In The News: Fields & Forests

2023-02-06

You might be reading this with a call for 15 centimetres of snow in the forecast but winter won’t last forever. Spring is on the horizon. If you forgot to clean out the nest boxes in your backyard at the end of autumn, early spring is another great time to get this task done.

2023-01-31

Now that we are into the year of 2023, we anxiously await the annual count of the overwintering Monarch Butterfly’s population in Mexico.

2023-01-26

Cattle ranchers in the Milk River watershed, Saskatchewan, participated in a federally funded program by taking voluntary actions to support rangeland sustainability, habitat conservation and recovery of species at risk.

2023-01-20

Large mammals that live on the open prairies have a lot of pretty “cool” adaptations to winter life.

2022-12-13

The strategy, which the government hopes to be finalized in the next year, aims to serve as a guide to support the livelihoods of farmers while growing a sustainable sector.

2022-11-26

There’s a concept in Conservation Biology, called Ecosystem Services, that has been around for a while and continues to grow in popularity and importance.

2022-08-05

Bat researchers are trying to learn what the Little Brown Bat is doing in the Ottawa area.

2022-08-04

James Pagé is the species at risk and biodiversity specialist at the Canadian Wildlife Federation.

2022-08-02

The Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) is planning a live and safe bat capture, tagging and tracking project within a 425 acre outdoor classroom east of Ottawa.

2022-07-14

Since the 2016 census, tame and natural pasture numbers have dwindled. Reported livestock acres for cattle, pigs, chickens and sheep have all significantly fallen. For John Wilmshurst, native grassland conservation manager for the Canadian Wildlife Federation, this has been a concern for some time.