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Your Perfect TreeYour Perfect Tree
CWF wants to help you deck the halls…sustainably. Read on and we’ll land you your perfect Christmas tree!
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Operation Longtooth: Part Two
2015-12-08
In 2009, officials with Environment Canada were tipped to a U.S. investigation into narwhal tusk smuggling that reached across the border — and to an unlikely suspect: a retired RCMP officer. What follows is the inside story of the investigation that ensued and how it led to one of the largest punishments ever under Canadian wildlife law.
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Organic Fruit Tree Growing
2025-11-28
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Ornamental Native Grasses
2025-11-28
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Our Home and Native Plants
2025-12-05
Canada is home to thousands of identified native plant species, but more than a quarter of them could be lost forever if we don’t play an active role in their conservation. As an essential element of our natural biodiversity, native plants provide an important source of food and shelter for many Canadian species, including at-risk and endangered wildlife. Commercial development, clear-cutting and an ever increasing human population are causing habitats across the country to disappear at an alarming rate.
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Permission to Shop
2025-12-05
You’ve vowed not to eat farmed salmon, but you’re not really sure how to go about buying wild. Let’s go shopping together, shall we?
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Photographing Nature in Winter
2025-11-28
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PhotoScapes: Polar Bears are Standing on Thin Ice
2025-12-05
Environment Canada research scientist and guest speaker at CWF’s 2008 Issues Forum, Dr. Nick Lunn, has tracked down the effects of climate change on the Western Hudson Bay polar bear population.
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Picky Eaters
2015-09-09
Which Canadian animals will happily eat the same thing for their whole lives? Keep reading to find out!
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Pledge to Protect the Ocean
2025-12-05
Did you know that every second breath we take is actually provided by the ocean? Oxygen is just one of the many gifts oceans give to us; they also provide us with food and regulate temperature and climate.
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Pollination 101
2018-04-12
How does pollination really work and what species are in charge of this important job? Keep reading and you’ll learn all that and more.
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Protecting Procreation for Canada’s Species
2025-12-05
By Megan Findlay<br>As the days get longer and the nights grow warm, many animals across the country feel the tug of springtime rituals. They may have the instinct, and they may have the mate—but what happens if they don’t have the habitat?
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Reviewing the Risks
2025-12-05
Know which species are at-risk? Keep up to date on COSEWIC’s assessments right here with CWF.
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Right as Rain
2015-04-09
Grab your umbrella and put on your wellies. Let’s chat about April showers!
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Salt Of The Earth
2025-12-05
When snow and freezing rain descend, Canadians’ weapon of choice is rock salt. Trucks spray it on the roads, businesses toss it on the sidewalk, and homeowners sprinkle it on their driveways. You’d never know that eight years ago, Environment Canada declared salt an environmental toxin.