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Conserve the Carolinian Life Zone
2025-12-05
The amazing Carolinian Life Zone in southwestern Ontario boasts a greater variety of wildlife than any other ecosystem in Canada.
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Cope With Bird Collisions
2025-12-05
If you find a bird that has collided with a window, here’s how you can help:
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Create a Clump or Thicket
2025-12-05
Clumps (clusters of trees) and thickets (dense bushes) provide important edge habitat for wildlife.
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Create a Simple Bat Roost
2025-12-05
Bats are important for biodiversity and are an excellent form of pest control. A single big brown bat can eat as many as 7,000 insects a night.
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Create Block Plantings
2025-12-05
Block plantings are several rows of trees and shrubs planted parallel to each other. They are especially appropriate for backyards prone to erosion problems.
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Create Toad Homes
2025-12-05
Toads feed on insects and other invertebrates. They're particularly fond of slugs, sowbugs, earwigs, cutworms, and gypsy moths. In fact, nearly 90 percent of a toad's diet consists of garden pests.
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Curb the Spread of Zebra Mussels
2025-12-05
Since 1988, zebra mussels have been spreading rapidly through the Great Lakes, clogging water pipes and smothering fish spawning grounds.
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Develop an Action Plan
2025-12-05
A strong backyard action plan will make it easier for you to circumnavigate the pitfalls, and frustrating foul-ups that might tempt you to abandon your project. The following checklist gives a handy overview of elements you should consider as you develop your backyard habitat action plan.
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Develop an Urban Forest Policy
2025-12-05
Knowledge is power. The more people are aware of problems facing wildlife, the more likely they are to take action. Why not encourage your community to develop an urban forest policy?
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Discover How a Tree Provides Benefits for Wildlife
2025-12-05
Considering the valuable work that trees do for this planet, every one of them should get a medal. Aside from providing shelter and food for all sorts of wildlife, from fungus and beetles to mice and moose, trees contribute to a clean, healthy environment.
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Do a Simple Soil Test
2025-12-05
Maybe all you have to work with is sand, gravel, or heavy clay. While the challenge is greater, certain plants will still thrive.
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Down-in-the-dumps Checklist
2025-12-05
The following checklist will help you determine if your municipal dump poses an environmental threat: