In The News: Lakes & Rivers

2020-09-15

Still, a historically low number of salmon are expected to return this year

2020-07-27

Decline in species such as salmon harms entire ecosystems and livelihoods, say researchers

2020-07-18

'Sometimes it works fairly well, and at other times fish don't make it through,' says CWF's William Twardek

2020-04-09

Watersheds Canada and the Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) are celebrating another successful year of their Love Your Lake program as it expanded to British Columbia in the summer of 2019.

2020-04-08

This year, the Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) is encouraging Canadians to join their “be on with nature challenge,” while practicing physical distancing during COVID-19.

2019-09-24

SILT has partnered with Watersheds Canada and the Canadian Wildlife Federation to pilot the highly successful Love Your Lake (LYL) program for the first time in British Columbia, at Vaseux Lake and along the shore of Okanagan Lake in the District of Summerland.

2019-09-23

The Southern Interior Land Trust has partnered with Watersheds Canada and the Canadian Wildlife Federation on the pilot project. This year, shorelines along Okanagan Lake within the District of Summerland and the entirety of Vaseux Lake are being examined.

2019-09-04

Hundreds of at-risk baby turtles were incubated over the summer

2019-08-29

“CWF’s Ottawa team collected and incubated over 600 Blanding’s, Northern Map and Snapping turtle eggs in the Ottawa area this year,” said Rick Bates, CEO. “The release of these hatchings back to the areas where they were found is part of CWF’s comprehensive turtle conservation program, which is also working to help mitigate the impact of road mortality on at-risk turtles in Eastern and Central Ontario. In road surveys conducted the last two years in the Ottawa-area, over 1,000 dead turtles were found. These included over 100 Blanding’s Turtles, a threatened species in Ontario.”

2019-08-11

The United Nations warns that 1 million species worldwide are at risk of extinction