In The News: Fields & Forests

2021-06-03

The Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) is pleased to share ideas for conserving grassland songbirds like the Bobolink and Eastern Meadowlark, now nesting on Canadian pastures and hayfields.

2021-06-03

Lanark County is on a mission to bring back the butterflies and other at-risk pollinators.

2021-05-31

Have you spotted one of these Endangered species yet? In early May, we received the first report of a Monarch Butterfly migrating back into southern Ontario.

2021-05-27

Gardeners everywhere want to do their little bit to support pollinators. We’ve heard of the importance of honey bees, but butterflies, moths, birds, flies, beetles, and in other regions bats, are also important pollinators.

2021-05-26

Let’s talk about the birds and the bees and the flowers and the trees. Did you know that across North America, pollinators are in a steep decline. It may seem like an unlikely union, but utilities are ideally suited to restore these environments. Here with us to discuss Hydro Ottawa’s latest partner project to create one of the largest pollinator meadows of its kind in Eastern Ontario is Tracey Etwell from Canadian Wildlife Federation & Meaghan McDonald from Rideau Valley Conservation Authority.

2021-05-20

Environmental groups are calling for an audit of federal pesticide regulation, after the Pest Management Regulatory Agency published its final decision on harmful neonicotinoid insecticides (neonics), allowing most uses to continue despite identified risks to wildlife and ecosystems. Today’s decision to continue registration of imidacloprid in Canada, reversing the PMRA’s 2016 proposal to end agricultural use of the chemical, follows parallel decisions last month in reviews of the two other main neonics, clothianidin and thiamethoxam.

2021-05-19

Lanark County is launching a new roadside restoration pilot project in partnership with the Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) to create critical pollinator habitat for species at risk including Monarch butterflies.

2021-05-15

Retailers embracing sustainability, supporting local ecosystems and pollinators

2021-05-11

Name a pollinator. Any pollinator. Did bees come to mind? Or maybe butterflies? What about flies? Probably not.

2021-04-28

Warm weather and some rain has brought on spring blossoms and buds, even bumblebees are starting to buzz. It's national wildlife week and the Canadian Wildlife Federation would like to help you learn more about making your yard more inviting...