In The News: Fields & Forests

2024-11-13

The Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) is pleased to announce the opening of nominations for the prestigious Canadian Conservation Achievement Awards.

2024-11-12

New CWF research on agricultural land change highlights the importance of supporting farmland biodiversity in Ontario and Quebec

2024-11-11

Meet the Black-capped Chickadee, one of Canada’s most beloved birds. Found throughout most of Canada, these puffballs are a joy to watch year-round. Want to make your yard the ultimate chickadee hangout? With the right food, shelter, and nesting spaces, you can help these friendly birds thrive while getting a front-row seat to their daily adventures!

2024-11-11

The Black-tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) is so rare in Canada it is only found in one place in Canada: Grassland National Park. The prairie dog was first documented in Canada 1938, when the first prairie dog “towns” were discovered. The nearest colonies are in Montana over 20 kilometres away — way too far for breeding between populations.

2024-10-17

The end of August and start of September is a time of change. Leaves begin changing colours and temperatures slowly (but surely) begin to lower. It’s also the time when the iconic Monarch Butterfly migrates south from Canada to their overwintering grounds in Mexico!

2024-10-11

n our Rights-of-Way as Habitat Networks project, the Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) is creating nectaring and breeding habitat for Monarch Butterflies — an umbrella species for our native pollinators. CWF partners with rights-of-way managers along the Eastern Monarch migratory path to both actively and passively restore native wildflower meadows.

2024-10-07

I didn’t grow up on the prairies, but as a kid I dreamed that I did. I read about life in the “wild west” and watched the movies. In my mind, I was a cowpoke, riding a horse and tending cattle in the vast grassland expanses of the Great Plains.

2024-10-04

Davidson told council the county had been successful in its application to the Canadian Wildlife Federation for monarch butterfly habitat, which meant the CWF would provide the “appropriate seed mixture and possibly some funding” for the project.

2024-09-12

In the last 50 years, bird populations that live in Canada’s prairies have declined by 60 per cent. Given the size of these populations, this means that millions of birds have disappeared from this grassland wilderness since the 1970’s. I don’t know about you, but I find this statistic alarming.

2024-09-11

Our interest is not only in mitigating climate change, but also on how efforts to store carbon affect biodiversity. We think that there is huge potential to conserve grassland wildlife as well as store more carbon. A win-win for the environment and society.