This Month
Jump Into June
Make a splash for Canada’s wildlife!
Give wildlife a brake! Slow down for animals crossing roads.
Turtle on the road! Learn how to (safely) help.
Read recent results published on reptile road mortality in Canada.
Spot a turtle laying eggs? Protect them with a nest protector!
I spy a turtle a) on the road b) nesting c) all of the above! Upload your sighting.
Learn all about Canada’s eight native freshwater turtle species.
Are you ready for Rivers to Oceans Week? Learn more about our fresh and marine ecosystems.
Learn how vessels can pose a risk to our marine and freshwater species.
Habitat destruction is killing our shorelines. Find three easy things to do for your shoreline in three years.
Open pen farmed fish are a source of disease to wild populations whether or not they escape their pens. Learn what you can do.
Barriers like dams are major contributors to fish declines. Learn more.
Lost fishing gear can create the “swimming dead.” Learn how.
Urban runoff is a main source of toxic chemicals for urban waterways, harming wildlife. You can help.
Stop the Spray! Pesticide residues in lakes and rivers impact aquatic and terrestrial species.
Enter your photo based on June’s theme: Water.
Two more weeks until the Reflections of Nature Photo Contest opens! There’s one for kids, too!
Share today’s Photo of the Day on your fav social channel.
3x Your Impact — help shape the next generation of conservationists. Donate now.
Adopt an aquatic animal! Your proceeds will help fund conservation efforts.
Install and report bat box observations.
Plan to participate in the Great Canadian Bioblitz? Apply for a grant!
Make an insect hotel for your pollinator patch.
Peak blooming for most native orchids! Find some near you.
Request a WILD About Bees poster!
Make your garden pollinator-friendly using native plants with different blooming times.
Certify your garden as wildlife-friendly.
Observe and upload photos of our pollinator heroes!
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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.
