Forests & Fields
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Coyotes: to shoot or not to shoot?
2021-04-01
Biologists use the term “plasticity” to describe coyote behaviour, which means they can quickly adapt to changing conditions. For example, sudden pressure from hunting can prompt them to start having larger litters, which can end up increasing the population.
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Federal pesticide regulator flip-flops on proposed neonics ban after years of delay
2021-03-31
New decisions by Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency will allow the widespread use of neonicotinoid insecticides to continue, despite evidence of harm to wildlife and ecosystems.
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Citizen scientists are being asked to help determine the effectiveness of bat boxes
2021-03-30
Do you have a bat box at your cottage? If so, the Canadian Bat Box Project needs your help. Karen Vanderwolf, a PhD student at Trent University, and her project partners at the Canadian Wildlife Federation and the Wildlife Conservation Society, are calling on citizen scientists from across the country to help better understand how effective bat boxes are and to determine best practices for their design and placement.
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A NETWORK SPREADS ITS WINGS: RIGHTS-OF-WAY MANAGERS JOIN GROWING MOVEMENT
2021-03-23
The Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) is pleased to announce the launch of the Canadian Chapter of the Rights-of-Way as Habitat Working Group. This is a network aimed to engage professional managers of hydro lines, roadways and pipelines in restoring pollinator habitat by providing expertise, cost-effective best management practices and industry-driven resources.
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Bat-box owners wanted: Researchers launch 3-year survey to study health of bat populations
2021-03-20
Researchers also hope to learn why bats choose one bat box over another to have pups
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Eastern Monarch Population Spring 2021 Update
2021-03-15
Once again, overwintering numbers indicate another decline for the eastern Monarch Butterfly population.
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SSGF Receives $3.4M to Help Conserve Prairie Grasslands
2021-03-04
Saskatchewan Stock Growers Foundation (SSGF) is pleased to announce it has been awarded $3.4M from the Weston Family Foundation Prairie Grasslands Initiative to collaborate on one of the largest prairie grasslands conservation efforts in Canadian history.
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Weston Family Foundation awards nearly $25M in grants to support the conservation of biodiversity on the Canadian Prairie Grasslands
2021-03-03
Good News. CWF will be working with the Saskatchewan Stockgrowers Foundation on a prairie grassland conservation project, funded by the Weston Foundation. Learn more about this project, and other initiatives to conserve the biodiversity of the prairie grasslands
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WENDY ELLIOTT: Let’s hear it for bat boxes
2021-02-17
The Valley Bat Box Project has a two-fold mission: to build and distribute bat boxes to help local populations, and to provide educational information about the importance of bats to our community. It was great to hear lots of expertise from various university professors and James Page from the Canadian Wildlife Federation.
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