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The Biggest Risk is Keeping Kids Indoors
2025-12-05
Are we guilty of sheltering our children to a fault?
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A Backyard Frog Guide for New Brunswick
2025-12-05
Blossoming frog enthusiasts in New Brunswick will soon have a new tool to help them identify the province’s nine frog and toad species. Aided by a $2,700 grant from the Canadian Wildlife Federation, Nature NB is producing a poster and field guide to introduce beginners of all ages to their amphibious neighbours.
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Researching the Human Impact on Grizzly Bears in Alberta
2025-12-05
With a $7,500 grant from the Canadian Wildlife Foundation, Mark S. Boyce and Bogdan Cristescu, researchers with the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Alberta, are examining the result of open-pit mining on grizzly bear behaviour.
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Understanding the Impact of Invasive Species
2025-12-05
Originally native to Eurasia, Russian thistle (<em>Salsola kali</em>) has become naturalized to the point of being considered commonplace across the Canadian prairies. More than just a noxious weed, Russian thistle is actually an invasive plant species that competes with Canada’s native plants for valuable space and resources, often to the detriment of native ecosystems and local wildlife. With a $7,500 grant from the Canadian Wildlife Federation, University of Alberta (U of A) MSc Candidate Tim Antill, along with U of A professor Dr. Anne Naeth, will be investigating the impact of Russian thistle on native ungulate habitat in montane grasslands.
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Saving Ontario’s Grasslands
2025-12-05
Grasslands once spanned the southernmost tip of Ontario and went as far north as Georgian Bay, but due to continued development and invasive species they are now one of the most endangered ecosystems in the world. So what is being done to help conserve this rapidly disappearing ecosystem and its inhabitants? To date, the Canadian Wildlife Federation has contributed over $15,000 to the Muskoka Wildlife Centre’s (MWC) Habitat Stewardship Program to educate youth about the conservation of grasslands and what role they can play to help local species at risk.
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Cleaning up a Wetland Wonderland
2025-12-05
An $11,800 grant from the Canadian Wildlife Federation to the BC Wildlife Federation’s Wetlandkeepers program helps ensure a future for British Columbia’s wetlands.
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Migration Madness
2025-12-05
Let’s take a look at some of the vast migrations animals take – on land, sea and air.
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Provincial and Territorial Floral Emblems
2025-12-05
To help celebrate Canada’s 150th anniversary, check out our 13 provincial and territorial floral emblems and how they are important to both our history and our wild spaces.
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Batty About Bats
2025-12-05
Bats have been maligned for centuries, miscast as the familiars of witches, associated with Hallowe'en, and feared for the false belief that they will get caught in your hair. In reality, bats are incredibly important to the health of the environment and our gardens.
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Bumblebees in a Bind
2025-12-05
Pollinators have been battling habitat loss and pesticides for some time now, but it turns out bumblebees may be facing the greatest threat of all
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Give Bats a Home in Your Backyard this Summer
2025-12-05
Six tips for transforming a bat box into a home sweet home
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Eight Reasons to Get Excited About Fall
2025-12-05
As the weather is getting colder, so too might your mood. Keep reading and let us change your mind about Canada’s cooler months.
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Falling from the Skies
2025-12-05
What’s one of the greatest threats to migratory birds? Read on to find out.
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It’s a Hard Knock Life
2025-12-05
Urban wildlife is adapting to life in the city—sometimes in unexpected ways.
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Never Mow Your Lawn Again!
2025-12-05
Move over grass, there’s a new gardening trend in town. More and more people are opting to transform their backyards into beneficial meadows.
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Snakes of Canada
2025-12-03
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Science with Heart
2025-12-05
Great things happen when experts and average Canadians get together with the hopes of conserving our wildlife species.
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Nest
2025-12-05
They pop up everywhere when the weather mellows out. They come in all shapes and sizes. They are bird nests. And there’s more to them than meets the eye.
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Pollination 101
2025-12-05
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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Sleep Under the Stars
2025-12-05
Give your cell a break, get outside and join the CWF Great Canadian Camp Out!
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New Home Buyer's Guilt
2025-12-05
How one new home buyer is giving wildlife back its habitat one gardening project at a time.
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Hummingbird Clearwing Moth
2025-12-05
Learn more about the hummingbird clearwing moth and how to attract it to your gardens!
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You Can Save the Monarch in Your Backyard with This...
2025-12-05
How can one change make a difference for this delicate butterfly? Read on to find out.
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Is your garden water-smart?
2025-12-05
Clean water is critical to our wild spaces. So it’s important to practice smart water use in our gardens. Help the environment — and your wallet — with these tips:
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The Buzz on Bees
2025-12-03
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Surviving the Storm: Wildlife in Winter
2025-12-05
Winter. Some of us stow ourselves away, drinking hot chocolate by a crackling fire, only emerging from our warm abodes to head to work or stock up on groceries. Others relish the blustery weather, hit the slopes and make the hockey rink their second home. Wildlife is no different. They either embrace the cold or fight it.
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