This Month
Wrapping Up December
It’s the season of giving — let’s not forget wildlife.
Follow the journey of these key species to understand some of the struggles they face — and how you can help.
It’s #GivingTuesday! Donate today and your support will be 3x matched!
There’s still time to Adopt-an-Animal for a loved one this year. Learn more.
HoHoHo! How about turning your holiday event into a wildlife fundraiser? Learn more.
A gift in honour is a gift to a loved one AND a gift to wildlife! Give now.
Enter your photo based on December’s theme: Celebrate Your Favourite Picture!
Check out all of the monthly winners in the photo gallery.
Share today’s Photo of the Day on your fav social channel.
Build a brush pile to protect small mammals and birds.
Keep your birdfeeder topped up with quality food.
Fill their bellies with homemade suet.
Bird houses protect all sorts of wildlife in the winter. Put one up!
Decorating for the holidays? Here are some wildlife-friendly tips.
Bats in your attic and you want them gone? Refer to the eviction calendar for safer seasons.
The Conservation Achievement Awards are open! Have you submitted a nomination? Learn more.
Check out the different categories in the awards.
Need submission ideas? Check out past years’ recipients.
If you have snow, try to find some winter tracks.
Can you spot any evidence of hibernating wildlife?
Christmas holly is actually invasive! Log any English Ivy you see or find the native variety.
It’s the winter solstice — the darkest day of the year. Can you spot any nocturnal wildlife?
Too cold? Do some armchair exploring by ID’ing others’ observations. Sort filter to “needs ID”.
Review your observations from this past year. What do you want to achieve next year?
Caribou — Canada’s reindeer — are on the move! Visit iNaturalist.ca to learn more about these northern species.
It’s the Christmas Bird Count! See what winter birds you can observe!
Boxing Day Sales can also help wildlife! Learn how.
Take some time and enjoy those spending the holidays with you — including overwintering wildlife!
Make sure you make your 2025 donation so you can get this year’s tax receipt. Consider it a gift for you and wildlife!
Share the #DoMoreForWildlife action calendar so that family and friends can start the year right.
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It’s New Year’s Eve! Thank you for all you have done for Canada’s wildlife this year. Happy New Year!
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What Taking Action for Wildlife Means to Us
Taking action for wildlife isn’t just about getting your hands dirty. Taking action requires learning, expanding your understanding about the issues facing wildlife. It means sharing what you’ve learned with your family and friends so that they, too, can understand the threats facing wildlife.
It means documenting and submitting those observations of the wildlife around you — essential information scientists and policy makers use to effect decisions for our wildlife. It means moving ourselves and others with wildlife photography, placing our wild neighbours closer in Canadians’ hearts, which in turn influences how we treat wildlife. It means signing petitions, taking pledges — being the voices for our wildlife who are mostly silent.
And it also means digging shovels into the ground, hammering nails into wood and picking up garbage from shorelines.
This is why our CWF #DoMoreForWildlife Action Calendar includes all manner of tasks to help Canada’s wildlife. Learning about a Canadian habitat where some of our species live can be just as important as planting a tree to help that habitat thrive. Spreading what you’ve learned with others means more hearts can be moved to take action for wildlife. Sharing your wildlife photography can be just as important in helping a misunderstood species than legislating changes that will help that species survive. One leads to the other.
Thank you for every action you take to help conserve our precious Canadian wildlife.
