Forests & Fields
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Study investigates ways to make pronghorn crossing of highways safer
2022-03-09
Road infrastructure on the prairie has a significant impact on the movement and migration of the pronghorn, North America’s fastest land animal. A multidisciplinary research project with a citizen science component has identified several areas along the Trans-Canada Highway between Brooks in southeast Alberta and Swift Current in southwest Saskatchewan where road improvements can support pronghorn conservation.
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Bee Hero Garden Challenge winners congratulated for their efforts
2022-02-17
Throughout the summer of 2021, participants showed their progress with before and after pictures of their gardens designed to provide beauty for their homes as well as help pollinators do their jobs
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Bird Watching – A Healthy, Happy Hobby
2022-02-07
Probably 10 per cent of the people in the western world are already birdwatchers. Probably another 50 per cent know something about birds but haven’t taken them seriously. The rest of you haven’t really thought about bird watching because you don’t know much about it. This post is addressed to the last group.
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Counting Crows…
2021-12-10
And gannets and swallows and sparrows and… A new study suggests there are 50 billion birds on the wing in the world. Some are plentiful, other species have dwindled to fewer than 5,000
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Protecting Canada’s Forests
2021-09-21
Protecting Canada’s Forests Through Personal Action The Canadian Wildlife Federation’s programs engage young Canadians in conservation.
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Create a watering haven for insects with these easy-to-make dishes
2021-09-21
These simple insect dishes can provide ample benefits to Mother Nature's little critters and can boost our biodiversity, says a Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) education specialist.
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How 'bat boxes’ could help revive the depleting bat population
2021-08-21
The Wildlife Conservation Society Canada and the Canadian Wildlife Federation, with support from Environment and Climate Change Canada, launched the Canadian Bat Box Project this year to help bat populations recover with the assistance of community scientists
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7 Ways to Attract Finches to Your Backyard
2021-08-13
With vivid colours of bright yellows to deep reds, they are incredible creatures! There are 13 species of finches in Canada: Evening Grosbeak, Pine Grosbeak, Gray-crowned Rosy Finch, House Finch, Purple Finch, Cassin’s Finch, Common Redpoll, Hoary Redpoll, Red Crossbill, Cassia Crossbill, White-winged Crossbill, Pine Siskin, and the American Goldfinch. If you’d like to attract them to your garden we have seven tips to help you!
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Boswell: Reimagining the Rideau — Amid suburban blight, a new pollinator haven
2021-08-03
It’s within earshot of a busy highway, in the shadow of electrical towers, within sniffing distance of the dump. But the bees, flies, wasps, moths, butterflies and beetles that visit this site don’t seem to care.
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