021-04-09

Create an iNaturalist.ca account by visiting the website or downloading the free app(available on iOS and Android ). Click sign up and create your profile, including a publicusername and short bio. This information can be changed at any time.

Certify Your Garden Handout

2026-06-26

Whether you are limited to a small patio or have hectares of land, CWF would like to acknoledge your efforts in welcoming wildlife to your garden.

The City Nature Challenge 2024 Results Are In!

2024-05-07

Monarch Butterfly Activity Sheet

2026-06-26

Did you know that Monarch Butterfly caterpillars can only eat milkweed leaves, the adults pollinate flowers, and in the fall they migrate thousands of kilometres to Mexico for the winter? See if you can spot an adult butterfly sipping nectar from a flower or a caterpillar on a milkweed plant in your garden or local park this year.

Designing Site-specific Seed Mixes

2022-06-08

When beginning a pollinator habitat restoration project, selecting a native seed mix appropriate to your project region and site conditions is crucial. But how do you know what species to include, and how much of each species? How can you estimate how much seed you might need and what it might cost? Join Botanist and Restoration Ecologist, Stefan Weber, as he leads us through a new tool—a seed calculator that will assist rights-of-way managers conducting pollinator habitat restoration projects.

Gardening with Native Plants in the Prairies

2022-06-05

Join CWF Sunday, June 5, 2022, 3:00 PM in Manitoba, 2:00 PM in Saskatchewan and Alberta, for another special presentation in our native plants of Canada series. This time we are very grateful to have Lyndon Penner, author, garden designer, former CBC columnist and Head Gardener for Parks Canada’s Riding Mountain National Park. Please note that this webinar will only be recorded and available for one week for those who register.

WILD About Peatlands Poster

2023-02-01

In the past, peatlands were considered soggy, barren wastelands. But to those who learn more about them, they become beautiful, unusual, fascinating and complex ecosystems.

The Basics of Wildlife-friendly Gardening

2026-06-26

Gardening with wildlife in mind is a fantastic opportunity to not only help your garden flourish but to also support wildlife and ecosystems which provide us pollination and pest control services, among others. Best of all, it’s easy to do and beautiful too! The Canadian Wildlife Federation’s Gardening for Wildlife program has webinars, articles, tools, posters and more to help you discover, appreciate and support your local and migratory wild neighbours. CWF also has a Garden Habitat Certification where we give official recognition to those whose efforts are supporting wildlife.

MANAGING RIGHTS-OF-WAY FOR POLLINATORS: A Practical Guide for Managers

2026-06-26

This guide is designed to help managers of rights-of-way (ROW) in southeastern Canada begin taking a different approach to managing and restoring habitat. Roadsides, utility corridors, industrial lands, solar installations, wind farms and pipelines could all be managed to create and maintain a network of thousands of hectares of pollinator habitat. This guide aims to outline best practices for improved management of ROW to benefit pollinators, as well as practical methods of habitat restoration suitable for road and ROW use. By changing our management and increasing habitat restoration on ROW, the survival and recovery of pollinators and other wildlife can be supported at a broad scale.