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2026-07-02

Winter is a big deal for our wildlife. Snow covers the plants and soil, and it decreases mobility for many species. The days are shorter, leaving less solar energy for plant life. Temperatures are lower, decreasing available thermal energy (heat) for all lifeforms. Since growth and activity are at lower rates, less nutritional energy (food) is produced and available to both plants and animals. These deficiencies have caused winter to be an evolutionary challenge: to survive, successful organisms have had to balance the impacts of the cold season on their energy supplies, even if much less energy is around to sustain them. Even so, some wildlife has adapted and evolved in unique ways to survive seasonal changes, while still calling Canada home.

2019-05-07

Build your own bat house using this easy guide.

2026-07-02

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

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.

2026-07-02

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.

2026-07-02

2026-07-02

What is the CNC? The City Nature Challenge (CNC) is an annual citizen science event thatgets people outside to enjoy nature in their city as well as create a living record of urbanwildlife. The CNC is a global initiative that encourages friendly competition between cities toget the most observations. From April 29th to May 2nd, 2022 participating cities will asktheir citizens to get outside and take photos of wildlife (this includes both plants andanimals!) in their municipality using the free iNaturalist app or iNaturalist.ca. More than 400cities took part in 2021 from around the world, 25 of which were right here in Canada. Tofind out if your city is participating this year, visit the iNaturalist project page .

2022-06-07

June 7, 2022, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. ET. Join CWF’s Senior Conservation Freshwater Ecology Biologist Nicholas Lapointe and Jennifer Sylliboy, Program Manager Unama’ki Institute of Natural Resources, as they discuss the biological and cultural history of the American Eel. Jennifer will present on American Eel in the Bras d’Or Lake, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia and the relationship between Kat (eel) and the Mi’kmaq people. The population of American Eel has declined in the Bras d’Or Lakes over the past 20 to 30 years. While many Mi’kmaw harvesters feel the population is still good and has seen its ups and downs, its future is uncertain. Mi’kmaq people have traditionally harvested adult eel for food and cultural purposes for thousands of years. The value of eels to Mi’kmaq culture is difficult to quantify. The value is not driven by dollars, landings, or economic potential. The value is in the life, culture, health, and spirituality they sustain. With population declines globally, we need to ask ourselves what would our lives be like without the American Eel? And what can or are we doing to ensure that doesn’t happen. Nick will take us through the American Eel’s unique and fascinating life history and their conservation crisis in Canada. Sadly, this life history places them at risk from human activities and has contributed to their global decline. Alarms were first raised in the early 1990s about their decline in Canada due primarily to hydropower dams. But little has changed to address this threat. The federal Fisheries Act and Species at Risk Act should both protect the species, along with provincial legislation, but so far regulators have taken little action. We will explain what has been done to date, what has stalled, and what can be done to change the situation and help American Eel recover.

2019-12-12

Pollinating insects are in crisis across North America, with steep declines in some groups. This introductory webinar in our 2019-2020 Pollinator Series will discuss the opportunities that transportation, utility and other corridors present to increase and improve available pollinator habitat across the landscape. Examples from all sectors will be discussed, and the highlights of CWF’s 2019 pilot project in eastern Ontario will be presented.

2025-04-11

Dr Shiva Jian-Javdan is a Research Scientist with the Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF). For more than a decade, Shiva’s dedication to marine mammal science and conservation has led her to projects with NGOs in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Greece. Since returning to Canada, Shiva has focused on large whales, the missing piece in her cetacean bingo card, with current projects aimed at assessing entanglement risk of North Atlantic right whales. Join Shiva in a conversation on Canada’s largest migratory animals and learn what CWF is doing to help conserve the most at-risk whale species, the North Atlantic right whale.

2026-07-02

Download these gardening wallpapers.

2014-03-01

Download this wallpaper of a Yellow Warbler on the South Saskatchewan River

2026-07-02

Download this butterfly wallpaper.

2016-09-21

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2026-07-02

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