In The News: Fields & Forests

2025-03-17

Discussions continue about “greening” a section of the City of Burlington’s Crosstown Trail along the hydro corridor. Approved by city council last year with an implementation budget of up to $115,750, and anticipated annual maintenance costs of up to $60,000 for five years, the effort to transform the 7.5-hectare trail section between Guelph Line and Fisher Avenue into a meadow habitat begins public consultation this month.

2025-02-28

Thanks to their unfailing dedication, along with that of our partners, we are seeing the seeds of change for our meadows and Monarchs. Soon, the 1,795 hectares of meadow habitat we’ve restored will begin to bloom..

2025-02-12

As we transition into winter in Ontario, you might think the time is over for seeding restoration projects. But in fact, this is a great time to get your seed mix planted!

2025-02-01

It would mean a radical change for both human life and wildlife in Canada. The simple fact is Canadian winters marked by freezing temperatures and heavy snowfalls serve significant purpose for all inhabitants of the Great White North.

2025-01-30

The science is clear: hayfields, forage crops and pastures are good for soil health. But with the area under grass and legumes shrinking, expanding forage acres remains a tough sell.

2024-12-12

The plow, roads and cities have reduced this to about 10 million hectares — about an 81 per cent decline. In no small part, the natural grasslands that remain owe their survival to being “not good for much” except grazing livestock. They were undesirable for growing crops and not even in the right places for housing or industrial development.

2024-11-27

New research by the Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) shows a large and increased conversion of perennial pasture and forage to annual cropland across the Mixedwood Plains Ecozone in Ontario and Quebec.

2024-11-22

The federal government’s climate change mitigation strategy encourages the conversion of farmland to hay and pasture but this Ontario study shows a trend in the opposite direction.

2024-11-15

The Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) is thrilled to receive a charitable donation of $25,000 over five years from The Monarch Butterfly Eclipse Project, a student-led fundraiser launched by five innovative teenagers from Ontario.

2024-11-14

When developing a native seed mix for pollinator meadows we advise including many species, sometimes as many as 25 species.