In The News: Fields & Forests

Sustainability index for agri-food to be developed by fall 2022

2021-06-09

Momentum is building to establish Canada’s first agri-food sustainability index. A private–public coalition of 34 diverse partners has released the Business Case for Establishing the National Index on Agri-Food Performance to affirm Canada’s agri-food leadership in a more demanding food world.

Legacy Pollutants: From DDT to Neonics, Canada has a Long History of Dealing With Them

2021-06-09

More than 50 years ago, Canada banned the use of the insecticide DDT.

What can iNaturalist Tell us About Barn Swallows?

2021-06-07

Have you had the opportunity to spot one of these flighty little birds?

Why 'grow it and don't mow it' is ideal spring gardening tactic

2021-06-06

With the arrival of spring, you may now be thinking of tending to your garden or yard but you may want to hold off on that for the time being.

CWF Produces Crop of Ideas for Bird-Friendly Farming

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.

Protecting pollinators: New project aims to restore Lanark County’s roadsides

2021-06-03

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

Monarchs on the Move!

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.

CAROLINE CAMERON: It's all about the birds and the bees

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.

Think Energy: The Birds and the Bees About Pollinator Meadows

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.

Canada's pesticide regulator continues to backtrack on promised neonics ban

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.